Estimation of Solar PV Plant output using Polynomial Regression and ANN Algorithm

Abstract

The paper proposes the use of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and Polynomial Regression (PR) algorithms for estimating the output of a Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Plant. The study compares the performance of these two methods, using a dataset of weather parameters and PV Plant output. The results show that both the methods can effectively estimate the PV Plant output, with the ANN model having a slightly higher accuracy than the polynomial regression model as ANNs can learn the nonlinear relationship between input stochastic parameters and output in a better manner. The study highlights the potential of machine learning techniques for optimizing the performance of solar PV plants and improving their efficiency.