Enhancing Wind Power Forecast Precision via Multi-head Attention Transformer: An Investigation on Single-step and Multi-step Forecasting

Md Rasel Sarkar*, Sreenatha G. Anavatti*, Tanmoy Dam, Mahardhika Pratama, Berlian Al Kindhi

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Abstract

The main objective of this study is to propose an enhanced wind power forecasting (EWPF) transformer model for handling power grid operations and boosting power market competition. It helps reliable large-scale integration of wind power relies in large part on accurate wind power forecasting (WPF). The proposed model is evaluated for single-step and multi-step WPF, and compared with gated recurrent unit (GRU) and long short-term memory (LSTM) models on a wind power dataset. The results of the study indicate that the proposed EWPF transformer model outperforms conventional recurrent neural network (RNN) models in terms of time-series forecasting accuracy. In particular, the results reveal a minimum performance improvement of 5% and a maximum of 20% compared to LSTM and GRU. These results indicate that the EWPF transformer model provides a promising alternative for wind power forecasting and has the potential to significantly improve the precision of WPF. The findings of this study have implications for energy producers and researchers in the field of WPF.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIJCNN 2023 - International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781665488679
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event2023 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN 2023 - Gold Coast, Australia
Duration: 18 Jun 202323 Jun 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks
Volume2023-June

Conference

Conference2023 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN 2023
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityGold Coast
Period18/06/2323/06/23

Keywords

  • GRU
  • LSTM
  • Transformer
  • Wind Power Forecasting

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