Vestas optimizes wind energy efficiency with Azure AI
Vestas, a leading wind turbine manufacturer, partnered with Microsoft and minds.ai to boost wind energy efficiency using advanced AI and high-performance computing. By deploying Azure Machine Learning and Azure's computational power, Vestas optimized wake steering, a technique enhancing the efficiency of downstream turbines. Within just a few months, a proof of concept leveraging reinforcement learning was built using minds.ai's DeepSim platform. This project highlighted substantial potential for untapped clean energy capture and earned Vestas the 'Best Use of High-Performance Computing in Energy' award in 2023.