Improving efficiency of geothermal plans with Artificial Intelligence and IoT technology

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) is conducting research that employs IoT (Internet-of-Things) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology to improve capacity factors of geothermal power plants. The research program, which began this month and is scheduled to continue until FY 2020, aims to reduce the rate of problem occurrences at power plants by 20% while boosting capacity factors by 10%. This research program has won positive evaluation and a grant from by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).