A review of wind power forecasting & prediction

Due to the stochastic and intermittent nature of wind power, the accuracy of wind power prediction(WPP) is of great significance to the grid with increasing wind farm penetration. Currently the methods of WPP is various and uneven. Hence forecasting methods are detailedly classified and summarized in this paper, and the basic ideas, advantages and disadvantages of these methods are discussed in detail. The paper presents the analysis of state-of-the-art worldwide research, and the outlook of the main research directions of WPP.