Generation of synthetic benchmark electrical load profiles using publicly available load and weather data

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Pillai, Gobind G ^a   Putrus, Ghanim A ^a   Pearsall, Nicola M ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Load profile; Power networks; Public data; Synthetic generation; Weather data

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOADS; NEURAL NETWORKS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

LOAD PROFILES; POWER NETWORKS; PUBLIC DATA; SYNTHETIC GENERATION; WEATHER DATA;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 84897438340     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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