VGB POWERTECH 11 (2019)

VGB PowerTech 11 l 2019
Members´News
that will power our societies into the future.
This investment in the Neart na Gaoithe
project builds on significant ESB involvement
in offshore wind off the Irish
coast as ESB develops its experience to assist
Ireland deliver its Climate Action Plan.
We look forward to pooling our expertise
with EDF Renewables in delivering this
major project.” (193501847)
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EDP launches challenge
to improve thermal
power plant efficiency
(edf) Finding an algorithm that improves
the operation of coal-fired boilers is the
challenge that EDP is launching to the
technology community. The best solution
wins a €10,000 cash prize.
Once again, EDP challenges researchers,
students, startups and the tech community
for a new quest: developing an algorithm
to help monitor the operation of coal-fired
boilers in thermal power plants and optimize
their efficiency.
Launched on the EDP Open Data platform,
this new challenge invites candidates
to present their solution to an operational
problem called „slagging“. The challenge
consists of finding a predictive model that
will make it possible to anticipate any obstruction
during the operation of coal-fired
boilers—which, if singled out in a timely
manner, will ensure greater plant efficiency,
fewer emissions, and minimal environmental
impact.
The challenge is available online via this
link. Candidates can submit their proposals
until February 28, 2020. After the deadline,
the best solutions will be presented to
the EDP team and the winning proposal
will receive a cash prize of €10,000. In addition
to the cash prize, participants will
also have access to data which the academic
and technological communities need for
their energy-related projects.
The company uses the EDP Open Data
platform to share operational data on its
assets and launch challenges that help create
solutions to optimize business operations
in this field. For EDP, this is a way of
getting closer to these communities and to
identify people and companies with the potential
to create new AI-based tools and
solutions, among others. EDP believes that
open innovation is one of the cornerstones
that will help the company lead the revolution
which the energy sector is going
through.
You can check all the information about
the platform and the latest challenges at
EDP Open Data: https://www.edp.com/
pt-pt/edp-open-data (193501851)
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