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2 January 2026

GSTAformer: Graph-Guided Spatio-Temporal Autoformer for Mid-Term Wind Power Forecasting

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Collaborative Innovation Center on Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, No. 219, Ningliu Road, Nanjing 210044, China
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China Electric Power Research Institute Co., Ltd., No. 8 Nanrui Road, Gulou District, Nanjing 210000, China
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Department of Computer Science, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6DH, UK
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This article belongs to the Special Issue Development of Artificial Intelligence in Green Buildings and Renewable Energy

Abstract

Accurate wind power forecasting is crucial for modern power systems, yet most deep learning models neglect spatial relationships between turbines. We propose GSTAformer, a graph-guided spatio-temporal model capturing both spatial and temporal dependencies through MIC- and PCC-built graphs; GraphSAGE for spatial feature extraction; multi-scale convolution for trend detection; and an improved Autoformer for temporal modeling. Experiments on SDWPF and GEFCom2012 datasets demonstrate GSTAformer’s superior performance, achieving a 24 h mean squared error (MSE) of 0.7480 and mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.6362 on SDWPF. This work integrates graph-based spatial modeling with enhanced temporal forecasting for medium-term wind power prediction, providing a coherent framework suited to complex wind energy scenarios.

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