Research Article

Machine Learning Based Prediction of Output PV Power in India and Malaysia with the Use of Statistical Regression

Table 1

Characteristics of prediction models used for forecasting PV output power.

ObjectiveAdvantageDisadvantageReference

Forecast of PVHighly versatile, made up of four different modules. High accuracyNot easy to understand. Needs high computing power[6]
Forecast of PV powerPhysics inspired, and uses stochastic to increase efficiency. Uses three separate modules, two for numerical forecasting and other for AI based models.Data collection is tougher than other methods. Solution is long and complicated.[7, 8]
Solar power forecastingUses adaptive and linear time series. Easy to implementLow accuracy during dusk and dawn[9]
Estimate PV powerHybrid model uses SARIMA and SVM methods. Good accuracyExtremely complex to execute[10]
Forecast PV plant outputUses a physical model with software such as PVSyst and SAMDeterministic forecasting is common. Fails to account for uncertainties in PV power data. High computing cost[11, 12, 14]
Solar PV forecastingPresents sate of the art PV power forecasting technique using extreme learning methodCan lead to over fitting. Uncertain performance of the model[13, 15]
PV performanceIncreased accuracy. Use of physical systems to get dataExpensive during setting up and can get complex[16–18]
PV power forecastingPredicted the solar irradiance using machine learning techniques, rather than PV power itselfMore complexity. Did not get the PV power[15, 20–23]
PV power forecastingIncreased accuracyUses expensive and restricted equipment[24, 25, 28, 29]
PV power predictionHigh accuracy. Simple model to understandData collection is done on hardware basis and would be expensive[26]