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AI to act as ‘fusion layer’ in stabilising Asia-Pacific’s climate stressed power grids, says report
Artificial intelligence can help Asia-Pacific’s grids adapt by integrating different data for operators to make quicker, better-informed decisions, just as the region grapples with both volatile renewables growth and mounting climate extremes, found a new Ember study.
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