Dear Colleagues,

Advance techniques and methods such as machine learning and artificial intelligence are essential parts of interdisciplinary operational research. Various techniques based on advanced methods have been used in the study of solar radiation, wind turbines and photovoltaic power forecasting. The used technique is based on the weather conditions and the physical and mathematical models. The forecasting techniques are divided into three categories: physical models, statistical models and hybrid models. The aim of this Special Issue is to forecast the solar radiation, wind speed and photovoltaic power output using advance techniques, and to publish high quality papers on these subjects. The forecasted data can be used for the smart grid to ensure its stability or to forecast the output of the smart grid. The purpose of this Special Issue is to encourage scholars and practitioners to publish and discuss novel and high-quality papers.

This Special Issue is devoted to modelling, forecasting, optimization and application in the broadest sense, covering recent conceptual results and the implementations of newly created techniques to study solar radiation and solar cells/photovoltaics.

We welcome both original research and review articles. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Forecasting of photovoltaic/thermal
• Solar radiation forecasting
• Wind speed and wind turbine forecasting
• Photovoltaic power output and temperature forecasting
• Forecasting and modelling of reliability and lifetime of photovoltaics
• Forecasting of photovoltaic systems characterization
• Solar cell and photovoltaic parameters extraction, identification and forecasting
• Performance modelling and analysis of photovoltaic/thermal and solar radiation forecasting
• Photovoltaic MPPT optimization and forecasting
• Forecasting of photovoltaic/wind turbine forecasting

Dr. Mohamed Louzazni
Prof. Dr. Sonia Leva
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Forecasting is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• forecasting techniques
• machine learning
• computational intelligence
• solar radiation forecasting
• wind speed forecasting
• photovoltaic output forecasting