Automated Machine Learning for Optimized Load Forecasting and Economic Impact in the Greek Wholesale Energy Market

This study investigates the use of automated machine learning to forecast the demand of electrical loads. A stochastic optimization algorithm minimizes the cost and risk of the traded asset across different markets using a generic framework for trading activities of load portfolios. Assuming an alwa...

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Main Authors: Nikolaos Koutantos, Maria Fotopoulou, Dimitrios Rakopoulos
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-10-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/21/9766
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description This study investigates the use of automated machine learning to forecast the demand of electrical loads. A stochastic optimization algorithm minimizes the cost and risk of the traded asset across different markets using a generic framework for trading activities of load portfolios. Assuming an always overbought condition in the Day-Ahead as well as in the Futures Market, the excess energy returns without revenue to the market, and the results are compared with a standard contract in Greece, which stands as the lowest as far as the billing price is concerned. The analysis achieved a mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of 12.89% as the best fitted model and without using any kind of pre-processing methods.
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spelling doaj-art-d582dc94e0c44b8d8b979bdfbf4711dd2025-08-20T02:49:49ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172024-10-011421976610.3390/app14219766Automated Machine Learning for Optimized Load Forecasting and Economic Impact in the Greek Wholesale Energy MarketNikolaos Koutantos0Maria Fotopoulou1Dimitrios Rakopoulos2Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Egialias 52, 15125 Athens, GreeceChemical Process and Energy Resources Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Egialias 52, 15125 Athens, GreeceChemical Process and Energy Resources Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Egialias 52, 15125 Athens, GreeceThis study investigates the use of automated machine learning to forecast the demand of electrical loads. A stochastic optimization algorithm minimizes the cost and risk of the traded asset across different markets using a generic framework for trading activities of load portfolios. Assuming an always overbought condition in the Day-Ahead as well as in the Futures Market, the excess energy returns without revenue to the market, and the results are compared with a standard contract in Greece, which stands as the lowest as far as the billing price is concerned. The analysis achieved a mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of 12.89% as the best fitted model and without using any kind of pre-processing methods.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/21/9766ensemble-based modelautomated machine learninghyperparameter optimizationload forecasting
spellingShingle Nikolaos Koutantos
Maria Fotopoulou
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Automated Machine Learning for Optimized Load Forecasting and Economic Impact in the Greek Wholesale Energy Market
Applied Sciences
ensemble-based model
automated machine learning
hyperparameter optimization
load forecasting
title Automated Machine Learning for Optimized Load Forecasting and Economic Impact in the Greek Wholesale Energy Market
title_full Automated Machine Learning for Optimized Load Forecasting and Economic Impact in the Greek Wholesale Energy Market
title_fullStr Automated Machine Learning for Optimized Load Forecasting and Economic Impact in the Greek Wholesale Energy Market
title_full_unstemmed Automated Machine Learning for Optimized Load Forecasting and Economic Impact in the Greek Wholesale Energy Market
title_short Automated Machine Learning for Optimized Load Forecasting and Economic Impact in the Greek Wholesale Energy Market
title_sort automated machine learning for optimized load forecasting and economic impact in the greek wholesale energy market
topic ensemble-based model
automated machine learning
hyperparameter optimization
load forecasting
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/21/9766
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