Data mining techniques for very short term prediction of wind power

Abstract

This paper presents a comparison of data mining techniques for wind power forecasting in a time frame out to 15 minutes ahead. The forecasting is focused on the power generated by the wind farms and the power changes are predicted by using multivariate time series models ARMA, focus time-delay neural network (FTDNN) and a phenomenological model of the turbines. All these models are tested with real data of a 18 MW wind farm.