Research Article

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

Table 4

The performance of Model I-B with 1–12 hour historical irradiance (from Lagging 1 to Lagging 12).

RMSE (W/m2)nRMSE (%)MAE (W/m2)MBE (W/m2)R

Lagging 1 (1 h)75.465439.206834.179−7.24120.9615
Lagging 2 (2 h)73.018137.931132.2728−5.34050.9637
Lagging 3 (3 h)72.059737.42933.022−8.71590.9648
Lagging 4 (4 h)73.129437.980335.0303−13.11210.9649
Lagging 5 (5 h)72.574737.687932.0244−5.8510.9641
Lagging 6 (6 h)73.337338.079634.9869−10.99720.9638
Lagging 7 (7 h)72.003337.382630.9602−3.45110.9648
Lagging 8 (8 h)71.908937.329430.8381−3.72220.9647
Lagging 9 (9 h)71.417737.070731.2055−2.36240.9656
Lagging10 (10 h)72.638137.702630.7169−0.62510.9642
Lagging 11 (11h)71.079136.895932.85737.33560.9656
Lagging 12 (12 h)71.843437.296230.6385−1.95230.9649