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Short-term electricity load forecasting with machine learning

dc.contributor.authorAguilar Madrid, Ernesto
dc.contributor.authorAntónio, Nuno
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-22T14:58:22Z
dc.date.available2021-03-22T14:58:22Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractAn accurate short-term load forecasting (STLF) is one of the most critical inputs for power plant units’ planning commitment. STLF reduces the overall planning uncertainty added by the intermittent production of renewable sources; thus, it helps to minimize the hydrothermal electricity production costs in a power grid. Although there is some research in the field and even several research applications, there is a continual need to improve forecasts. This research proposes a set of machine learning (ML) models to improve the accuracy of 168 h forecasts. The developed models employ features from multiple sources, such as historical load, weather, and holidays. Of the five ML models developed and tested in various load profile contexts, the Extreme Gradient Boosting Regressor (XGBoost) algorithm showed the best results, surpassing previous historical weekly predictions based on neural networks. Additionally, because XGBoost models are based on an ensemble of decision trees, it facilitated the model’s interpretation, which provided a relevant additional result, the features’ importance in the forecasting.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/info12020050pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/15267
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectShort-term load forecastingpt_PT
dc.subjectElectricity marketpt_PT
dc.subjectMachine learningpt_PT
dc.subjectWeekly forecastpt_PT
dc.subjectElectricitypt_PT
dc.titleShort-term electricity load forecasting with machine learningpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue2pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage50pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInformationpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume12pt_PT
person.familyNameAntonio
person.givenNameNuno
person.identifier.ciencia-id6818-7822-D24E
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-4801-2487
person.identifier.ridM-1102-2015
person.identifier.scopus-author-id57193796752
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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