Research Article

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

Table 5

The performance of Model II-AC and II-AD with 1–12-hour historical irradiance (from Lagging 1 to Lagging 12).

Model II-ACModel II-AD
RMSE (W/m2)nRMSE (%)RMSE (W/m2)nRMSE (%)

Lagging 1 (1 h)73.247738.054771.84337.3249
Lagging 2 (2 h)71.978437.39171.224836.9995
Lagging 3 (3 h)71.420737.097171.262337.0148
Lagging 4 (4 h)71.381537.072571.226736.9921
Lagging 5 (5 h)71.106736.925671.827137.2996
Lagging 6 (6 h)71.347237.046270.035836.3653
Lagging 7 (7 h)71.282837.008670.330536.5142
Lagging 8 (8 h)71.683837.212669.747936.2076
Lagging 9 (9 h)71.164536.939271.812737.2757
Lagging 10 (10 h)70.283736.480671.275636.9954
Lagging 11 (11 h)72.04537.397371.358337.0408
Lagging 12 (12 h)70.421336.55870.167536.4262