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

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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