Solar energy prediction through machine learning models: A comparative analysis of regressor algorithms

Solar energy generated from photovoltaic panel is an important energy source that brings many benefits to people and the environment. This is a growing trend globally and plays an increasingly important role in the future of the energy industry. However, it intermittent nature and potential for distributed system use require accurate forecasting to balance supply and demand, optimize energy storage, and manage grid stability. In this study, 5 machine learning models were used including: Gradient Boosting Regressor (GB), XGB Regressor (XGBoost), K-neighbors Regressor (KNN), LGBM Regressor (LightGBM), and CatBoost Regressor (CatBoost). Leveraging a dataset of 21045 samples, factors like Humidity, Ambient…