Enhancing wind power generation prediction using relevance assessment-based transfer learning

Abstract

Accurate wind power generation forecasting can help build a reliable grid; however, the limited dataset makes accurate forecasting results a challenging work. This study introduces a relevant assessment-based transfer learning architecture to solve this problem. Linear fuzzy neighborhood mutual information is adopted to assess the relevance of the source domain selection. A convolutional structure with long-term memory architecture is designed as the deep learning model. The pre-trained model is transferred to the other wind turbines by calculating the linear fuzzy neighborhood mutual information. The proposed model avoids the lack of a dataset from analogous turbines. The simulation results indicate the proposed model surpasses the popular models in forecasting accuracy and exhibits superior time efficiency compared to popular deep-learning approaches.