A generic framework for wind power forecasting

Numerous techniques have been proposed so far for forecasting of wind turbine output power in both short-term and long-term time horizons. The proposed techniques are oversimplified and regionally and/or temporally limited. This paper proposes a generic wind power forecasting framework with no regional or temporal restriction. Moreover, the effect of the energy lost within downtimes imposed by scheduled maintenances and external disturbances are also taken into account.