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Advances in Forecasting Technologies of Solar Power Generation

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A2: Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 September 2025 | Viewed by 196

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Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of Almería, 04120 Almeria, Spain
Interests: solar irradiance forecasting; cloud forecasting; CSP plants; PV plants; atmospheric extinction; sky cameras; satellite images; remote sensing; artificial neural networks; image processing; cloud detection; solar irradiance estimation
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Dear Colleagues,

In the energy transition we are undergoing, solar power generation is one of the world's major powers for our decarbonization. Having intelligent systems adapted to the energy needs of communities is an obvious necessity. To optimize this change, this Special Issue proposes new trends and advances to develop new technologies related to power generation. New developments, new concepts, and future trends will be welcome to achieve hybridization and conceptualize the energy of the future.

Solar energy, energy from biomass, and new individual or hybridized concepts may be key to the future. The generation of electricity from the sun has many connotations and forms of realization. Energy management also goes from production itself to storage and transport. This combination of elementary processes must continue to evolve, so improvements and innovations are needed. 

Therefore, tentative manuscripts related to scientific progress in power generation and its management are accepted in this new framework. Resource assessment, design, modeling, implementation, system control, and tuning will interest this journal.

Prof. Dr. Joaquín Alonso-Montesinos
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Keywords

  • solar resource
  • photovoltaic systems
  • concentrated solar power plants
  • biomass
  • electrical market
  • new applications
  • modeling
  • energy forecasting
  • energy planning

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Article
Hybrid Wind–Solar Generation and Analysis for Iberian Peninsula: A Case Study
by Jesús Polo
Energies 2025, 18(15), 3966; https://doi.org/10.3390/en18153966 - 24 Jul 2025
Abstract
Hybridization of solar and wind energy sources is a promising solution to enhance the dispatch capability of renewables. The complementarity of wind and solar radiation, as well as the sharing of transmission lines and other infrastructures, can notably benefit the deployment of renewable [...] Read more.
Hybridization of solar and wind energy sources is a promising solution to enhance the dispatch capability of renewables. The complementarity of wind and solar radiation, as well as the sharing of transmission lines and other infrastructures, can notably benefit the deployment of renewable power. Mapping of hybrid solar–wind potential can help identify new emplacements or existing power facilities where an extension with a hybrid system might work. This paper presents an analysis of a hybrid solar–wind potential by considering a reference power plant of 40 MW in the Iberian Peninsula and comparing the hybrid and non-hybrid energy generated. The generation of energy is estimated using SAM for a typical meteorological year, using PVGIS and ERA5 meteorological information as input. Modeling the hybrid plant in relation to individual PV and wind power plants minimizes the dependence on technical and economic input data, allowing for the expression of potential hybridization analysis in relative numbers through maps. Correlation coefficient and capacity factor maps are presented here at different time scales, showing the complementarity in most of the spatial domain. In addition, economic analysis in comparison with non-hybrid power plants shows a reduction of around 25–30% in the LCOE in many areas of interest. Finally, a sizing sensitivity analysis is also performed to select the most beneficial sharing between PV and wind. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Forecasting Technologies of Solar Power Generation)
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