wiredInUSA April 2019

Wind prediction

In collaboration with DeepMind, its UK- based artificial intelligence (AI) subsidiary, Google has developeda system topredict wind power output 36 hours ahead of actual generation. Google said that these predictions can boost the value of wind energy and strengthen the business case for wind power, thus driving the adoption of carbon-free energy on electricity grids worldwide.

“Over the past decade, wind farms have become an important source of carbon-free electricity, as the cost of turbines has plummeted and adoption has surged,” wrote Sims Witherspoon, program manager at DeepMind, and Will Fadrhonc, carbon-free energy program lead at Google, in a company blog post, continuing: “However, the variable nature of wind itself makes it an unpredictable energy source — less useful than one that can reliably deliver power at a set time.”

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wiredInUSA - April 2019