Title:
AI Assist: Solar Cell Charge / Discharge Optimization
Agreement Number:
1027592
Agreement Value:
$75,000.00
Agreement Date:
Feb 1, 2025 - Aug 31, 2025
Description:
The EL Smith drinking water treatment plant in Edmonton Alberta has been outfit with a large solar array and battery bank to both reduce non-renewable power consumption and increase electrical grid stability. This requires intelligent software to manage when to charge the batteries, when to supply solar and battery power to the water plant, and when to provide excess power to the grid. Many factors make it difficult for human operators to manually control operations, including: plant shut-downs and start-ups, current price of electricity, grid demand and stability, drinking water demand , and of course course weather. The goal of this project is to build a machine learning based controller to optimize this complex process.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
The NRC IRAP Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assist Program aims to equip and support SMEs to incorporate AI into their core products and services and/or undertake scientific research, product development, testing, and validation. AI Assist aims to increase the number, the quality, and the competitiveness of Generative AI (Gen AI), Deep Neural Nets (DNN), and Deep Learning (DL) products created and delivered by SMEs.
Location:
Edmonton, Alberta, CA T6C 0M4
Reference Number:
172-2024-2025-Q4-1027592
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
723282216
Recipient Type:
For-profit organization
Additional Information:
This agreement has been amended 1 time(s). The end date of this agreements has been modified by 31 days.
Amendment Date
Jul 22, 2025
Recipient's Legal Name:
RL Core Technologies Inc.
Federal Riding Name:
Edmonton Strathcona
Federal Riding Number:
48019
Program:
Industrial Research Assistance Program – AI Assist
Program Purpose:
The NRC IRAP Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assist Program aims to equip and support SMEs to incorporate AI into their core products and services and/or undertake scientific research, product development, testing, and validation. AI Assist aims to increase the number, the quality, and the competitiveness of Generative AI (Gen AI), Deep Neural Nets (DNN), and Deep Learning (DL) products created and delivered by SMEs.
Coverage:
The AI Assist program is designed to help innovative SMEs navigate the challenges of developing and adapting generative AI (GenAI) and deep learning (DL) solutions and to assist SMEs with awareness, planning and execution in order to develop these technologies safely and ethically.