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National Despite being considered a “clean” and cheap way of producing energy, with low greenhouse gas emissions, the construction of hydroelectric plants has a very high socio-environmental cost and can be devastating for the environment and traditional communities.
A study recently published in the journal Science demonstrated ways in which artificial intelligence can be used to identify risks in the construction of dams and reservoirs. New AI systems consider the overall impact scenario of new developments as well as existing ones, rather than thinking about each project individually.
Hydroelectric plants represent the main source of the energy in Brazil – more than 60% of energy generation in the country comes from hydraulic sources. The Amazon represents a large part of this power and more than three hundred new projects are in the analysis phase to be built in the region.
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