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Get latest articles and stories on Science at LatestLY. Published in the journal 'Science', the study shows how artificial intelligence can be applied to other renewable energy projects as societies around the world seek to transition away from fossil fuels. Science News | Hydropower Planning in Amazon More Efficient with AI: Study.
An international team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time how artificial intelligence can be used to develop sustainable hydropower across the entire Amazon basin, which stretches across South America.
Hydropower accounts for more than 60% of the electricity generated in Brazil. And the network of mighty rivers in the Amazon Basin is responsible for most of this potential. Today, there are more than 300 proposals for new dams under consideration in the region. But while hydropower is considered a source of clean energy — […]
Biologist Alex Flecker and computer scientist Carla Gomes co-led a project that employed AI and around 40 researchers in an attempt to determine optimal placement of around 350 hydropower dams in the Amazon river basin.