Statistical Wind Power Forecasting for U.S. Wind Farms: Preprint
Electricity markets in the United States are evolving. Accurate wind power forecasts are beneficial for wind plant operators, utility operators, and utility customers. An accurate forecast allows grid operators to schedule economically efficient generation to meet the demand of electrical customers. The evolving markets hold some form of auction for various forward markets, such as hour ahead or day ahead. This paper describes several statistical forecasting models that can be useful in hour-ahead markets. Although longer-term forecasting relies on numerical weather models, the statistical models used here focus on the short-term forecasts that can be useful in the hour-ahead markets. The purpose of the paper is not to develop forecasting models that can compete with commercially available models. Instead, we investigate the extent to which time-series analysis can improve simplistic persistence forecasts. This project applied a class of models known as autoregressive moving average (A RMA) models to both wind speed and wind power output. The results from wind farms in Minnesota, Iowa, and along the Washington-Oregon border indicate that statistical modeling can provide a significant improvement in wind forecasts compared to persistence forecasts.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-99-GO10337
- OSTI ID:
- 15005924
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-500-35087; TRN: US200402%%57
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at the 17th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences/2004 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA (US), 01/11/2004--01/15/2004; Other Information: PBD: 1 Nov 2003; Related Information: Prepared for the 17th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences/2004 American Meterological Society Annual Meeting, 11-15 January 2004, Seattle, Washington
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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