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Machine learning can boost the value of wind energy

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Re: Machine learning can boost the value of wind energy

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post #13

No paper, no code, no comparison to other models - hell, they didn't even label the graphs. This is just Google PR spam.

The optimization for their datacenters used a 3 layer neural network with 6 neurons. I wonder if this is much more complicated than that...

Re: Machine learning can boost the value of wind energy

#22

A demonstration of the astonishing value of a relatively small government program: weather observation and forecasting.

Weather forecasting is not a small program, NOAA & NWS are both pretty big, but they're not the largest.

Actually, scratch that. On the scale of government, they're more medium size.

Re: Machine learning can boost the value of wind energy

#23
post #13

No paper, no code, no comparison to other models - hell, they didn't even label the graphs. This is just Google PR spam.

Well, keep an eye out for it here: https://deepmind.com/research/publications/

Based on the datacenter cooling work, you'd do better to set up a Google Patents alert instead.

Re: Machine learning can boost the value of wind energy

#26

How exactly does this need machine learning? Naively I would assume that it's somewhat directly correlated with wind speed (and little more, maybe direction) and a very simple model based on that data will give you good predictions.

I think determining the wind speed and direction 36 hours in advance is the tricky bit.

Re: Machine learning can boost the value of wind energy

#27
post #13

No paper, no code, no comparison to other models - hell, they didn't even label the graphs. This is just Google PR spam.

The optimization for their datacenters used a 3 layer neural network with 6 neurons. I wonder if this is much more complicated than that...

You can still do cutting edge work with 3 small layers, for example most of the advances in robotic control (using neural networks) use networks with similar sizes.

Re: Machine learning can boost the value of wind energy

#28

I have been working in the same field, quite a few years in my own forecasting company and then later on as a side project. Not wanting to steal the thunder of Deepmind, but I feel should mention my site which is currently beta as in "works for a few electricity power load and supply forecasting scenarios" and quite well so. Also, it's out there, cheap and fast. https://ausblick.cryptoport.net Unfortunately, it's onl…

Yes, me as well.

Re: Machine learning can boost the value of wind energy

#29

How exactly does this need machine learning? Naively I would assume that it's somewhat directly correlated with wind speed (and little more, maybe direction) and a very simple model based on that data will give you good predictions.

The grid wants a dedicated supply, so you have to store it in something first, as the dynamo hooked up to the rotor varies.

Wind speed, power load nearby, wind forecast, storage capacity ...

Should I engage the alternator now, even if it's spinning? Could that use up more energy than if I let it spin on a flywheel and engage later?

Also repairs. What should I fix, and when? Does it make sense just to keep it offline in the winter when consumption is low? Then you get all the pricing data available.

It's also looking for variables not known. Perhaps there's a bad actor, and for whatever reason, when he's there, losses occur.

Re: Machine learning can boost the value of wind energy

#30

If anyone is interested in this type of work, our team at Amperon is hiring data engineers, data scientists, and front end engineers. We’re funded by SV Angel and Notation Capital and we’ve already got traction in ERCOT (Texas). More info: https://medium.com/@astanway/introducing-amperon-2cded368284...

I'm not seeing a data engineer role by title or description in the angelist site linked to at the bottom of that post, is that the right spot?

Is remote (Texas) viable?

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