Forecasting the Power Generation of a Solar Power Plant Taking into Account the Statistical Characteristics of Meteorological Conditions
Kuznetsov V. Kuznetsov V. Ciekanowski Z. Druzhinin V. Tytiuk V. Rojek A. Grudniewski T. Kovalenko V.
October 2025Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Energies
2025#18Issue 20
The integration of solar generation into national energy balances is associated with a wide range of technical, economic, and organizational challenges, the solution of which requires the adoption of innovative strategies for energy system management. The inherent variability of electricity production, driven by fluctuating climatic conditions, complicates system balancing processes and necessitates the reservation of capacities from conventional energy sources to ensure reliability. Under modern market conditions, the pricing of generated electricity is commonly based on day-ahead forecasts of day energy yield, which significantly affects the economic performance of solar power plants. Consequently, achieving high accuracy in day-ahead electricity production forecasting is a critical and highly relevant task. To address this challenge, a physico-statistical model has been developed, in which the analytical approximation of daily electricity generation is represented as a function of a random variable—cloud cover—modeled by a β-distribution. Analytical expressions were derived for calculating the mathematical expectation and variance of daily electricity generation as functions of the β-distribution parameters of cloudiness. The analytical approximation of daily generation deviates from the exact value, obtained through hourly integration, by an average of 3.9%. The relative forecasting error of electricity production, when using the mathematical expectation of cloudiness compared to the analytical approximation of daily generation, reaches 15.2%. The proposed forecasting method, based on a β-parametric cloudiness model, enhances the accuracy of day-ahead production forecasts, improves the economic efficiency of solar power plants, and contributes to strengthening the stability and reliability of power systems with a substantial share of solar generation.
beta distribution , cloudiness modeling , photovoltaic power plants , power system stability , probabilistic energy yield , solar energy integration
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Electric Energy Department, Railway Research Institute, 50 Józefa Chłopickiego Street, Warsaw, 04-275, Poland
Department of Security Education, War Studies University, av. Chruściela 103, Warsaw, 00-910, Poland
Department of Power Engineering, Faculty of Energy, Transport and Management Systems, Non-Profit Joint-Stock Company «Karaganda Industrial University», Republic Ave., 30, Temirtau City, 101400, Kazakhstan
Department of Electromechanics, Electrotechnical Faculty, Kryvyi Rih National University, Vitaly Matusevich, Street, 11, DR, Kryvyi Rih, 50027, Ukraine
John Paul II Academy in Biała Podlaska, Rector’s Office, Sidorska Street 95/97, Biała Podlaska, 21-500, Poland
Department of Electrical Engineering and Cyber-Physical Systems, Y.M. Potebnia Engineering Educational and Scientific Institute, Zaporizhzhia National University, 66 Universytetska Street, ZR, Zaporizhzhia, 69600, Ukraine
Department of Electrical Engineering
Electric Energy Department
Department of Security Education
Department of Power Engineering
Department of Electromechanics
John Paul II Academy in Biała Podlaska
Department of Electrical Engineering and Cyber-Physical Systems
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