Google and DeepMind are using AI to predict the energy output of wind farms
Google announced today that it has made energy produced by wind farms more viable using the artificial intelligence software of its London-based subsidiary DeepMind. By using DeepMind’s machine learning algorithms to predict the wind output from the farms Google uses for its green energy initiatives, the company says it can now schedule set deliveries of energy output, which are more valuable to the grid than standard, non-time-based deliveries.
According to Google, this software has improved the “value” of the wind energy these farms are providing by 20 percent over a baseline where no such time-based predictions are being performed. We don’t know exactly what that value is in monetary terms or in terms of energy output. We also don’t...