Machine Learning in Energy: Forecasting, MLOps, and Business Impact - The Data Playbook Podcast with Kris Peeters & Jean-Michel Begon

How do you move machine learning from notebook experiments to production in a real business environment?

In this episode of The Data Playbook Podcast, Kris Peeters sits down with Jean-Michel Begon, Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Luminus, to explore how machine learning models are built and operationalized inside an energy company.

They discuss electricity demand forecasting, the machine learning lifecycle, model experimentation, industrialisation, monitoring, collaboration with IT, and the role of GenAI and LLMs in modern ML teams.

You’ll hear practical lessons on:

• production machine learning
• ML team structure
• forecasting model development
• data pipelines and platform support
• model monitoring and performance review
• balancing business value with technical rigor

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