{
  "id": 15996034,
  "title": "LG Electronics brings AI and robotics to world's largest tidal power plant",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/lg-electronics-brings-ai-and-robotics-to-worlds-largest-tidal-power-15996034",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-22T04:17:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20261022/lg-electronics-brings-ai-and-robotics-to-worlds-largest-tidal-power-plant"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "LG Electronics and Korea Water Resources Corp. have announced a collaboration to integrate artificial intelligence into the world's largest tidal power plant. The companies signed a memorandum of understanding at the plant's cultural center in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province on Thursday. The partnership aims to explore AI-driven operations at Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Plant, which holds the world's largest installed capacity among tidal power plants.\n\nThe agreement combines Korea Water Resources Corp.'s experience in operating the power plant and data with LG Electronics' expertise in smart factories, digital twins, robotics, and AI. The collaboration will focus on developing a digital twin-based integrated operating system. This system will create a virtual model of the plant, incorporating real-time information from generating equipment and surveillance cameras.\n\nThe digital twin system could help forecast electricity output, simulate operating scenarios, and diagnose equipment conditions. This would enable operators to identify potential problems and assess performance before they become significant issues.",
  "summary": "LG Electronics is taking its smart factory technology beyond manufacturing and into renewable energy, partnering with Korea Water Resources Corp. to develop artificial intelligence systems for one of the country’s largest power facilities. The companies signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday at Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Plant’s cultural center in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, to explore AI-driven…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "LG Electronics brings AI and robotics to world's largest tidal power plant",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/lg-electronics-brings-ai-and-robotics-to-worlds-largest-tidal-power",
        "published": "2026-10-22T03:32:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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