Revolutionary artificial intelligence (AI) applications in electricity production, transmission, distribution, and consumption are expected to play a significant role in enabling preventive maintenance, improving efficiency, and achieving carbon emission reduction targets in the energy sector.
AI can be used in various areas, including smart grids, energy demand management, pre-fault detection in power plants, and maintenance and repair operations.
This technology also helps reduce costs by increasing efficiency in power plants through accurate forecasting of electricity production from renewable energy sources, carbon capture, storage and utilization, energy trading, smart homes and buildings, oil and natural gas exploration processes, and monitoring nuclear plants.
AI is transforming the entire energy production and industry process, from smart grid management in electricity and renewable energy forecasting to nuclear plant safety.
On January 22, US President Donald Trump announced a $500 billion private sector investment in AI infrastructure.
European Union (EU) Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also revealed plans for a €200 billion investment in AI across Europe.
Following these investment plans, efforts to integrate AI across all sectors are expected to accelerate.
- 'AI can be used in maintenance and repair'
Murat Dilek, president of the Global Energy Association, told Anadolu that a very rapid transformation is taking place in every field of technology, greatly affecting life on a large scale, from daily life to business practices.
Dilek noted that the energy sector has also taken its share from this development.
'AI has very positive effects on the energy sector. By using artificial intelligence in electricity transmission and distribution processes, we can optimize the distribution process,' he added.
Dilek explained that applications like weather forecasting are valuable for collecting production data in solar and wind power plants and allow operators to 'effectively manage losses, leaks, and demand processes in electricity.'
Dilek underlined that maintenance and repair costs are an often-overlooked aspect of the energy sector.
He highlighted that the market size for maintenance and repair in the energy sector is valued at $150 billion, and noted that these expenditures can be minimized with AI.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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