Artificial intelligence
Could Nvidia become an AI power broker on the grid?
The head of Nvidia’s energy industry practice, explains the company’s strategy to make artificial intelligence useful to utilities.
Startup Dryad Networks raises $6.1 million for ultra-early wildfire detection
The company uses AI-fueled sensors to sniff out fires, unlike its many peers in the growing market that rely on visual indicators.
Inside community solar's foray into machine learning
How Solstice is leveraging AI to mitigate two of the industry's biggest risks
The energy transition’s digital layer still has holes
Allison Myers, co-founder of Buoyant Ventures, said there’s a missing link when it comes to contextual, decision-enabling data for utilities.
Data is the achilles heel for AI in the power system
Utilities are awash in data. How can they unlock it faster?
Aclara joins Nvidia and Utilidata in bringing AI to the smart meter
Utility customers will deploy meter-embedded AI modules at scale next year, while pilot programs will continue to use Utilidata’s “meter collar” add-ons.
Promises of a digital grid haven't fully delivered. Will AI change that?
Mapping how AI-based grid tech is getting used for wildfire management, predictive maintenance, transmission optimization, and more
New demand is straining the grid. Here’s how to tackle it.
As utilities scramble to meet new demand, a former Microsoft VP is exploring creative ways to unlock new grid capacity.
Exclusive: Amperon teams up with Microsoft as it enters the utility market
Microsoft wooed the AI forecasting startup with the promise of introductions to top utilities.
A look under the hood of EDF’s methane detection satellite
“The precision with which we'll be able to measure these emissions is unparalleled by anything currently flying and currently proposed” said the non-profit's chief scientist.
Survey: Utilities are generative AI-curious, but first movers remain sparse
The hype cycle started by the release of ChatGPT lives on, but deployments are few and far between.
Inside Nvidia’s efforts to spread AI across the grid
Marc Spieler, head of Nvidia’s energy industry practice, explains the company’s strategy to make artificial intelligence useful to utilities.
2024 trends, part 2: ESG, carbon certifications, curtailment, and AI
Our second installment with Nat Bullard about the biggest trends in climate tech.
How AI-curious utilities can accelerate adoption of the new tech
Scaling AI will require responsibly expanding its use — moving from crawl to sprint.
Salesforce's take on how to make AI more energy efficient
The software company has its eye on open source models and modular algorithms.