Sara Pereira

Ms. Sara Pereira

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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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19 May 2025 in Renewable Energy
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SPSara Pereira
Sara Pereira
PCPaulo Canhoto
Paulo Canhoto
TOTakashi Oozeki
Takashi Oozeki
RSRui Salgado
Rui Salgado

12 July 2024 in Energies
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SPSara Pereira
Sara Pereira
PCPaulo Canhoto
Paulo Canhoto
Rui SalgadoRui Salgado
Rui Salgado
Solar photovoltaic power plants typically consist of rows of solar panels, where the accurate estimation of solar irradiance on inclined surfaces significantly impacts energy generation. Existing practices often only account for the first row, neglecting shading from subsequent rows. In this work, ten transposition models were assessed against experimental data and a transposition model for inner rows was developed and validated. The developed model incorporates view factors and direct and circumsolar irradiances shading from adjacent rows, significantly improving global tilted irradiance (GTI) estimates. This model was validated against one-minute observations recorded between 14 April and 1 June 2022, at Évora, Portugal (38.5306, −8.0112) resulting in values of mean bias error (MBE) and root-mean-squared error (RMSE) of −12.9 W/m2 and 76.8 W/m2, respectively, which represent an improvement of 368.3 W/m2 in the MBE of GTI estimations compared to the best-performing transposition model for the first row. The proposed model was also evaluated in an operational forecast setting where corrected forecasts of direct and diffuse irradiance (0 to 72 h ahead) were used as inputs, resulting in an MBE and RMSE of −33.6 W/m2 and 169.7 W/m2, respectively. These findings underscore the potential of the developed model to enhance solar energy forecasting accuracy and operational algorithms’ efficiency and robustness.

10 August 2026 in Energy Nexus
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SPSara Pereira
Sara Pereira
MNMaria Helena Novais
Maria Helena Novais
MRMauro Raposo
Mauro Raposo
JBJoão Barroso
João Barroso
JSJosé A. Silva
José A. Silva