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ADIPEC hackathon winner MUBADER turns field ops reports into work orders while humans keep critical calls.

MUBADER, a multi-agent platform for triage, dispatch, follow-up and insights, won first place at the ADIPEC and ADNOC AI Agents in Energy hackathon by turning field operational reports into work orders, with humans keeping critical decisions. Aletihad names developers Saif Al Falasi and Sarah Ibrahim, and a TAQA Distribution team member posted the win on LinkedIn. This is a hackathon result, not an ADNOC production system, but it aims agents at ops paperwork rather than another reservoir model.

Mudhy Alobthani, Aletihad · Gawhara Bin Huwail on LinkedIn · Nov 3, 2026

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PJM's emergency power buy for data centers could shrink from 6.8 GW to about 630 MW after utilities cut their load forecasts.

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