Uptake Technologies uses big data and artificial intelligence to improve the use of energy resources and achieve better efficiency

Since the beginning of the energy transition period, many of the efforts to reduce pollutant emissions into the atmosphere and reduce any environmental impact have been focused on ending all use of oil and natural gas. Given that we will continue to use these resources even as we try to reduce their use, what if we applied them in the best possible way? What if we optimized the rollout of renewable energies? The technology has made great progress and offers industrial solutions, based on artificial intelligence (AI) and big data, to improve energy production and reduce waste.

The senior vice president of Industrial Analytics for Uptake Technologies, Israel Alguindigue, is convinced that “sustainability is very important because we already consume more than one and a half times the available resources, but AI and big data will help us preserve these resources for future generations”. At Uptake they develop industrial software based on these technologies to help companies with their digital transition and improve their processes, especially in the energy sector.

“We can work with all types of machines: locomotives, wind turbines, aircraft engines, etc. We collect data from the equipment itself, from the maintenance systems and even data about weather conditions to make predictions and help our customers better maintain and repair their machines . machines,” Alguindigue explains. In this way, they can warn users in advance of possible malfunctions in their electricity generation equipment, allowing them to optimize their procedures and improve the efficiency of energy distribution and use.

Alguindigue started his career as a professor of mathematics and computer science at the University of Tennessee (US). He then began working in the corporate world for companies such as Emerson Electric and General Electric Transportation. He now works in the energy sector at Uptake Technologies and strongly believes in the power of data: “The energy sector is undergoing a remarkable transformation, moving from gas and oil to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy. Sometimes we focus on the desire to make electricity cheaper, but thanks to data we can extend the lifespan and productivity of energy generation.” Alguindigue was a speaker at the most recent EmTech Europe 2018, organized by the MIT Technology Review in Spanish.

The energy transition and technology go hand in hand, which proves that we can use new developments to help society move forward. Alguindigue also has a technological perspective on what this means: “Progress means taking the technology you develop and making it really useful to people. It is also a great responsibility and that is why we must use it to improve people's lives.”

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