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Global Solar Radiation (GSR) prediction is important to forecast the output power of solar PV system in case of renewable energy integration into the existing grid. GSR can be predicted using commonly measured meteorological data like relative humidity, maximum, and minimum temperature as input. The input data is collected from India Meteorological Department (IMD), Pune. In this work, Waikato Environment for Knowledge Analysis (WEKA) software is employed for GSR prediction using Machine Learning (ML) techniques integrated with Big Data. Feature selection methodology is used to reduce the input data set which improves the prediction accuracy and helps the algorithm to run fast. Predicted GSR value is compared with measured value. Out of eight ML algorithms, Random Forest (RF) has minimum errors. Hence this work attempts in predicting the GSR in Tamil Nadu using RF algorithm. The predicted GSR values are in the range of 5–6 kWh/m2/day for various solar energy applications in Tamil Nadu.
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Meenal, R., Immanuel Selvakumar, A. (2019). Assessment of Solar Energy Potential of Smart Cities of Tamil Nadu Using Machine Learning with Big Data. In: Peter, J., Alavi, A., Javadi, B. (eds) Advances in Big Data and Cloud Computing. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 750. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1882-5_3
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