Predicting energy generation using forecasting techniques in Catalan reservoirs

Reservoirs are natural or artificial lakes used as a source of water supply for society daily applications. In addition, hydroelectric power plants produce electricity while water flows through the reservoir. However, reservoirs are limited natural resources since water levels vary according to annu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Parada Medina, Raúl, Font Marcé, Jordi, Casas-Roma, Jordi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/102372
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10609/102372
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Forecasting
Reservoir
Series analysis
Reservoirs
Previsió
Pantans (Enginyeria civil)
Previsión
Embalses
Descripción
Sumario:Reservoirs are natural or artificial lakes used as a source of water supply for society daily applications. In addition, hydroelectric power plants produce electricity while water flows through the reservoir. However, reservoirs are limited natural resources since water levels vary according to annual rainfalls and other natural events, and consequently, the energy generation. Therefore, forecasting techniques are helpful to predict water level, and thus, electricity production. This paper examines state-of-the-art methods to predict the water level in Catalan reservoirs comparing two approaches: using the water level uniquely, uni-variant; and adding meteorological data, multi-variant. With respect to relating works, our contribution includes a longer times series prediction keeping a high precision. The results return that combining Support Vector Machine and the multi-variant approach provides the highest precision with an R2 value of 0.99.