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Australia's long-term electricity demand forecasting using deep neural networks

Neural and Evolutionary Computing 2018-01-12 v2

Abstract

Accurate prediction of long-term electricity demand has a significant role in demand side management and electricity network planning and operation. Demand over-estimation results in over-investment in network assets, driving up the electricity prices, while demand under-estimation may lead to under-investment resulting in unreliable and insecure electricity. In this manuscript, we apply deep neural networks to predict Australia's long-term electricity demand. A stacked autoencoder is used in combination with multilayer perceptrons or cascade-forward multilayer perceptrons to predict the nation-wide electricity consumption rates for 1-24 months ahead of time. The experimental results show that the deep structures have better performance than classical neural networks, especially for 12-month to 24-month prediction horizon.

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@article{arxiv.1801.02148,
  title  = {Australia's long-term electricity demand forecasting using deep neural networks},
  author = {Homayoun Hamedmoghadam and Nima Joorabloo and Mahdi Jalili},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.02148},
  year   = {2018}
}
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