Dr. Kacem Gairaa

Brief Bio

Dr. Kacem GAIRAA is a senior researcher at the center for renewable energy development in Algeria. He earned his Engineer and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering in 2003 and 2012, respectively, and completed his Ph.D. in Renewable Energies in 2018 from Tiaret University. Currently, Dr. GAIRAA serves as the director of the research division on the application of renewable energies in arid and semi-arid regions. With extensive experience in solar energy, he has authored and co-authored more than 30 papers published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences.

Research areas

• Solar enegy
• Photovoltaic
• Data analysis

Affiliations

Senior Researcher
center for renewable energy development
Rue 1er mai Melika bas, Ghardaia, Algeria
Email: kacem.gairaa47@gmail.com
Tel: 213561830870
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Publications

Potential assessment of the TVF-EMD algorithm in forecasting hourly global solar radiation: Review and case studies
Journal: Cleaner Production
Published: 2023

Contribution of ordinal variables to short-term global solar irradiation forecasting for sites with low variabilities
Journal: Renewable Energy
Published: 2022

A Novel Hybrid Model for Solar Radiation Forecasting Using Support Vector Machine and Bee Colony Optimization Algorithm: Review and Case Study
Journal: Solar Energy Engineering
Published: 2020

A Comprehensive Review of Hybrid Models for Solar Radiation Forecasting
Journal: Cleaner Production
Published: 2020

Clear-sky models evaluation of two sites over Algeria for PV forecasting purpose
Journal: The European Physical Journal Plus
Published: 2019

Impact of DNI nowcasting on annual revenues of CSP plants for a time of delivery based feed in tariff
Journal: Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Published: 2018

Solar radiation measurements in Algeria: Case of Ghardaïa station as member of the enerMENA meteorological network
Journal: Energy Procedia
Published: 2017

Estimation of the daily global solar radiation based on Box-Jenkins and ANN models: A combined approach
Journal: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Published: 2016

Introducing the best model for estimation the monthly mean daily global solar radiation on horizontal surface (Case study: Algeria)
Journal: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Published: 2014