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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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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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6 climate change adaptation strategies every organization needs today

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This situation increases the need for businesses to adapt their sustainability strategies to address climate change issues. In the electrical utility sector, overgrowth around powerlines increases susceptibility to storm or wildfires damage. What can organizations do about climate change?

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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.

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AI this Earth Day: Top opportunities to advance sustainability initiatives

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We believe there are three core areas that every organization should focus on: sustainability strategy and reporting; energy transition and climate resilience; and intelligent asset, facility and infrastructure management. This approach can help organizations to more easily establish a sustainability strategy across the business.