AI and green energy: true benefits or a gust of wind? | TRSB Inc.

Drawing reliable energy from green sources has always been a challenge. Will the wind be blowing when demand peaks? But now excitement is brewing as artificial intelligence (AI) offers new ways to address old uncertainties:

• With power grids feeling the energy squeeze, AI makes it easier to shift energy demand to off-peak times and predict the best times to store, release, and distribute power.
• Google and its subsidiary DeepMind use AI to predict (and therefore sell) its renewable energy output 36 hours in advance. Combined with other AI efficiencies, this has boosted the value of Google’s wind power by 20% according to the company.
• Utility company E.ON uses a machine learning algorithm to predict maintenance requirements for its medium voltage cables. Company research suggests this could reduce power outages in the grid by up to 30%.
• Italy-based utility Enel has seen power outages drop by 15% as a result of AI-powered sensors that monitor vibration levels on power lines.
• India-based ReNew reports that AI has improved electricity output by up to 1.5% while collecting terabytes of consumer data to forecast demand.

Our energy grids are immensely complex machines that demand split-second decisions based on mountains of data—a perfect fit for AI. But the new efficiencies that AI is making possible also come with risks.

Cybersecurity is a leading concern

When you run your power grids with powerful computers, you also run the risk of cyberattacks. According to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, susceptible points of entry to U.S. grids are increasing by about 60 per day. In Europe, the International Energy Agency found that European utilities were the target of more than 1,000 cyberattacks per week with the onset of war in Ukraine.

Data is another issue

Coding mistakes, biases or errors in data, miscorrelations due to a lack of training—the results are only as good as the data you use. Although we talk about artificial “intelligence,” the machine is not actually thinking; it’s identifying patterns from the data sources it’s trained on. Flawed data will lead to flawed results.

Where are the workers?

Al and machine learning specialists are in very high demand, but training is lagging. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that demand for information research scientists, including machine learning specialists, will rise by 23% in the next decade. Recruitment woes may slow development in the field.

More than a gust, a gale-force wind

The benefits of AI are more apparent in green energy than in other fields, and plans are afoot for even more. That gust of wind is picking up force! But there’s another field where AI is approaching gale-force strength: translation. Today’s global energy leaders can enjoy true productivity gains through AI-aided translation of their documentation.

Leveraging AI in energy translation

To gain the full benefit, it’s important to work with a trusted supplier like TRSB, Canada’s translation leader. TRSB pays attention to detail:

• All your work is performed in an entirely secure IT environment monitored and maintained by our technical team.
• We use the most advanced neural translation engines available and train them on decades of professional translations for clients from the field of energy and other related specialties. Quality in, quality out.
• We work with translation memory tools that retrieve and use your in-house vocabulary.
• We add human expertise by having subject matter experts on our translation team check the output line by line.
• For advanced terminology, our translators can refer to our team of terminologists, who are standing by to carry out research.
• We have specialized divisions we can draw on depending on the nature of your requirements: energy specialists for technical work, legal specialists for legal documents, copywriters for marketing materials, etc.
• We’ve undergone rigorous certification, so we can advise you on best practices, help you coordinate your workflow, segment your work by required level of quality control, and more.

Better yet, you don’t have to worry about where to find your translation workers. They’re right here at TRSB waiting to serve your needs. Contact us today and harness the full value of AI-powered translation now.