AI NewsWaveLG Electronics and K-water Partner on AI Transformation of Sihwa Tidal Power Plant
Key points
- LG Electronics and K-water sign AI tidal power plant agreement
- Smart factory technology to be applied to plant operations
- AI, digital twins and robots to be tested jointly
LG Electronics will cooperate with the Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) on the AI transformation of the Sihwa Tidal Power Plant. According to Techworld News and Digital Daily, the two companies signed a technical cooperation agreement on the 22nd at the Sihwa Tidal Culture Center in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, to promote an AI tidal power plant at Sihwa Lake. Chosun Biz described the Sihwa plant as the world's largest by generating capacity.
Chosun Biz gave specifics of the cooperation. The plan is to jointly verify ways to apply AI, digital twins and robots to power generation forecasting, equipment management and safety inspections, using smart factory technology built up at manufacturing sites. IT Chosun also said the companies will verify the potential of these applications, and Robot Newspaper wrote that LG Electronics is pooling its smart factory capabilities, including physical AI and digital twins.
Several outlets noted the expansion of its business area. Industry News reported that this is a move to diversify its solutions business beyond factory automation into public energy infrastructure. TheElec wrote that it is the first case of extending smart factory technology to public infrastructure such as power plants, and EBN reported that the plan is to widen its business into energy and public infrastructure markets.