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author Hamann, Hendrik F.
Brunschwiler, Thomas
Gjorgiev, Blazhe
Martins, Leonardo S. A.
Puech, Alban
Varbella, Anna
Weiss, Jonas
Bernabe-Moreno, Juan
Massé, Alexandre Blondin
Choi, Seong
Foster, Ian
Hodge, Bri-Mathias
Jain, Rishabh
Kim, Kibaek
Mai, Vincent
Mirallès, François
De Montigny, Martin
Ramos-Leaños, Octavio
Suprême, Hussein
Xie, Le
Youssef, El-Nasser S.
Zinflou, Arnaud
Belyi, Alexander J.
Bessa, Ricardo J.
Bhattarai, Bishnu Prasad
Schmude, Johannes
Sobolevsky, Stanislav
author_facet Hamann, Hendrik F.
Brunschwiler, Thomas
Gjorgiev, Blazhe
Martins, Leonardo S. A.
Puech, Alban
Varbella, Anna
Weiss, Jonas
Bernabe-Moreno, Juan
Massé, Alexandre Blondin
Choi, Seong
Foster, Ian
Hodge, Bri-Mathias
Jain, Rishabh
Kim, Kibaek
Mai, Vincent
Mirallès, François
De Montigny, Martin
Ramos-Leaños, Octavio
Suprême, Hussein
Xie, Le
Youssef, El-Nasser S.
Zinflou, Arnaud
Belyi, Alexander J.
Bessa, Ricardo J.
Bhattarai, Bishnu Prasad
Schmude, Johannes
Sobolevsky, Stanislav
contents Foundation models (FMs) currently dominate news headlines. They employ advanced deep learning architectures to extract structural information autonomously from vast datasets through self-supervision. The resulting rich representations of complex systems and dynamics can be applied to many downstream applications. Therefore, FMs can find uses in electric power grids, challenged by the energy transition and climate change. In this paper, we call for the development of, and state why we believe in, the potential of FMs for electric grids. We highlight their strengths and weaknesses amidst the challenges of a changing grid. We argue that an FM learning from diverse grid data and topologies could unlock transformative capabilities, pioneering a new approach in leveraging AI to redefine how we manage complexity and uncertainty in the electric grid. Finally, we discuss a power grid FM concept, namely GridFM, based on graph neural networks and show how different downstream tasks benefit.
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spellingShingle Foundation Models for the Electric Power Grid
Hamann, Hendrik F.
Brunschwiler, Thomas
Gjorgiev, Blazhe
Martins, Leonardo S. A.
Puech, Alban
Varbella, Anna
Weiss, Jonas
Bernabe-Moreno, Juan
Massé, Alexandre Blondin
Choi, Seong
Foster, Ian
Hodge, Bri-Mathias
Jain, Rishabh
Kim, Kibaek
Mai, Vincent
Mirallès, François
De Montigny, Martin
Ramos-Leaños, Octavio
Suprême, Hussein
Xie, Le
Youssef, El-Nasser S.
Zinflou, Arnaud
Belyi, Alexander J.
Bessa, Ricardo J.
Bhattarai, Bishnu Prasad
Schmude, Johannes
Sobolevsky, Stanislav
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Systems and Control
Foundation models (FMs) currently dominate news headlines. They employ advanced deep learning architectures to extract structural information autonomously from vast datasets through self-supervision. The resulting rich representations of complex systems and dynamics can be applied to many downstream applications. Therefore, FMs can find uses in electric power grids, challenged by the energy transition and climate change. In this paper, we call for the development of, and state why we believe in, the potential of FMs for electric grids. We highlight their strengths and weaknesses amidst the challenges of a changing grid. We argue that an FM learning from diverse grid data and topologies could unlock transformative capabilities, pioneering a new approach in leveraging AI to redefine how we manage complexity and uncertainty in the electric grid. Finally, we discuss a power grid FM concept, namely GridFM, based on graph neural networks and show how different downstream tasks benefit.
title Foundation Models for the Electric Power Grid
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.09434