Artificial Intelligence in the Energy Transition: not just “smart for the sake of it”.

Talking to Faculty’s Director for Energy Transition and Environment, Andrew Perry.

For well over a decade, since his role with the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) as its first Smart Grid Policy Lead, Andrew Perry has been asking the question, “How do you make renewables work in the system?” 

Fast forward to 2022 and the energy industry is in the thick of providing a practical response to that over-arching question and grappling with the challenges of intermittent power generation. We spoke to him about the central role Faculty and artificial intelligence play in providing that answer, through their work across the energy industry, from nationwide providers to technology start-ups.

“Faculty began life eight years ago as a (still thriving) fellowship scheme, established by three PhD students who could see the considerable disconnect between academia and business when it came to an understanding of the capabilities and applications of artificial intelligence (machine learning). 

“Since then, we’ve grown to become instrumental in a vast range of transformative projects across a number of sectors, from provision of a core COVID-19 response around critical forecasts and NHS optimisation strategies, to critical and sensitive work with Government focused upon terrorist propaganda detection.

Find out more from Andy about Faculty’s impact upon an evolving energy industry by registering to attend Energy 2050 Summit here.