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  Optimizing the grid, one rooftop at a time

Inspiration

Renewable energy operations are still largely reactive. Despite having access to rich data—SCADA telemetry, drone inspections, weather forecasts—operators rely on manual analysis and fixed inspection schedules, leading to unnecessary truck rolls, higher costs, and preventable energy loss.

AetherGrid was inspired by this gap. We asked: what if renewable infrastructure could monitor, reason, and act on its own? By fusing multimodal data with long-context AI reasoning, we set out to transform maintenance from reactive to predictive.

What it does

AetherGrid is an autonomous AI system for renewable energy operations and maintenance.

It:

Analyzes high-resolution drone video to detect physical defects in wind turbines and solar arrays

Correlates findings with real-time and historical SCADA telemetry

Predicts failure risk and performance degradation before critical thresholds

Automatically generates repair strategies with cost, downtime, and ROI tradeoffs

Dispatches repair crews and manages logistics end-to-end

By connecting visual, sensor, and temporal data, AetherGrid reduces unnecessary site visits by up to 60% and increases annual energy yield by 1–3%.

How we built it

AetherGrid is a multi-agent, production-grade system built on Gemini 3 Pro.

Mission Control Orchestrator coordinates autonomous workflows and maintains long-horizon context using Thought Signatures

Multimodal Perception Lab processes 4K drone and thermal imagery to detect micro-scale defects

SCADA Telemetry Analytics identifies anomalies by comparing actual vs. expected performance:

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𝑃 actual − 𝑃 expected ΔP=P actual ​

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Dynamic Supervisor Dashboard generates Budget / Balanced / Luxury repair plans with ROI analysis

Logistics & Repair Manager automates scheduling, parts procurement, and crew dispatch

Key Gemini features used:

2M-token context window

thinking_level: high for root-cause analysis

media_resolution: high for visual defect detection

Dynamic View for actionable UI outputs

Challenges we ran into

False positives in visual data caused by shadows, dust, and reflections

Maintaining context across long, multi-step autonomous workflows

Balancing autonomy and safety for critical maintenance decisions

Fusing heterogeneous data (video, sensors, weather, logs) into a single reasoning loop

We solved these through cross-modal correlation, strict schemas, confidence thresholds, and human-in-the-loop safeguards.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Built a fully autonomous, end-to-end maintenance pipeline, not just detection

Achieved >95% defect detection accuracy with low false positives

Demonstrated real-world impact:

60% truck roll reduction

30–40% O&M cost savings

50% faster mean time to repair

Leveraged advanced Gemini capabilities in a real infrastructure setting

What we learned

Multimodal reasoning is far more powerful than isolated analysis

Long-context AI is essential for industrial workflows

Trustworthy autonomy requires transparency and confidence scoring

Infrastructure AI must be engineered for safety, auditability, and scale

What's next for AetherGrid

Next, we plan to:

Expand predictive failure modeling using multi-year historical data

Add battery energy storage (BESS) monitoring

Scale to fleet-level optimization across hundreds of sites

Open APIs for ERP, CMMS, and GIS integrations

AetherGrid turns renewable infrastructure into a self-monitoring, self-optimizing system—unlocking cleaner energy at lower cost.

Built With

• css
• css-**frameworks:**-react-19
• google-gemini-api
• html
• javascript
• lucide-react
• postgresql
• react
• react-leaflet
• react-testing-library
• react-three-fiber
• recharts
• sql
• supabase
• supabase-auth
• supabase-auth-**databases:**-postgresql-**libraries:**-three.js
• tailwind
• tailwind-css-v4
• three.js
• typescript
• vite
• vite-**platforms:**-supabase-**cloud-services:**-google-gemini-api
• vitest