| Author: | Ho, Kai-on |
| Title: | A comparative analysis of forecasting methodologies of electricity consumption and application in Hong Kong system |
| Degree: | M.Sc. |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Subject: | Electric power consumption -- China -- Hong Kong -- Forecasting Hong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertations |
| Department: | Multi-disciplinary Studies Department of Electrical Engineering |
| Pages: | 100 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Power system planning and decision support is a complex process requiring reliable and accurate forecasting data for future power consumption. Power infrastructure is characterised by high fixed cost, long construction lead time, long-life, slow supply adjustment to actual consumption. All these special features of power infrastructure put an extreme pressure on getting quality forecasting data for future power consumption. This paper contains a brief history of Hong Kong electricity consumption over the past few decades, description of three major, forecasting models, analysis on the accuracy of forecasting models and finally the conclusion. Two major types of quantitative forecasting models used within power industry are time-series and multiple linear regression (MLR) model. On the other hand, artificial neural network (ANN) is another popular forecasting model to predict future power consumption recently. In order to test the applicability and accuracy of these forecasting models in relation to the forecast of power consumption, two approaches were adopted, namely, total market forecast and combined market forecast. Total market forecast refers to the prediction of total electricity consumption which consists of the consumption in domestic, commercial, industrial, street lighting and export to China markets. Combined market forecast, unlike the total market forecast, divides the total market into individual market. We predict the forecasts for each market and add them to obtain the forecast of total electricity consumption combined from those individual markets. The result revealed that time series model should mainly be used to establish past trends to forecast the future whereas multiple linear regression model is often more suitable in the sense that the accuracy of forecasted data is higher. We also found that artificial neural network model forecast is generally as good as those generated by the traditional multiple linear regression model. |
| Rights: | All rights reserved |
| Access: | restricted access |
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