<p>For many countries in Asia, pathways to clean energy transitions are complex with continued reliance on coal and legacy infrastructure, a rapidly urbanising economy, and a booming data centre industry. How can we ensure that AI adoption is both safe and sustainable while also fostering equitable energy transitions? </p> <p>In this episode, we hear from John Cotton &amp; Priya Donti on the enthusiasm of governments in Asia in using AI to improve the efficiency of energy systems &amp; manage energy demand &amp; supply. We discuss AI’s potential to help integrate renewable energy sources into the grid, challenges in the area, environmental impacts &amp; ways to manage them, and the need to invest in capacity building &amp; skill development.</p> <p><strong>You can read the transcript for this episode ⁠</strong><a href="https://cdn.sanity.io/files/urj6jz1n/production/23131a495091f0148b52c462dde54bc4462c1edd.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>here</strong></a>.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Speakers</strong></p> <p><strong>John Cotton</strong><em> </em></p> <p>John Cotton is Senior Program Manager for the <a href="https://www.energytransitionpartnership.org/about-us/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Southeast Asia Energy Transition Partnership</a>, <a href="https://www.unops.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">UNOPS</a> with a demonstrated history of project development in energy transition, renewables, IT and mining industries. John is educated in the UK at Manchester and Sussex Universities with a B.Sc (Hons) in Mathematics, Software Engineering, and an M.Sc in Energy Policy, respectively.</p> <p>John has been based in Southeast Asia for 20 years and has overseen projects ranging from EPC contracts for hydropower and solar projects, through policy analysis and recommendations for the multi-disciplinary energy transition challenges faced across the region. Before ETP, he was Climate Change Policy Officer at the British Embassy, Vientiane of Lao PDR, and draws on extensive experience from both the public and private sectors.</p> <p><strong>Priya Donti</strong></p> <p>Priya Donti is an Assistant Professor at MIT EECS and LIDS, whose research focuses on machine learning for forecasting, optimisation, and control in high-renewables power grids. Specifically, her work explores methods to incorporate the physics and hard constraints associated with electric power systems into deep learning workflows. </p> <p>Priya is also the co-founder and Chair of <a href="https://www.climatechange.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Climate Change AI</a>, a global non-profit initiative to catalyse impactful work at the intersection of climate change and machine learning. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p> <p><a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Environment/Climate-Change/COP26/COP26-What-Asia-pledged-from-China-to-Vietnam-and-Philippines" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">COP26: What Asia pledged, from China to Vietnam and Philippines</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.pln.co.id/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">PT PLN </a> Indonesia’s State Utility Company</p> <p><a href="https://energyinformatics.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42162-023-00262-7" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">A comprehensive overview on demand-side energy management towards smart grids: challenges, solutions, and future direction</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.energytransitionpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Upgrading-the-JAMALI-ECC-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Upgrading and Modernising the Java-Madura-Bali Electricity Control Centre</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.iea.org/energy-system/electricity/renewable-integration" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Renewable Integration - Energy System - IEA</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.energytransitionpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/D2-Current-status-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Development of Vietnam Smart Grid Roadmap for period up to year 2030, with a vision to 2050</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-environ-020220-061831" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Review on Machine Learning for Sustainable Energy Systems</a></p> <p><a href="https://rdcu.be/cPjSv" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Aligning artificial intelligence with climate change mitigation</a> (overview of the multi-faceted relationship between AI and climate)</p> <p><a href="https://www.gpai.ai/projects/climate-change-and-ai.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Climate Change and AI: Recommendations for Government Action</a> (Global Partnership on AI report)</p> <p><a href="https://www.rte-france.com/en/home" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">French grid operator RTE</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.epri.com/l2rpn" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Learning to Run a Power Network challenge</a></p> <p><a href="https://site.ieee.org/sas-pesias/files/2016/03/SCADA_20150316_Slides.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">SCADA/EMS</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2024" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Electricity 2024 – Analysis - IEA</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/renewable-energy-certificates" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">What Are Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)?</a></p> <p><a href="https://khmer.voanews.com/a/global-brands-say-future-orders-at-risk-given-cambodia-increasing-coal-power/5540674.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Global Brands Say Future Orders at Risk Given Cambodia’s Increasing Coal Power</a></p> <p><a href="https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/what-is-the-united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/constellation-inks-power-supply-deal-with-microsoft-2024-09-20/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Microsoft deal propels Three Mile Island restart</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.thoughtworks.com/en-in/insights/blog/machine-learning-and-ai/tinyml-the-next-big-thing" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Tiny machine learning</a></p> <p><a href="https://lfenergy.org/projects/opensynth/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">OpenSynth - LF Energy</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Check out the </strong><a href="https://codegreenasia.notion.site/CODE-GREEN-Library-e7538e1f547c479a8bf78d426eec36c6" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Code Green glossary</strong></a><strong> for more terms.</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>This podcast series is accompanied by a monthly newsletter - sign up for updates<a href="https://codegreenasia.substack.com/subscribe" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠⁠here⁠⁠</a>. For more about this project, visit our website<a href="https://codegreen.asia" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠⁠codegreen.asia</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Credits</strong></p> <p><strong>Audio Editing: </strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/creatorstudiogoa/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Creator Studio Goa by Winfluence Media</a></p> <p><strong>Production Support:</strong> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivranjanarathore/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Shivranjana Rathore</a>,  <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammanna-aurora/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Tammanna Aurora</a>,  <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dona-mathew-026179197/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Dona Mathew</a>,  <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredith-stinger/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Meredith Stinger</a></p> <p><strong>Cover Design:</strong> <a href="https://www.pastelstew.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Nayantara Surendranath</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Attributions</strong></p> <p><strong>Intro and Outro</strong>:<a href="https://pixabay.com/music/upbeat-retro-sounds-145816/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠⁠Retro Sounds⁠⁠</a>,<a href="https://pixabay.com/users/alban_gogh-28413822/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠⁠Alban_Gogh⁠⁠</a></p> <p><strong>Transitions</strong> -<a href="https://pixabay.com/music/beats-meditative-background-music-for-short-vlog-videos-30-seconds-155717/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠⁠Meditative Background Music⁠⁠</a>,<a href="https://pixabay.com/users/white_records-32584949/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> ⁠⁠white_records⁠</a><br></p>