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The International Energy Agency has reviewed 134 policies and regulations for fitting data centres into power systems, and its clearest lesson is that a flexible connection is faster than waiting for firm capacity.
Finnish transmission system operator Fingrid will require new wind and solar plants connecting at weak points in its grid to provide grid-forming capability – through their own inverters, batteries or synchronous condensers.
Two new studies on artificial intelligence in anaerobic digestion reach the same sober conclusion: so far, AI predicts and advises, but nobody has yet shown it delivering more methane on a live plant.
Together, artificial intelligence and IoT sensors can predict pipe bursts, optimise network pressure and cut distribution losses in real time.
Research from Kazakhstan shows how a wastewater treatment plant can learn to think with the help of IoT sensors, hydraulic simulation and artificial intelligence.
British researchers have developed an AI-assisted decision support system that learns from regulatory reports and offers real-time help when handling water quality incidents.