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POWERING NEW ZEALAND TODAY + TOMORROW
28 MARCH 2019
ACCELERATING TRANSFORMATION AND INNOVATION FOR THE DIGITAL ERA
COBUS NEL CIO / GM INFORMATION & SERVICES TECHNOLOGY
GM GRID PROJECTS (ACTING)
IDG CIO50 WELLINGTON 2019
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AGENDA
- TRANSPOWER AND OUR VIEW OF THE CHANGING ENERGY LANDSCAPE
- NEED FOR TRANSFORMATION AND INNOVATION
- EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSES
- WHAT NEXT FOR US?
- CHALLENGES WORKING WITH START-UPS
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WE KEEP THE ENERGY FLOWING
WE KEEP THE ENERGY FLOWING
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Climate change is the defining issue of our time.
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THE CHALLENGE - UPLIFT INDUSTRIES TO USE ELECTRICITY
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Automated Complex Traditional
time
uncertainty
There is increasing
uncertainty in energy
capture, storage and
transmission.
WE FACE SOME PRESSURES ON THIS JOURNEY
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MACHINE LEARNING AND AI WILL HELP
Data Science and Analytics
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Artificial
Intelligence
is used in
Discovers new
insights and
patterns from data
Simulates or
imitates human
behaviour
A more advanced
technique
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Build risk models via machine learning on maintenance history
Use it to model
investment /
risk trade-offs
PRIORITISING PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE
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CONDUCTOR CONDITION ASSESSMENT
Use it to detect
defects
Analyse
images via
machine
learning
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Build voltage profile models using machine learning on historical voltage data
Use it to
automate
instructions to
equipment in
real-time
Use it to
automate
creation of
voltage profiles
VOLTAGE PROFILE AUTOMATION
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Build knowledge graphs via machine learning from unstructured data
Use it to analyse patterns
and relationships
Prime it
with your
context Use it for natural
language search
Use it to build
chatbots
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND COGNITIVE SEARCH
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CHALLENGE OF INNOVATION AT TRANSPOWER
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PARALLEL APPROACH
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LOOKING AHEAD
Tower Corrosion
Line refurbishment
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CHALLENGES OF WORKING WITH START-UPS
“The only way to make a
beautiful product is to let it
be unbeautiful for a while.”
Eric Reis
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The opportunities are considerable
and the challenges are very real.
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