Value-oriented probabilistic predict-and-optimize for stochastic scheduling of hydrogen-electric coupled microgrids

Probabilistic forecasting is increasingly used to support uncertainty-aware microgrid scheduling, but many forecasting methods are still trained for generic statistical accuracy rather than the downstream operational value of forecast errors. This mismatch becomes more severe in hydrogen-electric coupled microgrids, where hybrid storage makes the operating consequence of forecast errors strongly dependent on their source and timing. To bridge this gap, this paper proposes Cost-Sensitive Probabilistic Learning (CSPL), a value-oriented probabilistic predict-and-optimize framework for hydrogen-electric coupled microgrids under multi-source uncertainty. The novelty of CSPL lies in jointly learning a task-time importance tensor for source- and horizon-dependent operational value, constructing an importance-aware probabilistic forecasting interface with physical feasibility and dependence preservation, and using a surrogate-assisted bilevel search to keep importance learning tractable under two-stage stochastic scheduling. Experiments on the Rye microgrid show that, relative to a strong uniform-weight stochastic baseline, CSPL reduces the hindsight value-oriented prediction loss (H-VOPL) by 37.4% and the realized total cost by 4.4%, while maintaining calibration and operational reliability. These results show that, in hydrogen-electric coupled microgrids, aligning probabilistic forecasting with downstream operational value can improve scenario-based stochastic scheduling.

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Electric Power Systems Research
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2026-09-29
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2026.114246
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Microgrid Control and Optimization
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Value-oriented probabilistic predict-and-optimize for stochastic scheduling of hydrogen-electric coupled microgrids

Kai Qu, Xianjing Zhong, Hui Cao, Tianyi Fan et al.
Electric Power Systems Research
Microgrid Control and Optimization
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Value-oriented probabilistic predict-and-optimize for stochastic scheduling of hydrogen-electric coupled microgrids

Kai Qu, Xianjing Zhong, Hui Cao, Tianyi Fan, Peichen Li
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Abstract

Probabilistic forecasting is increasingly used to support uncertainty-aware microgrid scheduling, but many forecasting methods are still trained for generic statistical accuracy rather than the downstream operational value of forecast errors. This mismatch becomes more severe in hydrogen-electric coupled microgrids, where hybrid storage makes the operating consequence of forecast errors strongly dependent on their source and timing. To bridge this gap, this paper proposes Cost-Sensitive Probabilistic Learning (CSPL), a value-oriented probabilistic predict-and-optimize framework for hydrogen-electric coupled microgrids under multi-source uncertainty. The novelty of CSPL lies in jointly learning a task-time importance tensor for source- and horizon-dependent operational value, constructing an importance-aware probabilistic forecasting interface with physical feasibility and dependence preservation, and using a surrogate-assisted bilevel search to keep importance learning tractable under two-stage stochastic scheduling. Experiments on the Rye microgrid show that, relative to a strong uniform-weight stochastic baseline, CSPL reduces the hindsight value-oriented prediction loss (H-VOPL) by 37.4% and the realized total cost by 4.4%, while maintaining calibration and operational reliability. These results show that, in hydrogen-electric coupled microgrids, aligning probabilistic forecasting with downstream operational value can improve scenario-based stochastic scheduling.

Electric Power Systems ResearchVol. 265
Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
Openalex Percentile: Top 16%
Microgrid Control and Optimization
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