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To address this challenge, we developed a robust prediction model called QRKDDN (quantile regression and kernel density estimation deep learning network) by leveraging historical meteorological data in conjunction with photovoltaic power data. Our aim is to enhance the accuracy of deterministic predictions, interval predictions, and probabilistic predictions by incorporating quantile regression (QR) and kernel density estimation (KDE) techniques. The proposed method utilizes the Pearson correlation coefficient for selecting relevant meteorological factors, employs a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) for clustering similar days, and constructs a deep learning prediction model based on a convolutional neural network (CNN) combined with a bidirectional gated recurrent unit (BiGRU) and attention mechanism. The experimental results obtained using the dataset from the Australian DKASC Research Centre unequivocally demonstrate the exceptional performance of QRKDDN in deterministic, interval, and probabilistic predictions for photovoltaic (PV) power generation. The effectiveness of QRKDDN was further validated through ablation experiments and comparisons with classical machine learning models.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s24051593","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,1]],"date-time":"2024-03-01T03:31:23Z","timestamp":1709263883000},"page":"1593","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["Photovoltaic Power Prediction Based on Hybrid Deep Learning Networks and Meteorological Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Wei","family":"Guo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Li","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tian","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Maritime Technology and Safety, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Danyang","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xujing","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Energy Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Maritime Technology and Safety, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"700","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apenergy.2018.06.112","article-title":"Prediction of short-term PV power output and uncertainty analysis","volume":"228","author":"Liu","year":"2018","journal-title":"Appl. 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