Artificial intelligence

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News

Using AI, Microsoft and UNFCCC take aim at emissions

An AI-powered platform will analyze carbon data for Paris Agreement signatories.

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Maeve Allsup
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A geothermal plant
News

Google: Geothermal could follow 'similar trajectory' to solar

The tech giant’s first geothermal-powered data centers are live in Nevada.

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Maeve Allsup
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Solar panels on a hill in Japan
Analysis

Japan's maturing renewables market meets AI-powered energy trading

With Japan’s new power market structure in place, Trailstone is betting the time is right for its risk management tools.

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Maeve Allsup
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Sam Altman at a conference
Analysis

There’s an energy angle to the Sam Altman saga

The boardroom fiasco at OpenAI raises questions about conflicts of interest – including investments in nuclear fusion.

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Maeve Allsup
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A homeowner installs a smart thermostat.
News

Lifting the lid on AutoGrid’s Puget Sound Energy project

AutoGrid claims its turnkey virtual power plant model makes it easier to get projects going.

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Jason Deign
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LEDs light up in a server rack in a data center
Analysis

Inside Google’s demand response plans for data centers

The tech giant's data and climate lead Savannah Goodman says performance tracking and policy are up next.

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Maeve Allsup
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Analysis

Schneider CTO: The transmission bottleneck requires demand-side solutions

Amid accelerating data center demands and a transmission rollout that Scott Harden says is unlikely to happen fast enough, innovation is focused behind the meter.

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Maeve Allsup
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A maintenance worker inside a wind turbine
News

Ørsted turns to AI to boost US projects

The Danish renewables giant is targeting energy production, maintenance costs, and operational efficiency.

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Maeve Allsup
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News

SB Energy taps Stem to bring AI to national storage projects

The companies will collaborate on energy storage deployments, to the tune of 10GWh over the next five years.

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Maeve Allsup
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 A technician monitors electricity levels in front of a giant screen.
Analysis

AI will change the energy sector before it changes the grid

With a retiring workforce and mountains of data, next generation tools are arriving right on time.

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Erin Wong
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A color-treated image of Hanna Grene on a purple and red background
Interview

Microsoft’s vision for utility AI integration

“I don't worry about the tech being good enough,” said Microsoft’s Hanna Grene. “I worry about how we change the way we’re working and approaching these problems.”

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Stephen Lacey
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Maeve Allsup
A data center's infrastructure, rendered in blues and reds.
Feature

The AI ‘wild card’ promises to complicate clean clouds

The unpredictability of energy demand is throwing a wrench in the Big Three’s ambitious clean energy plans.

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Erin Wong
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News

Congress takes on AI for the energy transition

In a Thursday hearing, lawmakers asked questions about the energy intensity of data centers and cybersecurity risks.

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Maeve Allsup
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Interview

AI could be 'no-regrets technology' for the grid

But it’s a “tension-filled discussion” inside utilities, said Elizabeth Cook of Pittsburgh’s Duquesne Light Company, “because there is an urgency to keep the power on”

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Lisa Martine Jenkins
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Interview

AI is simplifying complex decisions for utilities

David Groarke, of Indigo Advisory Group, said utilities are taking “incremental steps” toward realizing artificial intelligence’s potential

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Lisa Martine Jenkins
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Interview

A user’s guide to bringing AI to the power system

Climate Change AI’s Priya Donti said it’s time to “match our practice to our vision” when it comes to using the technology for the grid.

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Laura Weinstein
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An energy trader observes a row of computers, with a cityscape and lines of code in the background.
Analysis

AI-backed energy trading has a data problem

Optimizing returns on renewables is a key part of accelerating the energy transition, but AI might not be a silver bullet for energy markets.

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Maeve Allsup
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A rendering of a worker in a yellow hard hat observing transmission lines.
Analysis

Utilities have struggled with integrating digital tech. What about AI?

Artificial intelligence could be transformative for the grid. But taking full advantage would mean a dramatic shift in how utilities do business.

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Lisa Martine Jenkins
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Interview

As utilities look to the next decade, data is still king

National Grid’s Carlos Nouel said “meaningful applications” of AI for the grid are still a few years out.

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Maeve Allsup
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A close-up of a Utilidata smart meter, with a pair of hands holding a tool.
Analysis

Welcome to the smart meter’s second act

A new generation of AI-powered grid-edge technologies will need to avoid the pitfalls that plagued the first wave of advanced metering infrastructure.

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Kavya Balaraman
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A graphic of transmission lines juxtaposed over a floating computer chip, on a turquoise background.
Explainer

Seven ways utilities are exploring AI for the grid

The grid is entering its automation era.

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Maeve Allsup
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Laura Weinstein
A trader sits against a wall of trading information
Explainer

Could AI solve renewable energy’s price prediction problem?

Traditional forecasting methods aren’t equipped for the grid of the future, but artificial intelligence might help bridge the gap.

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Maeve Allsup
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Analysis

Avangrid’s unique AI investment signals a turning point

By developing proprietary AI models, the utility is pushing for more rapid adaptations.

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Maeve Allsup
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A computer in the foregrant, a hill with solar panels in the background
Analysis

Could AI-fueled weather forecasts boost renewable energy production?

The variability of renewables creates new challenges for the grid — but using AI for better weather predictions can help with capacity planning.

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Emma Woollacott
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