Modeling and forecasting electricity consumption amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Machine learning vs. nonlinear econometric time series models

Accurately modeling and forecasting electricity consumption remains a challenging task due to the large number of the statistical properties that characterize this time series such as seasonality, trend, sudden changes, slow decay of autocorrelation function, among many others. This study contribute...

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Main Author: Lanouar, Charfeddine (author)
Other Authors: Zaidan, Esmat (author), Alban, Ahmad Qadeib (author), Bennasr, Hamdi (author), Abulibdeh, Ammar (author)
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104860
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210670723004717
http://hdl.handle.net/10576/47967
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description Accurately modeling and forecasting electricity consumption remains a challenging task due to the large number of the statistical properties that characterize this time series such as seasonality, trend, sudden changes, slow decay of autocorrelation function, among many others. This study contributes to this literature by using and comparing four advanced time series econometrics models, and four machine learning and deep learning models11These models include the autoregressive model with seasonality, autoregressive models with exogenous variables, the autoregressive fractionally integrated moving average model with exogenous variables, the three state autoregressive Markov switching model with exogenous variable, Prophet, EXtreme Gradient Boosting, Long-Short-Term Memory and Support Vector Regression. to analyze and forecast electricity consumption during COVID-19 pre-lockdown, lockdown, releasing-lockdown, and post-lockdown phases. Monthly data on Qatar’s total electricity consumption has been used from January 2010 to December 2021. The empirical findings demonstrate that both econometric and machine learning models are able to capture most of the important statistical features characterizing electricity consumption. In particular, it is found that climate change based factors, e.g temperature, rainfall, mean sea-level pressure and wind speed, are key determinants of electricity consumption. In terms of forecasting, the results indicate that the autoregressive fractionally integrated moving average and the three state autoregressive Markov switching models with exogenous variables outperform all other models. Policy implications and energy-environmental recommendations are proposed and discussed.
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spelling Modeling and forecasting electricity consumption amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Machine learning vs. nonlinear econometric time series modelsLanouar, CharfeddineZaidan, EsmatAlban, Ahmad QadeibBennasr, HamdiAbulibdeh, AmmarElectricity consumptionForecastingCOVID-19Nonlinear econometric modelsMachine and deep learning modelsAccurately modeling and forecasting electricity consumption remains a challenging task due to the large number of the statistical properties that characterize this time series such as seasonality, trend, sudden changes, slow decay of autocorrelation function, among many others. This study contributes to this literature by using and comparing four advanced time series econometrics models, and four machine learning and deep learning models11These models include the autoregressive model with seasonality, autoregressive models with exogenous variables, the autoregressive fractionally integrated moving average model with exogenous variables, the three state autoregressive Markov switching model with exogenous variable, Prophet, EXtreme Gradient Boosting, Long-Short-Term Memory and Support Vector Regression. to analyze and forecast electricity consumption during COVID-19 pre-lockdown, lockdown, releasing-lockdown, and post-lockdown phases. Monthly data on Qatar’s total electricity consumption has been used from January 2010 to December 2021. The empirical findings demonstrate that both econometric and machine learning models are able to capture most of the important statistical features characterizing electricity consumption. In particular, it is found that climate change based factors, e.g temperature, rainfall, mean sea-level pressure and wind speed, are key determinants of electricity consumption. In terms of forecasting, the results indicate that the autoregressive fractionally integrated moving average and the three state autoregressive Markov switching models with exogenous variables outperform all other models. Policy implications and energy-environmental recommendations are proposed and discussed.This publication was made possible by an NPRP award [NPRP13S0206-200272] from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation). The statements made herein are solely the responsibility of the authors. The open access publication of this article was funded by the Qatar National Library (QNL).Elsevier2023-09-26T07:13:03Z2023-11-30Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.10486022106707https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210670723004717http://hdl.handle.net/10576/4796798enhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:qspace.qu.edu.qa:10576/479672024-07-23T10:58:26Z
spellingShingle Modeling and forecasting electricity consumption amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Machine learning vs. nonlinear econometric time series models
Lanouar, Charfeddine
Electricity consumption
Forecasting
COVID-19
Nonlinear econometric models
Machine and deep learning models
status_str publishedVersion
title Modeling and forecasting electricity consumption amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Machine learning vs. nonlinear econometric time series models
title_full Modeling and forecasting electricity consumption amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Machine learning vs. nonlinear econometric time series models
title_fullStr Modeling and forecasting electricity consumption amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Machine learning vs. nonlinear econometric time series models
title_full_unstemmed Modeling and forecasting electricity consumption amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Machine learning vs. nonlinear econometric time series models
title_short Modeling and forecasting electricity consumption amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Machine learning vs. nonlinear econometric time series models
title_sort Modeling and forecasting electricity consumption amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Machine learning vs. nonlinear econometric time series models
topic Electricity consumption
Forecasting
COVID-19
Nonlinear econometric models
Machine and deep learning models
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104860
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210670723004717
http://hdl.handle.net/10576/47967