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Can AI help solve the climate crisis? | Sims Witherspoon
Nov 10, 2023
Sims Witherspoon, Leader at Google DeepMind, discusses how AI can help solve the climate crisis by predicting ecosystems, creating clean energy, and optimizing wind power. The importance of data and partnerships in deploying AI systems is also highlighted.
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- AI can accurately predict wind availability and optimize the use of wind energy.
- Collaboration between researchers, domain experts, and deployment partners is crucial for successful deployment of AI in renewable energy.
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Using AI to Predict Renewable Energy Availability
The podcast episode discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) can help predict when and how to harness clean energy, specifically focusing on wind energy. Renewables like wind energy are unpredictable, which poses challenges for electricity systems operators. However, AI systems can ingest vast amounts of historical data and accurately predict future wind availability. By training a neural net on historical weather data and turbine power production information, AI can optimize the use of wind energy and improve supply forecasts. Google DeepMind, in partnership with Google, successfully deployed an AI system that performed 20% better than existing systems, demonstrating the potential role of AI in transitioning to renewable energy.
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