Demystifying the use of ERA5‐land and machine learning for wind power forecasting
importance 5/10
ai assisted
Energy Load and Power Forecasting renewable energy stage: research
Problem
Short-term wind power forecasting to mitigate wind inconsistency effects on the electric grid.
Why it matters
Accurate forecasting reduces need for costly energy storage and stabilizes renewable grid integration.
What the AI did
Random forest, support vector regression, and LSTM models were tuned and tested for wind power forecasting using the ERA5-Land dataset.
Results
Both ML and DL models performed better than the baseline model for wind speed forecasting up to 24 hours ahead.
Impact
Showed feasibility of free, open-data-based ML forecasting outperforming a baseline.
Record
| Venue | IET Renewable Power Generation |
|---|---|
| Published | 2020 |
| Work type | article |
| Authors | Alexander Marinšek, Gregor Bajt |
| Citations | 20 (OpenAlex, at import time) |
| References | 44 |
| Model or method | Random Forest, SVR, LSTM |
| Organization | not stated in source |
| Primary source | https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2020.0576 |
| Open access | closed |
| Keywords | wind power, forecasting, machine learning, LSTM, ERA5-Land, renewable energy |
Importance rating
5
real but narrower advance
Wind forecasting aids grid stability and avoids costly storage investment; feasibility study with free open data, benefit not quantified at scale.
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