Solar Energy Datasets from DKA Solar Centre

There are four solar energy datasets contained available here: Alice Springs and Yulara Solar System. Desert Knowledge Australia Solar Centre (DKASC) Alice Springs is a giant solar energy power station located in the Alice Springs desert that contains PV technologies of different types, ages, makes, models, and configurations. Operating since 2008, Alice offers a vast database for researchers. This work aims to predict the daily power one step ahead using as predictors the following attributes: humidity [%], diffuse radiation [W/m²], radiation [W/m²], diffuse tilted [W/m²], accumulated energy [kWh], rainfall [mm], wind direction [º], temperature [°], radiation global [W/m²], tilted [W/m²], energy [kWh], global radiation [W/m²], power [kW], and the current [A]. On the other hand, the Yulara Solar System, installed in 2014, is located near Yulara and operates a 1.8 MW solar PV plant. Two datasets from Yulara are implemented to predict the daily power one step ahead using as predictors: air pressure [not specified], wind direction [º], rainfall [mm], hail [not specified], wind speed [m/s], accumulated energy [kWh], max wind speed [m/s], pyranometer [not specified], global radiation [W/m²], temperature [ºC], temperature probe 1 [ºC], temperature probe 2 [ºC], energy [kWh], power [kW], and the current [A]. More information about these attributes can be found on the website. The PV panels Yulara 1 and 5 were chosen to perform the simulations. The initial dataset contained information with an interval of 5 minutes. Pre-processing was implemented to remove null values and convert the information to daily values. The datasets' period includes data from January 2021 to December 2022. More information about the datasets can be found on the official website: https://dkasolarcentre.com.au/. As the plant uses solar panels with different characteristics, the panels are identified by numbers.