Wind power forecasting based on singular spectrum analysis and a new hybrid Laguerre neural network

Given the intermittency and randomness of wind energy, the mass grid connection of wind power poses great challenges in power system and increases the threat in power system balance. Wind power forecasting can predict the fluctuation of output wind power in wind farms, which can effectively reduce wind power uncertainty. Improving the accuracy of wind power is indispensable for enhancing the efficiency of wind power utilization. To improve the forecasting accuracy, this research proposed a novel wind power forecasting method based on singular spectrum analysis and a new hybrid Laguerre neural network. First, singular spectrum analysis was used to analyze the wind power series, which decomposes the series into two subsequences, namely, trend and harmonic series and noise series. Then, Laguerre neural network and new Laguerre neural network were proposed to build the hybrid forecasting model optimized by the opposition transition state transition algorithm. The two decomposed signals were used for forecasting the future wind power value by using a forecasting model. Finally, the proposed hybrid forecasting method was investigated with respect to the wind farm in Xinjiang, China. Prediction performance results demonstrated that the proposed model has higher accuracy than the Laguerre neural network, hybrid Laguerre neural network, hybrid Laguerre neural network with singular spectrum analysis, hybrid Laguerre neural network with opposition transition state transition algorithm and singular spectrum analysis, and other popular methods.