Renewable energy company RWE has selected HPE's private coud AI for weather modeling.
Researchers at RWE's artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory will be using HPE's Private Cloud for evaluating, fine-tuning, and inferencing its weather models
“As a leading provider of renewable energy, RWE is at the forefront of balancing the increasing power demands of the modern world with the societal challenge of protecting the climate,” said Simon Tarplee, head of Commercial AI at RWE supply & trading. “We see AI as a key enabler that allows us to optimize our processes and create new, sustainable solutions, and set the ambitious goal to have a production training capable solution in place by the end of 2024. With HPE Private Cloud AI, we will have a turnkey solution that helps us to improve our forecast accuracy and optimize energy resource management globally.”
RWE is investing in expanding its generation portfolio with new offshore and onshore wind and solar parks and batteries, much of which are impacted by the weather. Forecasting enables the company to improve "efficiencies" within its energy portfolio, so as to keep its business in line with its goal of reaching net zero by 2040.
HPE Private Cloud AI is part of HPE's Nvidia AI Computing portfolio. Developed in partnership with Nvidia, RWE will be able to access the Private Cloud AI via an HPE GreenLake deployment on premises.
“The ability to fine-tune and inference AI-driven weather models will be a key enabler to unlock higher efficiencies for RWE's renewable energy portfolio and will give them a significant competitive advantage in the market,” said Fidelma Russo, EVP & GM, Hybrid Cloud & CTO at HPE. “HPE Private Cloud AI is a unique turnkey solution that enables RWE's researchers to reach the market quicker and handle massive datasets.”
Power company RWE - Rheinisch-Westfälische Elektrizitätswerk - was founded in 1898 in Essen, Germany. The company has refocused on renewable energy projects of late, committing to investing €55 billion in renewables between 2024 and 2050, and aims to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. Currently, RWE states that "most of our core business is green energy."
The company's AI Research Laboratory is located in Bellevue, Greater Seattle, Washington.
RWE has previously proposed a data center at the site of its demolished Didcot A Power Station in Didcot, Oxfordshire, the UK. Last month, CloudHQ announced it would be pressing ahead with the project.
