The use of AI in hydropower plants is creating new challenges

Hydropower has long been used to stabilize the rid and store energy to compensate for the fluctuations of solar and wind power. Its use of artificial intelligence is helping cope with new demands but making it more sensitive to cyber attacks. As the world's largest source of renewable energy, hydropower plays an important role in stabilizing the grid. While solar power relies on the sun to shine and wind turbines need the wind to blow, hydropower turbines can be (mostly) turned on or off at will. Hydropower is extensively used for electrical energy storage on a large scale, so-called pumped storage, ...

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