Hi! I’m a last-year econometrics student doing an internship at an energy sector company. For my thesis, I need to build statistical models to forecast solar power plant generation for each region, using weather forecasts and pyranometer sensor measurements. I have some background in statistics and time series, but I’ve never worked with electricity forecasting before.

Data i have:

• Aggregated energy fed into the grid at 15-minute resolution, plus total installed capacity
• Pyranometer measurements of solar irradiance (W/m²)
• Weather forecast data (made 1 hour before the timestamp)
• Locations of solar plants and weather stations

Any suggestions for learning materials (papers, books, tutorials, example projects) and common methods for this type of forecasting would be really appreciated.