Save the US Electricity Network with Artificial Intelligence

Google, one of the Alphabet Holding subsidiaries, has begun a new partnership with PJM Interconnection; The company that manages the largest electricity network in North America. The purpose of this collaboration is to use artificial intelligence technology to accelerate the process of connecting new power plants to the power grid; A topic that has become one of the serious challenges of the US energy industry in recent years.

With the increase in electricity demand, especially by technology companies that set up advanced data centers for the development and implementation of artificial intelligence models, the process of connecting new power generation resources such as solar, wind and gas power plants to the power grid has faced unprecedented delays. These delays not only raised the cost of electricity for consumers, but also increased the risk of power outages.

In this project, Google, in collaboration with Tapestry (a subsidiary of Alphabet), plans to use artificial intelligence to automatically process information and facilitate the process of reviewing and planning project applicants for PJM network. “We are trying to do the current time -consuming and manual processes automatically and smart,” says Page Karahan, CEO of Tapestry.

According to project managers, the first phase will include automation of initial reviews of requests and evaluating project connectivity to the network. The teams will then develop a model of the PJM power grid similar to the Google Map; A model that, with layout capability, allows planners to make faster and more accurate decisions.

The PJM Executive Vice President in Operations and Security has said it is still early to accurately evaluate the reduction time, but this cooperation can be an important step in reducing delays. PJM currently manages a network that supplies more than 5 million people in the United States, including the northern Virginia region, where the world’s largest data center is located.