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A Moment In The Sun: Solar Nowcasting From Multispectral Satellite Data Using Self-Supervised Learning, Akansha Singh Bansal, Trapit Bansal, David Irwin
A Moment In The Sun: Solar Nowcasting From Multispectral Satellite Data Using Self-Supervised Learning, Akansha Singh Bansal, Trapit Bansal, David Irwin
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ABSTRACT
Solar energy is now the cheapest form of electricity in history. Unfortunately,
signi.cantly increasing the electric grid’s fraction of
solar energy remains challenging due to its variability, which makes
balancing electricity’s supply and demand more di.cult. While
thermal generators’ ramp rate—the maximum rate at which they
can change their energy generation—is .nite, solar energy’s ramp
rate is essentially in.nite. Thus, accurate near-term solar forecasting,
or nowcasting, is important to provide advance warnings to
adjust thermal generator output in response to variations in solar
generation to ensure a balanced supply and demand. To address the
problem, this paper develops a …