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Supply chain visibility in the energy and utilities industry

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For the energy and utilities industry (E&U), time is not on their side. Simply knowing what maintenance repair parts, you have in-stock, at what levels, and in which locations, can mitigate a big portion of the possibility of unexpected downtime. Department of Energy estimates that outages cost the U.S. Visibility.

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Will generative AI make the digital twin promise real in the energy and utilities industry?

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Overcome hurdles to optimize digital twin benefits To realize the benefits of a digital twin, you need a data and logic integration layer, as well as role-based presentation. We can use this to scale the use of AI in identification of anomalies and damages on utility assets versus manually reviewing the image.

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Harnessing AI and data analytics can make clean energy more viable

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This is where harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics can help. To assist utility companies, IBM has created the Clean Electrification Maturity Model (CEMM) in conjunction with the American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC). This research can enable more liquid markets and lower energy prices for customers.

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Renewable energy trends and developments powering a cleaner future

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In a warming world, the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is heating up. Global capacity for renewable power generation is expanding more quickly than at any time in the last thirty years, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). And by 2028, 68 countries will boast renewables as their main source of power.

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Renewable energy in action: Examples and use cases for fueling the future

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As more countries, companies and individuals seek energy sources beyond fossil fuels, interest in renewable energy continues to rise. In fact, world-wide capacity for energy from solar, wind and other renewable sources increased by 50% in 2023. What is renewable energy? trillion in 2023. trillion in 2023.

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Optimizing energy production with the latest smart grid technologies

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New technologies are shaping the way we produce, distribute and consume energy. alone has installed nearly 10,000 electricity generation units, connected by more than 300,000 miles of transmission lines and capable of generating over a million megawatts of energy. Software and analytics: Smart grids generate massive amounts of data.

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Merging top-down and bottom-up planning approaches

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This blog series discusses the complex tasks energy utility companies face as they shift to holistic grid asset management to manage through the energy transition. The first post of this series addressed the challenges of the energy transition with holistic grid asset management.