Photovoltaic and Wind Power Plants Production Profiles Generation from Scarce Data

To perform optimal parametrization and scheduling of renewable energy systems or systems connected to them, realistic yearly renewable energy production profiles are necessary. Such generation profiles are often unobtainable in public databases of existing renewable energy sources used for automated analysis of possibilities for the upgrade of green energy infrastructures via parametrization and scheduling tools. This paper presents a method for scaling of generic photovoltaic and wind farm production profiles to adapt them for a particular site. Annual energy production and installed power are the only necessary parameters to obtain the site-adapted time series of energy production. For the case of photovoltaic production, the approach is extended to also include the daylight duration linked to the provided geo-location.