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Harnessing AI’s energy transition potential
Season 1 · Episode 49

Harnessing AI’s energy transition potential

Artificial intelligence is a brave new frontier for society that presents both risks and opportunities. Peter Weckesser joins the show to explain how AI can best be mobilised to accelerate, rather than hinder, the energy transition.

Policy Dispatch: The FORESIGHT podcast on the policies underpinning the energy transition · Kasper Thejll-Karstensen

February 12, 202533m 7s

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Show Notes

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Artificial intelligence could make or break the energy transition. The massive data centres that provide AI’s computational power will need to increase in number, which will result in a spike in energy demand. 


But the benefits that AI promises to bring to the energy transition could result in a net-positive for both the power system and the climate, if the right policies and framework are put in place. 


Peter Weckesser, chief digital officer at Schneider Electric, joins the show to explain how artificial intelligence should be harnessed, how we should manage the risks linked to its usage and what the energy transition stands to gain. 


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