Matthew Bleeker | Jun 1, 2022
We investigate whether PV can effectively and economically contribute to a massively renewable energy (RE) power generation future for Switzerland. Taking advantage of the country’s flexible hydropower resources, we determine the optimum PV/battery configurations that...
Shannon Wilcox | Mar 1, 2022
The ability to forecast solar irradiance plays an indispensable role in solar power forecasting, which constitutes an essential step in planning and operating power systems under high penetration of solar power generation. Since solar radiation is an atmospheric...
Heather Van Schoiack | Jul 17, 2019
This presentation demonstrates how a new approach to PV fleet forecasting can address the problem of artificially high fleet variability when plants share the same solar resource data. The presentation was given at the ESIG 2018 Forecasting Workshop, June 19-21, 2018,...
Heather Van Schoiack | Jun 20, 2019
As interest in bifacial PV modules grows, there is a need to quantify the impact of additional energy generation for financing solar projects. A critical parameter for accurately modeling rear-side irradiation in bifacial modules is albedo. This paper identifies...
Heather Van Schoiack | May 16, 2019
Solar PV system specifications are critical to accurately modeling PV system production (along with high-quality weather data and PV production models), but are not always readily available. This paper describes how it’s possible to infer system specifications...
