Short-Term Master-Slave Forecast Method for Distributed Photovoltaic Plants Based on the Spatial Correlation

Table 3

Forecast mean errors of 583 plants using spatial and temporal correlation methods (/MW).

Number (referenced PV plants)	Temporal correlation forecast		Spatial correlation forecast
	Avg. (RMSE)	Avg. (MAE)	Avg. (RMSE)	Avg. (MAE)
1	2.8990	0.9990	1.8478	0.7819
2	2.4093	0.9538	1.3656	0.7353
3	2.1938	0.9279	1.1381	0.6480
4	2.0283	0.9105	1.0271	0.6161