Application of neural networks for load forecasting in a regional power company

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Heinrich
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Load Forecasting ◽  
Regional Power ◽  
Power Company

scholarly journals Analysis of Different Neural Networks and a New Architecture for Short-Term Load Forecasting

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lintao Yang ◽  
Honggeng Yang
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Time Scale ◽  
Load Forecasting ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Electric System ◽  
Power Company ◽  
Network Methods ◽  
Short Term Load Forecasting ◽  
Electric Power Company

Short-term load forecasting (STLF) has been widely studied because it plays a very important role in improving the economy and security of electric system operations. Many types of neural networks have been successfully used for STLF. In most of these methods, common neural networks were used, but without a systematic comparative analysis. In this paper, we first compare the most frequently used neural networks’ performance on the load dataset from the State Grid Sichuan Electric Power Company (China). Then, considering the current neural networks’ disadvantages, we propose a new architecture called a gate-recurrent neural network (RNN) based on an RNN for STLF. By evaluating all the methods on our dataset, the results demonstrate that the performance of different neural network methods are related to the data time scale, and our proposed method is more accurate on a much shorter time scale, particularly when the time scale is smaller than 20 min.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Selection of Exogenous Variables in the ANFIS Model on the Results of the Daily Load Forecast in the Power Company

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 345
Author(s):  
Janusz Sowinski
Keyword(s):  
Load Forecasting ◽  
Large Set ◽  
Exogenous Variables ◽  
Anfis Model ◽  
Load Forecast ◽  
Forecasting Models ◽  
Power Company ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Daily Load ◽  
Selection Of

Forecasting of daily loads is crucial for the Distribution System Operators (DSO). Contemporary short-term load forecasting models (STLF) are very well recognized and described in numerous articles. One of such models is the Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS), which requires a large set of historical data. A well-recognized issue both for the ANFIS and other daily load forecasting models is the selection of exogenous variables. This article attempts to verify the statement that an appropriate selection of exogenous variables of the ANFIS model affects the accuracy of the forecasts obtained ex post. This proposal seems to be a return to the roots of the Polish econometrics school and the use of the Hellwig method to select exogenous variables of the ANFIS model. In this context, it is also worth asking whether the use of the Hellwig method in conjunction with the ANFIS model makes it possible to investigate the significance of weather variables on the profile of the daily load in an energy company. The functioning of the ANFIS model was tested for some consumers exhibiting high load randomness located within the area under supervision of the examined power company. The load curves featuring seasonal variability and weekly similarity are suitable for forecasting with the ANFIS model. The Hellwig method has been used to select exogenous variables in the ANFIS model. The optimal set of variables has been determined on the basis of integral indicators of information capacity H. Including an additional variable, i.e., air temperature, has also been taken into consideration. Some results of ex post daily load forecast are presented.

scholarly journals A Simple Method of Residential Electricity Load Forecasting by Improved Bayesian Neural Networks

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shubin Zheng ◽  
Qianwen Zhong ◽  
Lele Peng ◽  
Xiaodong Chai
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Time Series ◽  
Load Forecasting ◽  
Forecast Model ◽  
Time Range ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Load Forecast ◽  
Bayesian Neural Networks ◽  
Electricity Load ◽  
Electricity Load Forecasting

Electricity load forecasting is becoming one of the key issues to solve energy crisis problem, and time-series Bayesian Neural Network is one popular method used in load forecast models. However, it has long running time and relatively strong dependence on time and weather factors at a residential level. To solve these problems, this article presents an improved Bayesian Neural Networks (IBNN) forecast model by augmenting historical load data as inputs based on simple feedforward structure. From the load time delays correlations and impact factors analysis, containing different inputs, number of hidden neurons, historic period of data, forecasting time range, and range requirement of sample data, some advices are given on how to better choose these factors. To validate the performance of improved Bayesian Neural Networks model, several residential sample datasets of one whole year from Ausgrid have been selected to build the improved Bayesian Neural Networks model. The results compared with the time-series load forecast model show that the improved Bayesian Neural Networks model can significantly reduce calculating time by more than 30 times and even when the time or meteorological factors are missing, it can still predict the load with a high accuracy. Compared with other widely used prediction methods, the IBNN also performs a better accuracy and relatively shorter computing time. This improved Bayesian Neural Networks forecasting method can be applied in residential energy management.

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