Jun 11, 2018
In this episode we focus
on data, analytics, artificial intelligence and their impact on the
electric grid. My guest is Sonny Garg, Managing Director of Global
Energy Solutions at Uptake. We start this fascinating and wide
ranging conversation with a look at how data and predictive
analytics are being used to maximize the uptime, productivity and
efficiency of our existing generation fleet. We then explore some
ways in which artificial intelligence and machine learning are
enabling large scale defection from the grid, and how regulatory
policy and incentives need to change to enable incumbents to evolve
into a more decentralized and digital grid. We close the
conversation by looking ahead and contemplating how utilities and
the grid itself may be fundamentally different in the future.
Show references include:
- Untapped Energy: How the US Wind industry can produce more megawatts without new turbines (Uptake report)
-
To keep the lights on in the digital age, regulatory model must reward innovation, published in The Energy Collective, April 30, 2018
Recorded May 30, 2018.
Published June 11, 2018.
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