Research Article

A Comparison of Hour-Ahead Solar Irradiance Forecasting Models Based on LSTM Network

Table 11

Comparison between the best result obtained in this study and conventional methods.

ReferenceModel typeLocation of data usedPerformance

Lee et al. [42]Angstrom-type equationsSouth Korea (Seoul)nRMSE (%) = 43.09
nMBE (%) = −12.24
Brabec et al. [43]Heteroscedastic model (HR)Romania (Timisoara)nRMSE (%) = 45.80
Voyant et al. [44]MLPFrance (Ajaccio, Corsica)nRMSE (%) = 40.55
Voyant et al. [44]ARMAFrance (Ajaccio, Corsica)nRMSE (%) = 40.32
Voyant et al. [44]Hybrid MLP-ARMAFrance (Ajaccio, Corsica)nRMSE (%) = 36.59
Trapero et al. [45]ARIMASpain (Castilla-La Mancha)nRMSE (%) = 37.34
nMBE (%) = 1.89
Akarslan and Hocaoglu [46]Adaptive approachTurkey (Çanakkale)nRMSE (%) = 34.86
RMSE = 68.4132 W/m2
Zhao et al. [47]3D-CNN with ARNREL databasenRMSE (%) = 34.97
nMBE (%) = 0.65
FS = 5.89
Bae [48]ANNSouth Korea (Yuseong-gu, Daejeon)RMSE = 71.41 W/m2
R = 0.9264
Bae [48]NARSouth Korea (Yuseong-gu, Daejeon)RMSE = 111.41 W/m2
R = 0.7912
Bae [48]SVMSouth Korea (Yuseong-gu, Daejeon)RMSE = 58.72 W/m2
R = 0.9562
Qing and Niu [30]LSTMCape Verde (Santiago)RMSE = 76.245 W/m2
Yu [29]LSTMUSA (Hawaii)RMSE = 66.69 W/m2
MAE = 46.04 W/m2
R = 0.95
Yu [29]SVRUSA (Hawaii)RMSE = 144.43 W/m2
MAE = 96.25 W/m2
R = 0.75
This studyModel II-BD based on LSTM-MLPUSA (Denver, Colorado)nRMSE (%) = 32.27
RMSE = 62.16 W/m2
MAE = 26.65 W/m2
MBE = −0.4547 W/m2
R = 0.9737