The US Department of Energy ’s ( DOE ) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will lead a three - year project using artificial intelligence and machine learning to design the grid , enabling it to automatically deal with power fluctuations or external weather events . The $ 500 m Grid Resilience and Intelligence Project ( GRIP ) , is part of the DOE ’s Grid Modernisation Initiative , and will use satellite imagery , utility operations and other sources to develop machine learning algorithms , based on how electrical distribution systems function . The tools developed by the project will be passed on to partners including the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association ( RCA ) , which represents 834 electric cooperatives that provide electricity to an estimated 42 million people in 47 states .
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will lead a three-year project using artificial intelligence and machine learning to reinforce the grid, enabling it to automatically deal with power fluctuations or external weather events. The $6m Grid Resilience and Intelligence Project (GRIP), is part of the DOE’s Grid Modernisation Initiative, and will use satellite imagery, utility operations and other sources to develop machine learning algorithms, based on how electrical distribution systems function. The tools developed by the project will be passed on to partners including the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), which represents 834 distribution cooperatives that provide electricity to an estimated 42 million people in 47 states.