## 2 Applications of ANNs to Renewable Energies
### Applications of ANNs for Wind Power and Speed Prediction
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Authors**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**ANN Type and**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Journal**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Country/**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Setting**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Activation Function**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Notes**} \\ \cline{4-11}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**and Year**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Structure**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Inpuel**} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Output**} & & & \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{8} & \multirow{4}{*}{[68]} & RBF & \multicolumn{2}{c}{} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{} \\  & 2-31 & & North & \multicolumn{2}{c}{} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{} \\  & MLP & 2-41 & & & & & & & & \\  & ADLINE & & & USA & & & & & \\  & & 2-41 & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{9} & MLP & \multirow{4}{*}{[69]} & MLP & \multirow{4}{*}{[70]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[71]} & \multirow{4}{*}{Applied Energy} & \multirow{4}{*}{[72]} & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} & \multirow{4}{*}{Mean hourly W\({}_{\text{s}}\)} & Forecast value of & \multirow{4}{*}{-} & \multirow{4}{*}{[74]} \\  & MLP & & 2-41 & & USA & & & & \\  & ADLINE & & & USA & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{10} & \multirow{4}{*}{[72]} & ANN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[71]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[72]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[74]} \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{12} & \multirow{4}{*}{[74]} & ANN & \multirow{4}{*}{[72]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} \\  & ANN & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{13} & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} & ANN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{14} & \multirow{4}{*}{[74]} & MLP & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} \\  & X-8X & & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} \\  & & & & & & & & & \\  & & & & & & & & \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{15} & \multirow{4}{*}{[75]} & \multirow{4}{*}{[75]} & Communications & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} & ARN & \multirow{4}{*}{[73]} \\  & MLP & Nonlinear & &  
ANNs are highly recommended for predicting wind speed and power generation for several reasons, including self-learning, low error, and high efficiency predictability [84].