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September 5, 2025

Can AI Improve Latin America’s Power Grids?

Eletrobras, Brazil’s leading electric utility, is looking to adopt artificial intelligence in its grid maintenance systems. // File Photo: Andrey Popov via Adobe Stock.

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Camila Ramos, founder and CEO of CELA – Clean Energy Latin America in São Paulo: “Artificial intelligence is set to transform the way power systems are managed, both in Brazil and across Latin America and the world. By enabling utilities to process vast volumes of data in real time, AI tools can detect patterns, anticipate failures and optimize grid operations. For Eletrobras, this could mean faster responses to outages and greater efficiency in integrating renewable sources—two factors that ultimately improve electricity availability and system reliability. Over time, such efficiencies may also translate into lower operating costs, which can help contain electricity prices. But the potential of AI for energy goes well beyond operational efficiency. AI is already helping discover new ways to generate energy, design innovative transmission and distribution systems, and plan more resilient energy sectors. It is also driving breakthroughs in materials science, opening the door to new components and equipment for power…”

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