Concepts#

Understand the domain and library architecture behind OpenSTEF.

Intro to Energy Forecasting

How short-term energy forecasting works and why it matters for grid operations.

Intro to Energy Forecasting
Models

The machine learning models available in OpenSTEF and when to use each.

Models
Metalearning

Automatic model selection and hyperparameter optimization across targets.

Metalearning
BEAM

Backtesting, Evaluation, Analysis, and Metrics — the BEAM framework.

BEAM
Component Splitting

Decompose aggregated load into individual energy components.

Component Splitting
Foundation Models

Zero-shot pretrained forecasting on an ONNX runtime, no per-target training.

Foundation Models