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Artificial neural network shows a good performance in predicting renewable energy. Many versions of Artificial Neural
Network (ANN) models have been implemented to predict solar potential. This study aims to determine the monthly
solar radiation in Semarang, Indonesia using ANN, and to visualize monthly solar irradiance as a map of the solar
system of Semarang. This research applied the perceptron multi-layer ANN model, with 7 variables as input data of
network learning, which were maximum temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, rainfall, longitude, latitude, and
elevation. The input data set was obtained from a NASA normalized geo-satellite database website with a 5-year average
daily score. Network training used backpropagation with one of the input layers, two of hidden layers, and one
of the output layer. The performance of the model during the analysis of mean absolute percentage error was highly
accurate (6.6%) when 12 and 10 neurons were respectively installed in the first and second hidden layers. The result
was presented in a monthly map of solar potential within the geographical information system (GIS) environment.
The result showed that ANN was able to be one of the alternatives to estimate solar irradiance data. The sun irradiance
map can be used by the government of Semarang City to provide information about the solar energy profile for
the implementation of the solar energy system.
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