The Latitude

Bigger, faster, cheaper: tech innovations in renewables


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Wind and solar projects are relatively simple to build compared with thermal power plants. But there’s a lot of technological innovation going into how those renewable plants are designed, constructed and optimized – driven by robots, artificial intelligence, and data science.
Can these technologies help offset higher labor costs, rising financing costs, and supply chain constraints?
In this edition: Editor Lisa Martine Jenkins presents a story from the pages of Latitude Media called on how the renewables industry is harnessing new technologies to drive efficiency and cost declines.
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