Modeling of photovoltaic(PV)system output is the premise of evaluation of its capacity value and planning. For such modeling
how to deal with stochastic and fluctuant nature of solar irradiation is the key point. Based on the theory of cluster analysis
the output model of PV system is established from the data mining perspective and the model is applied in the reliability evaluation of power system incorporating PV generation. Firstly
the conventional fuzzy C-means(FCM)algorithm is improved to solve the problem of initial iterative value sensitivity. Secondly
the improved FCM algorithm is used to make a cluster analysis on historical solar irradiation data. The number of clusters and the clustering centers are determined. Then
based on the membership matrix and Monte-Carlo simulation(MCS)method
the simulation method of solar irradiation is proposed. Finally
through the IEEE-RTS system
the method proposed is used to evaluate the generation system reliability. The simulation results have demonstrated that the proposed model and method are effective and highly efficient.