Forecasting Residential EV Charging Pile Capacity in Urban Power Systems: A Cointegration–BiLSTM Hybrid Approach

Siqiong Dai, Liang Yuan (), Jiayi Zhong, Xubin Liu () and Zhangjie Liu
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Siqiong Dai: School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Liang Yuan: School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Jiayi Zhong: School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Xubin Liu: School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Zhangjie Liu: School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 14, 1-18

Abstract: The rapid proliferation of electric vehicles necessitates accurate forecasting of charging pile capacity for urban power system planning, yet existing methods for medium- to long-term prediction lack effective mechanisms to capture complex multi-factor relationships. To address this gap, a hybrid cointegration–BiLSTM framework is proposed for medium- to long-term load forecasting. Cointegration theory is leveraged to identify long-term equilibrium relationships between EV charging capacity and socioeconomic factors, effectively mitigating spurious regression risks. The extracted cointegration features and error correction terms are integrated into a bidirectional LSTM network to capture complex temporal dependencies. Validation using data from 14 cities in Hunan Province demonstrated that cointegration analysis surpassed linear correlation methods in feature preprocessing effectiveness, while the proposed model achieved enhanced forecasting accuracy relative to conventional temporal convolutional networks, support vector machines, and gated recurrent units. Furthermore, a 49% reduction in MAE and RMSE was observed when ECT-enhanced features were adopted instead of unenhanced groups, confirming the critical role of comprehensive feature engineering. Compared with the GRU baseline, the BiLSTM model yielded a 26% decrease in MAE and a 24% decrease in RMSE. The robustness of the model was confirmed through five-fold cross-validation, with ECT-enhanced features yielding optimal results. This approach provides a scientifically grounded framework for EV charging infrastructure planning, with potential extensions to photovoltaic capacity forecasting.

Keywords: electric vehicle forecasting; BiLSTM; cointegration; urban infrastructure; time series prediction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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