Transition Zero has used artificial intelligence to measure emissions from coal and gas power plants. It has trained software to learn from satellite images and verified published emissions. The trained software can then estimate emissions only from satellite pictures of power plants where the published data is not available or needs to be verified. It is now helping countries develop net zero ambition plans. Satellite data provides a variety of inputs to the modelling software both on physical infrastructure (electricity grid infrastructure, renewable energy assets) and natural infrastructure(biodiversity and landscapes). Artificial intelligence can rapidly develop multiple versions of plans taking into consideration all these multiple inputs and applying various constraints. Traditional energy modelling, on the other hand, can take into consideration only a limited number of variables. TransitionZero also makes its data in open format so that other modellers can use it freely. This helps in smaller countries of the Global South develop robust plans that they can use to evaluate their plans to net zero without relying on expensive consultants whose opaque tools are not as useful either.

Sections
Section 1: First 18 minutes about TransitionZero and its offerings
Section 2: Next 15 minutes about applications and uses.
Host : Sanjoy Sanyal, Founder Regain Paradise
New Ventures Website⁠ www.regainparadise.org⁠
Guest – André Ferreira
Data Scientist, TransitionZero
Website and contact details.
⁠https://www.transitionzero.org/⁠
⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrecnf/