How AI is Enhancing Wind Turbine Integrity
Wind turbines have become the symbol of clean energy production. As global priorities shift toward clean energy sources, the demand for wind power has rapidly increased in the last few years. Still, despite its ecological appeal, wind energy production faces limitations and challenges that require intricate processes and solutions, just like any other energy industry. Fortunately, technology advancements are helping the industry address these pressing issues and operate more sustainably and safely. In this manner, what defines those ‘’pressing issues’’ impacting wind energy operations? The Challenges of Wind Energy Operations As the demand for wind energy grows, so [...]
Natural Language Processing: How AI is learning to speak Human
In the past 2 years, many aspects of modern life have changed with the advent of Generative AI. What before could be interpreted as impossible, is now part of people’s daily routines worldwide. Chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot are enhancing the human ability to perform tasks, automating many of them and reducing the time required to perform complex activities. One of the most impressive capabilities of these chatbots is their ability to engage in human-like conversations. That means computers will mimic how humans talk, comprehending the meaning of words and sentences. And, based on their acquired knowledge, the model [...]
Industrial GenAI 101
Generative AI marks a groundbreaking milestone in the evolution of artificial intelligence, not just in its capabilities but in its reach and impact. While it may not be the single most important development in AI's history, it has certainly captured the public's attention like no other. Now, businesses of all sizes, across industries, can harness AI's power without needing a team of data scientists or advanced technical knowledge. According to Statista, the Generative AI market, which was just over $23 billion in 2022, surged to nearly $45 billion by the end of 2023. This rapid growth, averaging about $20 billion [...]
Awarded paper: A Digital Approach for Safety Control and Process Intervention
Classified by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as one of the riskiest industries, oil and gas operations face numerous challenges, including equipment failures, accidents, and safety hazards. Certainly, this sector is subjected to safety threats due to the complex processes and hazardous environments in which it operates. For this reason, high-complexity facilities such as oil and gas need to target safety and risk assessments as fundamental pieces of operational management. In this context, Vidya presented two technical articles regarding our deeptech solutions at ROGe 2024. The first presentation, which took place on September 23rd, discusses the Digital Process Safety application. [...]
AWS announces Generative AI acceleration with Vidya
It is an honor to share that Vidya was selected for the AWS Gen Ai Energy Lab. This Amazon program is an enterprise accelerator designed to spur co-innovation through partnerships and trials. Among over 800 applications, Vidya was selected for the Generative AI for Clean Energy. The partnership between Amazon Web Services and Vidya was announced at the AWS Energy Symposium, taking place Aug. 13-14, 2024, in Houston, Texas. The conference united energy and utility leaders, partners, and startups aiming to forge the industry's future by reinventing energy. This program allows us to accomplish our next step in Vidya’s platform [...]
Computer Vision 101: How can AI see things?
A world where computers can understand the environment around them simply by looking. This isn't science fiction anymore. It’s the new frontier of artificial intelligence called Computer Vision. It can perceive its surroundings and interpret visual information to identify objects, colors, shapes, and areas. This technology consists of a model that learns information from multidimensional data, such as images or videos, enabling machines to develop a visual perception like humans. Today, Computer Vision systems can analyze vast amounts of visual data with incredible accuracy. But how exactly was Computer Vision developed? How does it work? And what are the [...]
How to optimize Industrial Safety and Risk Management
The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers reported a 36% increase in offshore fatalities from 2020 to 2021. This concerning rise underscores the inherent safety challenges of the industry. Certainly, this sector is subjected to safety threats due to the complex processes and hazardous environments in which it operates. For this reason, high-complexity facilities such as oil and gas need to target safety and risk assessments as fundamental pieces of operational management. But what are the main concerns of the oil and gas industry regarding risk management? Concerns regarding risk management in the O&G Industry [...]
Enhancing Mining’s Risk Management with AI
Properly managing risks in the mining industry isn’t a simple task. Inherently, mining activities are characterized by high structural damage, safety risks, and obstructed productivity. Within this volatile environment, companies still face several limitations that impede effective risk management and safety efforts. For this reason, new methods to optimally control hazards need to be explored by the Mining Industry. This article elucidates the industry's bottlenecks in managing risks and how AI-driven technologies are enhancing current strategies. Concerns regarding risk management in Mining Industries According to the European Commission, risk management of a mine or any other mineral extractive [...]
How to leverage the full potential of AI Predictive Maintenance
Industrial maintenance is a crucial but challenging aspect of large-scale process industries. Traditional maintenance methods result in expensive, risky, time-consuming, and often inefficient activities. This has led to a growing implementation of digital technologies to optimize maintenance, which made clear the opportunities that these optimized processes offered, like foreseeing anomalies with predictive maintenance for example. However, successfully implementing this maintenance approach requires the integration of different cutting-edge technologies. Despite the complexity surrounding the adoption of predictive maintenance, we need to understand its leveraged opportunities in industrial environments. Why industrial maintenance requires predictive care Industrial maintenance can be a [...]
How AI streamlines mineral transportation
Mining logistics involve managing activities related to the transportation of ore from the mine site to the ore processing plant and eventually to the final customer. In this context, this process consists of transporting large volumes of minerals for thousands of kilometers. According to McKinsey, today’s complex mining value chains are almost inevitably subject to disruption. For this reason, new strategies for streamlining mineral transportation must be developed. However, before delving into the challenges of mineral transportation, we need to understand how the whole process occurs. The mining logistics process Mineral transportation is embedded in the Mining value [...]
