AI AND CLOUD
This is according to Google Cloud ’ s Global Energy Solutions Director , Larry Cochrane , who added at the time of the news that working with Engie “ can accelerate Europe ’ s clean energy transition , while laying the groundwork for wind farms around the world to benefit from improved forecasting via Artificial Intelligence .”
The companies said that once the project is completed it will benefit wind farms across the globe and the AI solution will utilise performant and scalable data systems and machine learning to support decision making . More recently in November 2022 , Google launched three new sustainability management apps as part of a collaboration with mCloud Technologies , an AI-powered asset management firm .
The apps utilise mCloud ’ s AssetCare platform and Google ’ s Cloud services including Google Earth , Vision AI , and Translation AI at a time when more countries are signing agreements aiming to lower carbon emissions .
According to mCloud , the applications support wind farms by using Google Earth data in combination with mCloud ’ s AI-driven image processing capabilities to optimise the production of wind energy , eliminate maintenance and manual work , and automate wind turbine inspections . The technology will also be used at oil and gas facilities , allowing teams to detect methane leaks and measure solar intensity , site occupancy and weather conditions .
Vestas Wind Systems uses AI wake steering to generate energy from wind turbines It ’ s evident that AI and Cloud computing form an integral part of wind power monitoring but the technology – AI specifically – can also generate wind power , as Vestas Wind Systems , one of the industry ’ s largest companies , has achieved .
Founded in 1945 in Denmark by Peder Hansen , wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has been using a specific type of AI technology to produce wind power . Developed with the help of Microsoft and Microsoft ’ s partner , minds . ai , Vestas is using technology known as wake steering , which combines AI and high-performance computing to generate wind energy form turbines .
The concept of wake steering works when upstream turbines with a purposefully
50 December 2022