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Artificial Intelligence Is Standing Out in the Brazilian Solar Energy Industry

Written by Valdemar Medeiros
Published on 27/10/2020 at 12:25
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Solar Energy, Clean and Inexhaustible (on a Human Timescale), Is An Excellent Alternative to Replace Fossil Fuels, and Artificial Intelligence Is Helping in This Matter.

Fortunately, people who embrace solar energy understand the importance of this cause and are usually tireless, seeking not only ways to make it more accessible but also expanding and enhancing the use of the solar source along with artificial intelligence. This is the case of Heliogen, a startup made up of scientists and engineers from MIT, Caltech, and other renowned institutions, funded by Bill Gates and other investors, that aims to impact traditional industrial sectors with the use of artificial intelligence. It is a new and impressive solar technology.

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And How to Apply Artificial Intelligence to Solar Energy?

Thinking about photovoltaic energy, artificial intelligence (AI) consists of a set of techniques focused on modeling, controlling, or predicting the performance of energy systems. Energy systems involve a large demand for computational processing, mathematical routines, and complex rules.

In this way, techniques and technologies with the power to learn from multidimensional information patterns are extremely useful. And here we have one of the greatest powers of this technology, learning.

As the name suggests, artificial intelligence (AI) consists of applying advanced analysis and logic-based techniques to interpret events, support and automate decisions, and carry out actions.

Is It Possible to Integrate AI into Solar Energy?

Solar panels absorb sunlight and convert its energy into electricity, but without good control over their locations and capacities, these dispersed and unpredictable energy generators also create headaches. Solar energy installations are difficult to track and even harder to manage.

Some solar installations are privately owned, on the rooftops of family homes. Others are on an industrial scale and owned by utility companies, covering acres of land. Without complete data, utility companies cannot plan their solar energy needs, solar installers do not know the ideal areas for more panels, and lawmakers cannot encourage the adoption of renewable energy sources.

Thus, a sublime application of artificial intelligence focused on energy is precisely in identifying solar panels. Artificial intelligence has various applications, and it is changing the world.

The solar energy market grows every day, thus requiring strategies to be smarter always.

Valdemar Medeiros

Formado em Jornalismo e Marketing, é autor de mais de 20 mil artigos que já alcançaram milhões de leitores no Brasil e no exterior. Já escreveu para marcas e veículos como 99, Natura, O Boticário, CPG – Click Petróleo e Gás, Agência Raccon e outros. Especialista em Indústria Automotiva, Tecnologia, Carreiras (empregabilidade e cursos), Economia e outros temas. Contato e sugestões de pauta: valdemarmedeiros4@gmail.com. Não aceitamos currículos!

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