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European co. with Houston HQ enters into collaboration to accelerate AI in energy

Two companies with big presences in Houston are collaborating to provide hybrid intelligence with AI. Photo via Getty Images

Two tech companies have teamed up to accelerate artificial intelligence adaption in the energy industry.

Houston-based Radix announced a strategic partnership with data and artificial intelligence company Cognite, a Norwegian company that's expanded to the U.S. by way of Houston, and will aim to implement AI "to streamline and contextualize data management and asset performance across oil and gas, energy, petrochemicals, and manufacturing industries,” according to a news release.

Radix is a global technology solutions company with expertise in engineering, data and software technology, and operations. The partnership allows Radix to utilize Cognite’s Industrial DataOps platform, and Cognite Data Fusion. The combination of Cognite Data Fusion’s innovative technology and Radix’s engineering intelligence will aim to tackle the problem of extracting information from large data pools in non-integrated systems.

According to Radix, the utilization of hybrid intelligence with AI to sort through data in a more refined manner, companies will be able to more intelligently isolate problem areas and work on solutions. This will help with energy optimization, mass balance for production accounting, and inventory management for critical materials according to Radix. Hybrid intelligence can also help accelerate access to data across various independent systems.

“Our partnership with Cognite has shown that we can bring our unique expertise together to empower companies with the hybrid intelligent tools they need to get to the data that becomes valuable and actionable information," Global Head of Alliances & Practices at Radix Flavio Guimarães says in a news release. “With Cognite Data Fusion, we help businesses streamline their data, thus helping to boost decision-making with real-time insights and drive cost reductions across the organization.”

With Cognite Data Fusionn’s solutions aim to enhance scalability, usability, and overall value for users and businesses, in what Radix has called an Industrial Applications Library. Some solutions will be showcased from October 14-15 at Cognite Impact 2024 in Houston, which will include an operational view on actionable insights, improvement workflows for field process, improvements and operational efficiency, OEE monitoring and control, preventative insights for monitoring.

“The Industrial Applications Library creates added value to the digital transformation journey helping companies to achieve optimal operational excellence and significant cost savings for our customers," Trudi Hable, head of strategic alliances for North America at Radix, adds. “Radix’s expertise and intelligence will ensure that real-time information is being relayed to Cognite Data Fusion in an efficient manner, allowing for the right data to be brought to the right people.”

From left to right: Trudi Hable and Flavio Guimarães of Radix and Laxmi Akkaraji of Cognite. Photos courtesy of Cognite

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Lummus Technology has broken ground on a new plant in Texas that will support Advanced Ionics' hydrogen electrolyzer technology. Photo via lummustechnology.com

Houston’s Lummus Technology and Advanced Ionics have broken ground on their hydrogen pilot plant at Lummus’ R&D facility in Pasadena.

The plant will support Advanced Ionics’ cutting-edge electrolyzer technology, which aims to deliver high-efficiency hydrogen production with reduced energy requirements.

“By demonstrating Advanced Ionics’ technology at our state-of-the-art R&D facility, we are leveraging the expertise of our scientists and R&D team, plus our proven track record of developing breakthrough technologies,” Leon de Bruyn, president and CEO of Lummus, said in a news release. “This will help us accelerate commercialization of the technology and deliver scalable, cost-effective and sustainable green hydrogen solutions to our customers.”

Advanced Ionics is a Milwaukee-based low-cost green hydrogen technology provider. Its electrolyzer converts process and waste heat into green hydrogen for less than a dollar per kilogram, according to the company. The platform's users include industrial hydrogen producers looking to optimize sustainability at an affordable cost.

Lummus, a global energy technology company, will operate the Advanced Ionics electrolyzer and manage the balance of plant systems.

In 2024, Lummus and Advanced Ionics established their partnership to help advance the production of cost-effective and sustainable hydrogen technology. Lummus Venture Capital also invested an undisclosed amount into Advanced Ionics at the time.

“Our collaboration with Lummus demonstrates the power of partnerships in driving the energy transition forward,” Ignacio Bincaz, CEO of Advanced Ionics, added in the news release. “Lummus serves as a launchpad for technologies like ours, enabling us to validate performance and integration under real-world conditions. This milestone proves that green hydrogen can be practical and economically viable, and it marks another key step toward commercial deployment.”

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