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Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Next-Generation Energy Forecasting

Submission Deadline: 31 October 2026 View: 1134 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editor(s)

Prof. Dr. Wenlong Fu

Email: ctgu_fuwenlong@126.com

Affiliation: College of Electrical Engineering & New Energy, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China

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Research Interests: integrated modeling, simulation and control of renewable energy generation system, new energy power generation forecast, artificial intelligence application

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Prof. Dr. Yunning Zhang

Email: yunningzhang@gmail.com

Affiliation: College of Electrical Engineering & New Energy, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China

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Research Interests: artificial intelligence application, application of intelligent systems and control theory in energy networks

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Summary

Energy security and the efficient integration of renewable energy sources, particularly variable renewables like wind, solar, and hydropower, have become critical global priorities. The inherent intermittency and stochastic nature of these resources, coupled with fluctuating demand, pose significant challenges to grid stability. This necessitates sophisticated energy management strategies where accurate forecasting is paramount. Artificial intelligence and machine learning have emerged as powerful tools to develop high-precision forecasts for wind power generation, solar irradiance, and hydrological conditions for hydropower. Furthermore, the proliferation of smart sensors and the Internet of Things enables the collection of massive, high-resolution datasets. The central challenge now evolves from data collection to leveraging this information through advanced AI algorithms to optimize dispatch, enhance grid reliability, and solve pressing practical problems in the energy sector.


On this background, this Research Topic aims to compile cutting-edge research on Artificial intelligence and machine learning driven forecasting techniques for integrated wind-solar-hydro energy systems.


Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
· Data processing strategies for complex energy prediction
· Forecasting technologies for energy systems based on composite models
· Wind/ Photovoltaic/Hydro power forecasting
· Prediction integrating meteorological data
· Prediction of the operating status of power generation equipment
· Probability/interval prediction for energy systems
· Energy prediction based on intelligent algorithms
· Multi-objective optimization for energy systems forecasting
· Load forecasting based on artificial intelligence technologies
· Prediction technology based on error correction


Keywords

power forecasting, machine learning, artificial intelligence, renewable energy, intelligent algorithm, composite model

Published Papers


  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    A Real-Time Forecasting Framework for Non-Stationary Three-Phase Loads with Inter-Phase Dependency

    Tianxiong Xiao, Zhi Zou, Hai Yan, Linjing Fu, Yifei Zhu, Lei Zhang, Xi Chen
    Energy Engineering, DOI:10.32604/ee.2026.083233
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Next-Generation Energy Forecasting)
    Abstract Due to the complex operating characteristics of loads in power distribution networks, three-phase loads exhibit strong non-stationarity and complex phase-to-phase coupling, thereby adversely affecting the power quality of distribution networks. However, existing decomposition-based forecasting methods usually rely on global or offline feature extraction and insufficiently consider local frequency drift, inter-phase dependency, and real-time deployment. To address these limitations, this paper proposes a causality-preserving real-time forecasting framework that integrates snow ablation optimization-assisted short-time variational mode decomposition (SAO-STVMD) with a serial gated hybrid neural network. Specifically, SAO is used to adaptively determine the key STVMD parameters, and… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Vibration Trend Prediction of Pumped Storage Unit Based on IBiGRU-KAN and IESC-KELM

    Ziwei Zhong, Lingkai Zhu, Yuheng Zhang, Zhiqiang Gong, Wei Zheng, Wenlong Fu
    Energy Engineering, DOI:10.32604/ee.2026.081825
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Next-Generation Energy Forecasting)
    Abstract As a key equipment of the power system, the operational stability of pumped storage units (PSUs) is crucial for the safety and efficiency of the power grid. Since vibration serves as a critical indicator of the operational state and structural health of PSUs, accurate vibration trend prediction plays an important role in ensuring the stable operation. To enhance the prediction accuracy of PSUs vibration trend, a novel prediction method is proposed in this paper based on combination of the improved bidirectional gated recurrent unit Kolmogorov-Arnold network (IBiGRU-KAN) and kernel extreme learning machine optimized by the… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Measurement Error Estimation Method for DC Charging Stations of Electric Vehicles Based on Constrained Optimization Model

    Quanquan Yu, Zhenhua Li, Zhenxing Li, Yanchun Xu, Xiaozhen Zhao, Lin Wu
    Energy Engineering, DOI:10.32604/ee.2026.079852
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Next-Generation Energy Forecasting)
    Abstract Electric vehicle (EV) charging piles serve as the critical link between operators and EV users, and their metering verification results are essential for safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of both parties. With the ever-increasing number of charging piles, traditional on-site verification methods are becoming prohibitively costly and inefficient, making comprehensive coverage impractical. To address this issue, this paper proposes a constrained optimization-based method for estimating the metering operation error of DC charging piles. First, leveraging the topological structure of DC charging stations and the law of energy conservation, an analytical model linking station-level and… More >

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