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We describe how Bayesian data assimilation can be used to improve nowcasts of irradiance over small, city-scale, spatial areas. Specifically, we use optimal interpolation (OI) to improve satellite derived estimates of global horizontal irradiance (GHI) using ground truth data that was collected sparsely over Tucson, AZ. Our results show that the local data indeed improves the satellite derived estimates...
We describe improvements to the open source PVLIB-Python modeling package. PVLIB-Python provides most of the functionality of its parent PVLIB-MATLAB package and now follows standard Python design patterns and conventions, has improved unit test coverage, and is installable. PVLIBPython is hosted on GitHub.com and co-developed by GitHub contributors. We also describe a roadmap for the future of the...
We developed a real-time PV power forecasting system for Tucson Electric Power using a combination of high-resolution numerical weather prediction, satellite imagery, distributed generation (DG) production data, and irradiance sensors. The system provides forecasts with 10 second resolution for the first 30 minutes and 3 minute resolution out to 3 days. Forecasts out to 30 minutes are updated every...
We built an irradiance sensor network that we are now using to make operational, real-time, intra-hour forecasts of solar power at key locations. We developed reliable irradiance sensor hardware platforms to enable these sensor network forecasts. Using 19 of the 55 irradiance sensors we have throughout Tucson, we make retrospective forecasts of 26 days in April and evaluate their performance. We find...
We compare the AC power fluctuations from a 1.6 MW and a 2 kW photovoltaic (PV) system. Both of these PV generating stations exhibit fluctuations exceeding 50% of their rated capacity in under 10 seconds. The smaller system can fluctuate more rapidly, exhibiting 50% dropouts in 3 seconds. Although the MW-scale system covers 4000 times as much ground area, the bandwidth of the fluctuations is remarkably...
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