Boston Uses Big Data to Make Electric Grid Predictable, May Apply Model in Other Cities

By predicting how much power each building in Boston will need during any given hour, the city hopes to transform its electrical grid.

Without data, America’s energy infrastructure is a tense minute-to-minute battle to provide as much electricity as people need at any given moment, where a slip-up could mean a blackout. With data, it can become an efficient machine that predicts usage, manipulates demand and generates electricity from local, renewable sources.

by Ben Miller

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