PJM Partners with Google and Tapestry to Use AI for Streamlining Energy Project Approvals, Potentially Boosting Renewables

Date: Current date, USA. PJM, the largest grid operator in the US, is collaborating with Google and Tapestry (Alphabet's grid innovation arm) to implement AI in streamlining the approval process for energy projects. * The AI aims to accelerate the review of energy project applications seeking grid connection. * PJM currently faces a backlog of thousands of projects across 13 states and the District of Columbia, with processing times exceeding two years per application. * Tapestry AI tools have demonstrated the potential to reduce grid simulation times from weeks to minutes in other countries. * The initiative could favor wind, solar, and battery projects, which dominate the current interconnection queue. * Google affirms it will not support using AI to build more coal plants in PJM.