This document discusses the BETTER project, which aims to bring Europe and third countries closer together through renewable energies. It presents the objectives of assessing cooperation between the EU and third countries to help achieve renewable energy targets. Case studies will examine renewable energy cooperation opportunities between the EU, North Africa, Western Balkans and Turkey. The document outlines different cooperation mechanisms defined in the EU Renewable Energy Directive and provides an example case study of a joint hydroelectric project between Serbia and Italy. It also summarizes renewable energy potentials, targets and scenarios for several Western Balkan countries.
Energy efficiency trends in the EU: Have we got off track?Diedert Debusscher
What has been the overall trend in final energy consumption and by sector in the EU since 2000? What are the main drivers of the energy consumption variation since 2000, and what has been the impact of energy savings? What are the trends in energy efficiency at the country level?
These are the key questions that will guide you through this webinar analysing energy efficiency trends in the EU for the period 2000-2019.
This presentation deck was used during the 9th webinar in the Odyssee-Mure on Energy Efficiency Academy on 25 June 2020. Recordings are available on https://www.youtube.com/user/LeonardoENERGY/videos?view=0&sort=dd&flow=grid
The webinar is an approximately 45 min presentation, followed by a live Q&A session with the panellists.
Second Ukrainian NDC to the Paris Agreement: Modelling Approach and ResultsIEA-ETSAP
Second Ukrainian NDC to the Paris Agreement: Modelling Approach and Results
Diachuk O., Poodles R., Chepelev M., Institute for Economics and Forecasting of National Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine
Energy efficiency trends in buildings in the EULeonardo ENERGY
(For an updated version of this deck, addressing pending questions with some more details and references, please visit https://www.slideshare.net/sustenergy/energy-efficiency-trends-in-buildings-in-the-eu-update)
What has been the overall trend in final energy consumption of buildings in the EU since 2010?
What are the main drivers of the energy consumption variation, and in particular energy savings, for residential and service buildings?
These are the key questions answered during this (11th) webinar in the Odyssee-Mure on Energy Efficiency Academy.
Highlights from their research:
➢The energy consumption of buildings has steadily decreased since 2010 despite GDP growth.
➢There are large disparities in building performances across countries.
➢Since 2015, the rate of household energy efficiency improvements has dropped by 50% (compared to 2000-2014).
➢Energy efficiency of large electrical appliances, which has largely improved in the past, does not counterbalance anymore the rapid growth of the consumption of small appliances.
Addressing flexibility and decarbonization of energy systems through TIMES mo...IEA-ETSAP
Addressing flexibility and decarbonization of energy systems through TIMES modelling: the case of European Islands.
Ms. Sophie Chlela, Centre for Applied Mathematics (CMA), MINES Paristech
Webinar - Support Schemes for Renewable Energy Development and Grid DevelopmentLeonardo ENERGY
Some fundamental questions for any country willing to introduce renewables and distributed generation are:
* Which are the different incentive schemes for the promotion of distributed generation and renewables?
* Feed-in Tariffs, Quota Obligation, Tenders, Fiscal Incentives… What is proved to work and what failed?
* Accommodating increasing amounts of distributed generation requires new grid developments; which are the incentives?
Energy efficiency trends in the EU: Have we got off track?Diedert Debusscher
What has been the overall trend in final energy consumption and by sector in the EU since 2000? What are the main drivers of the energy consumption variation since 2000, and what has been the impact of energy savings? What are the trends in energy efficiency at the country level?
These are the key questions that will guide you through this webinar analysing energy efficiency trends in the EU for the period 2000-2019.
This presentation deck was used during the 9th webinar in the Odyssee-Mure on Energy Efficiency Academy on 25 June 2020. Recordings are available on https://www.youtube.com/user/LeonardoENERGY/videos?view=0&sort=dd&flow=grid
The webinar is an approximately 45 min presentation, followed by a live Q&A session with the panellists.
Second Ukrainian NDC to the Paris Agreement: Modelling Approach and ResultsIEA-ETSAP
Second Ukrainian NDC to the Paris Agreement: Modelling Approach and Results
Diachuk O., Poodles R., Chepelev M., Institute for Economics and Forecasting of National Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine
Energy efficiency trends in buildings in the EULeonardo ENERGY
(For an updated version of this deck, addressing pending questions with some more details and references, please visit https://www.slideshare.net/sustenergy/energy-efficiency-trends-in-buildings-in-the-eu-update)
What has been the overall trend in final energy consumption of buildings in the EU since 2010?
What are the main drivers of the energy consumption variation, and in particular energy savings, for residential and service buildings?
These are the key questions answered during this (11th) webinar in the Odyssee-Mure on Energy Efficiency Academy.
Highlights from their research:
➢The energy consumption of buildings has steadily decreased since 2010 despite GDP growth.
➢There are large disparities in building performances across countries.
➢Since 2015, the rate of household energy efficiency improvements has dropped by 50% (compared to 2000-2014).
➢Energy efficiency of large electrical appliances, which has largely improved in the past, does not counterbalance anymore the rapid growth of the consumption of small appliances.
Addressing flexibility and decarbonization of energy systems through TIMES mo...IEA-ETSAP
Addressing flexibility and decarbonization of energy systems through TIMES modelling: the case of European Islands.
Ms. Sophie Chlela, Centre for Applied Mathematics (CMA), MINES Paristech
Webinar - Support Schemes for Renewable Energy Development and Grid DevelopmentLeonardo ENERGY
Some fundamental questions for any country willing to introduce renewables and distributed generation are:
* Which are the different incentive schemes for the promotion of distributed generation and renewables?
* Feed-in Tariffs, Quota Obligation, Tenders, Fiscal Incentives… What is proved to work and what failed?
* Accommodating increasing amounts of distributed generation requires new grid developments; which are the incentives?
Energy auditing and energy efficiency indicatorsCETN
Principles of Energy Auditing
Auditing process summary
Undertaking an Energy Audit in house
Commissioning a commercial Audit
Equipment for auditing
Results and dissemination
Barriers to implementation of energy efficiency
Questions and answer session
Energy efficiency trends in buildings in the EU (update)Leonardo ENERGY
(This is an updated version of the slides used during the 11th webinar in the Odyssee-Mure on Energy Efficiency Academy at 08 Dec 2020. This version addresses pending questions with some more details and references.)
What has been the overall trend in final energy consumption of buildings in the EU since 2010?
What are the main drivers of the energy consumption variation, and in particular energy savings, for residential and service buildings?
These are the key questions answered during this (11th) webinar in the Odyssee-Mure on Energy Efficiency Academy.
Highlights from their research:
➢The energy consumption of buildings has steadily decreased since 2010 despite GDP growth.
➢There are large disparities in building performances across countries.
➢Since 2015, the rate of household energy efficiency improvements has dropped by 50% (compared to 2000-2014).
➢Energy efficiency of large electrical appliances, which has largely improved in the past, does not counterbalance anymore the rapid growth of the consumption of small appliances.
In 2011, the European Commission concluded in its white paper “Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area” that the phase-out of fossil fuels driven cars by 2050 was necessary to achieve its energy and climate objectives. In 2019, as part of the European Green Deal, the Commission is proposing to revise the regulation on CO2 standards for cars and vans, to ensure a clear pathway towards zero-emission mobility.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to road transport have grown since 1990 by 20.5%, and now account for one-fifth of EU GHG emissions – and they keep growing. The picture is similar regarding final energy consumption. Road transport uses 24% of EU final energy, having grown by 28% since 1990.
The good news is that a zero-emission technology is ready today for market uptake: the battery electric vehicle. From day one this vehicle completely cuts local GHG and air pollutant emissions and emits three times less GHG emissions on a well-to-wheel basis. On a life cycle basis (“cradle to grave”), a battery electric vehicle also generates significantly less GHG emissions than cars using gasoline or diesel. Moreover, the full decarbonisation of the electricity system, which is foreseen well before 2050, will enable battery electric vehicles to make transport fully climate-neutral.
Electrifying road transport is also the fastest and most cost-effective way to achieve energy efficiency goals because it is the asset with the highest replacing rate (average car ownership period 5-7 years1)and is currently at least 2.5 times more efficient than alternative technologies.
On 28 November 2019 the European Parliament declared a climate emergency and its Members asked for immediate and ambitious action to limit the effects of climate change2. Battery electric vehicles are ready to contribute to addressing this challenge. What is needed now is to accelerate the deployment of full electric vehicles.
Copper is one of the main materials that makes this transition possible. On average a battery electric vehicle requires three times more copper than a vehicle driven by a combustion engine. Half of it is in the battery system, mainly as foil in the anode of the cell working as current collector and heat dissipator. About one quarter is in the drive motors and their control system, and the other quarter is in wire harness, connectors and electronics. In addition, copper plays a role in the charging infrastructure and in the generation of renewable electricity to power the vehicles.
The need to model coupled energy networks to transition to a decarbonized futureLeonardo ENERGY
Webinar recording at https://youtu.be/2A-aVb6OHTE
The coordination between planners and operators of coupled energy systems will allow the further integration of renewable energy sources in the electricity network by storing energy in fuel form over long periods of time using power-to-gas, the recovery and more efficient use of heat, and the decarbonization of industrial processes and transportation modes that can’t be electrified. Energy networks, such as electricity grids and natural gas pipeline networks, have traditionally been planned and operated independently. In order to enhance the integration and coordination of different energy networks, they must be planned and operated in coupled ways. Different energy networks have historically been and are still modelled by different tools. In this presentation we will discuss the need model coupled energy systems in a single framework and we will introduce encoord’s Scenario Analysis Interface for Energy Systems (SAInt), a software application to model, plan, and operate coupled energy networks.
Bhutan - Utility Scale Solar Power AssessmentVikas Lakhani
Preliminary Assessment of Utility Scale Solar Power in Bhutan, including screening of potential regions for economically and technically viable Solar Projects
Philipp Steinberg - La transición energética en Europa y el cambio climáticoFundación Ramón Areces
Entre el 30 de junio y el 2 de julio de 2014 organizamos en la Fundación Ramón Areces (C/ Vitruvio, 5, en Madrid) un curso de verano en colaboración con la Universidad Complutense de Madrid sobre los retos energéticos de Europa ante el cambio climático. En estas jornadas, diferentes expertos analizaron la transición energética en Europa para cumplir las exigencias de los compromisos internacionales en materia de emisiones de CO2.
Development of 2050’s national long-term energy plans for carbon neutrality t...IEA-ETSAP
Development of national long-term energy plans, for 2050’s carbon neutrality targets, using the DESSTINEE model.
Dr. Gabriel David Oreggioni, Imperial College London
Janez Kopac, Director of the Energy Community SecretariatWEC Italia
Slides presentate in occasione del Seminario "The Energy transition in Europe: different pathways, same destination? organizzato da Edison in collaborazione con WEC Italia il 29 maggio 2013 a Roma - TWITTER #NRGstrategy
While UK met its 2020 interim target, there is some doubt regarding whether it will meet the overall 2020 target of 15% of energy consumption from renewables. For the time being it seems that the UK will have to make arrangements to count renewable energy produced and used in other member states to achieve its targets. Additionally, recent government decision to remove preliminary accreditation from the Feed-in-tariff, rejection of several renewable projects and Austrian legal action against development of the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant will have an effect on the countries energy future.
Germany is Europe’s biggest energy consumer. As a large and industrial country with moderate natural endowments, it sets an example of what can be done with a progressive energy policy. Germany leads the charge on renewables, has an ambitious energy efficiency policy, is committed to phasing out nuclear power generation and uses ETS revenues fully for the fight against climate change. However, the future of the German energy transition is rather uncertain. Are energy prices sustainable with the current high taxation rates? How to expand the high-voltage grid to integrate wind generation from the North? What will be the future role of coal and gas? In this discussion webinar, we will review the most important energy statistics for Germany, present a few highlights on its energy policy and conclude with a series of open discussion points.
After the Fukushima accident, a national debate regarding French energy transition was launched. A policy goal of reducing nuclear electricity generation from 75% to 50% share of total generation was established. Since the year 2013, electricity consumption has stabilized in France, the share of renewable sources continues to grow and there is a high level of hydropower production. Thus, means of conventional thermal generation are rarely used. In addition, electricity generation and capacity continue to increase as the country remains a net energy exporter. This webinar analyses past, present and future of the country from an energetic point of view.
Energy auditing and energy efficiency indicatorsCETN
Principles of Energy Auditing
Auditing process summary
Undertaking an Energy Audit in house
Commissioning a commercial Audit
Equipment for auditing
Results and dissemination
Barriers to implementation of energy efficiency
Questions and answer session
Energy efficiency trends in buildings in the EU (update)Leonardo ENERGY
(This is an updated version of the slides used during the 11th webinar in the Odyssee-Mure on Energy Efficiency Academy at 08 Dec 2020. This version addresses pending questions with some more details and references.)
What has been the overall trend in final energy consumption of buildings in the EU since 2010?
What are the main drivers of the energy consumption variation, and in particular energy savings, for residential and service buildings?
These are the key questions answered during this (11th) webinar in the Odyssee-Mure on Energy Efficiency Academy.
Highlights from their research:
➢The energy consumption of buildings has steadily decreased since 2010 despite GDP growth.
➢There are large disparities in building performances across countries.
➢Since 2015, the rate of household energy efficiency improvements has dropped by 50% (compared to 2000-2014).
➢Energy efficiency of large electrical appliances, which has largely improved in the past, does not counterbalance anymore the rapid growth of the consumption of small appliances.
In 2011, the European Commission concluded in its white paper “Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area” that the phase-out of fossil fuels driven cars by 2050 was necessary to achieve its energy and climate objectives. In 2019, as part of the European Green Deal, the Commission is proposing to revise the regulation on CO2 standards for cars and vans, to ensure a clear pathway towards zero-emission mobility.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to road transport have grown since 1990 by 20.5%, and now account for one-fifth of EU GHG emissions – and they keep growing. The picture is similar regarding final energy consumption. Road transport uses 24% of EU final energy, having grown by 28% since 1990.
The good news is that a zero-emission technology is ready today for market uptake: the battery electric vehicle. From day one this vehicle completely cuts local GHG and air pollutant emissions and emits three times less GHG emissions on a well-to-wheel basis. On a life cycle basis (“cradle to grave”), a battery electric vehicle also generates significantly less GHG emissions than cars using gasoline or diesel. Moreover, the full decarbonisation of the electricity system, which is foreseen well before 2050, will enable battery electric vehicles to make transport fully climate-neutral.
Electrifying road transport is also the fastest and most cost-effective way to achieve energy efficiency goals because it is the asset with the highest replacing rate (average car ownership period 5-7 years1)and is currently at least 2.5 times more efficient than alternative technologies.
On 28 November 2019 the European Parliament declared a climate emergency and its Members asked for immediate and ambitious action to limit the effects of climate change2. Battery electric vehicles are ready to contribute to addressing this challenge. What is needed now is to accelerate the deployment of full electric vehicles.
Copper is one of the main materials that makes this transition possible. On average a battery electric vehicle requires three times more copper than a vehicle driven by a combustion engine. Half of it is in the battery system, mainly as foil in the anode of the cell working as current collector and heat dissipator. About one quarter is in the drive motors and their control system, and the other quarter is in wire harness, connectors and electronics. In addition, copper plays a role in the charging infrastructure and in the generation of renewable electricity to power the vehicles.
The need to model coupled energy networks to transition to a decarbonized futureLeonardo ENERGY
Webinar recording at https://youtu.be/2A-aVb6OHTE
The coordination between planners and operators of coupled energy systems will allow the further integration of renewable energy sources in the electricity network by storing energy in fuel form over long periods of time using power-to-gas, the recovery and more efficient use of heat, and the decarbonization of industrial processes and transportation modes that can’t be electrified. Energy networks, such as electricity grids and natural gas pipeline networks, have traditionally been planned and operated independently. In order to enhance the integration and coordination of different energy networks, they must be planned and operated in coupled ways. Different energy networks have historically been and are still modelled by different tools. In this presentation we will discuss the need model coupled energy systems in a single framework and we will introduce encoord’s Scenario Analysis Interface for Energy Systems (SAInt), a software application to model, plan, and operate coupled energy networks.
Bhutan - Utility Scale Solar Power AssessmentVikas Lakhani
Preliminary Assessment of Utility Scale Solar Power in Bhutan, including screening of potential regions for economically and technically viable Solar Projects
Philipp Steinberg - La transición energética en Europa y el cambio climáticoFundación Ramón Areces
Entre el 30 de junio y el 2 de julio de 2014 organizamos en la Fundación Ramón Areces (C/ Vitruvio, 5, en Madrid) un curso de verano en colaboración con la Universidad Complutense de Madrid sobre los retos energéticos de Europa ante el cambio climático. En estas jornadas, diferentes expertos analizaron la transición energética en Europa para cumplir las exigencias de los compromisos internacionales en materia de emisiones de CO2.
Development of 2050’s national long-term energy plans for carbon neutrality t...IEA-ETSAP
Development of national long-term energy plans, for 2050’s carbon neutrality targets, using the DESSTINEE model.
Dr. Gabriel David Oreggioni, Imperial College London
Janez Kopac, Director of the Energy Community SecretariatWEC Italia
Slides presentate in occasione del Seminario "The Energy transition in Europe: different pathways, same destination? organizzato da Edison in collaborazione con WEC Italia il 29 maggio 2013 a Roma - TWITTER #NRGstrategy
While UK met its 2020 interim target, there is some doubt regarding whether it will meet the overall 2020 target of 15% of energy consumption from renewables. For the time being it seems that the UK will have to make arrangements to count renewable energy produced and used in other member states to achieve its targets. Additionally, recent government decision to remove preliminary accreditation from the Feed-in-tariff, rejection of several renewable projects and Austrian legal action against development of the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant will have an effect on the countries energy future.
Germany is Europe’s biggest energy consumer. As a large and industrial country with moderate natural endowments, it sets an example of what can be done with a progressive energy policy. Germany leads the charge on renewables, has an ambitious energy efficiency policy, is committed to phasing out nuclear power generation and uses ETS revenues fully for the fight against climate change. However, the future of the German energy transition is rather uncertain. Are energy prices sustainable with the current high taxation rates? How to expand the high-voltage grid to integrate wind generation from the North? What will be the future role of coal and gas? In this discussion webinar, we will review the most important energy statistics for Germany, present a few highlights on its energy policy and conclude with a series of open discussion points.
After the Fukushima accident, a national debate regarding French energy transition was launched. A policy goal of reducing nuclear electricity generation from 75% to 50% share of total generation was established. Since the year 2013, electricity consumption has stabilized in France, the share of renewable sources continues to grow and there is a high level of hydropower production. Thus, means of conventional thermal generation are rarely used. In addition, electricity generation and capacity continue to increase as the country remains a net energy exporter. This webinar analyses past, present and future of the country from an energetic point of view.
Energy Sufficiency Indicators and Policies (Lea Gynther, Motiva)Leonardo ENERGY
This policy brief looks at questions ‘how to measure energy sufficiency’, ‘which policies and measures can be used to address energy sufficiency’ and ‘how they are used in Europe today’.
Energy sufficiency refers to a situation where everyone has access to the energy services they need, whilst the impacts of the energy system do not exceed environmental limits. The level of ambition needed to address energy sufficiency is higher than in the case of energy efficiency.
This is the 13th edition of the Odyssee-Mure on Energy Efficiency Academy, and number 519 in the Leonardo ENERGY series. The recording of the live presentation can be found on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEAdYbI0wDI&list=PLUFRNkTrB5O_V155aGXfZ4b3R0fvT7sKz
Energy Show 2022 - Deep Retrofit, Insulation and Recovery PlanSustainableEnergyAut
The National Insulation Association of Ireland (NIAI) will host a seminar during the SEAI Energy Show (RDS, 30-31 March 2022) on the importance of deep retrofit and how a fabric first approach incorporation insulation is essential to realise Ireland's energy and carbon reduction targets. Other key factors that are an essential part of the overall package, such as airtightness and new technologies, will also be discussed.
This seminar is an integral part of the programme and complements the best practice insulation demonstration that will take place on the dedicated Demonstration Arena on the Show Floor.
Webinaire : Innovation et infrastructure - Moteurs de la transition energetiq...Cluster TWEED
Découvrez les opportunités liées aux innovations technologiques et nouvelles infrastructures durables initiées par la transition énergétique, par le biais des présentations du directeur du Innovation & Technology Center de l'Agence internationale pour les énergies renouvelables, et du coordinateur du programme Sustainable Cities and Settlements de la division Energy Systems and Infrastructure de l'UNIDO.
Second Stakeholder Event for the Revision of Directive (REDII) 2018/2001
Session 2 Renewable energy in Heating and Cooling, Buildings and District Heating
Professor Brian Vad Mathiesen, Aalborg University
March 22, 2021, Brussels - Online
Can Europe deliver on energy efficiency? Investigating the effectiveness of A...Leonardo ENERGY
Article 7 is a key provision of the European Energy Efficiency Directive which established a set of binding measures to help the EU reach its 20% energy efficiency target by 2020. Each member state has to calculate its own savings target, and demonstrate how it will deliver the target between 2014 and 2020. This webinar introduces the main features of Article 7, shows how member states have implemented it, and discusses the challenge of evaluating its impact given the heterogeneity of policy responses.
The webinar will conclude with a number of options how a revised Article 7 can be simplified and streamlined, how transparency of implementation can be improved and how member states could be supported to deliver energy efficiency more effectively.
EBRD Seminar on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for Finnish private sector at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland on February 16th 2016, presentation by Ms. Stefania Cruceru
Presentation from the 2013 Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Summit expanded ministerial meeting. Presented by Giovanni F. De Santi, director, DG Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy and Transport (IET)
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
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• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
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Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*
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1. B RINGING E UROPE AND T HIRD COUNTRIES CLOSER
TOGETHER THROUGH RENEWABLE E NERGIES
The BETTER project
Andreas Tuerk, Dorian Frieden, JR
Robert Pasiscko, Zoran Kordic, UNDP
Zagreb, 09 December 2013
2. PROJECT PRESENTATION (2/2)
CIEMAT (Spain)
Centro de Invest. Energ. Mediamb. Tecn
DLR (Germany)
Deutsches Zentrum Für Luft-und raumfahrt e.V
ECN (Netherlands)
Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands
JOANNEUM (Austria)
Forshungsgesellschaft Mbh
NTUA (Greece)
National Technical University of Athens
OME (France)
Observatoire Méditerranéen de l’Energie
PIK (Germany)
Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
TUWIEN (Austria)
Vienna University of Technology
UNDP (International)
United Nations Development Programme
3. PROJECT PRESENTATION (1/2)
BETTER: Bringing Europe and Third countries closer together
through renewable Energies (BETTER);
Intelligent Energy for Europe Programme, managed by the
Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI);
Started: 1st July 2012;
Expected Completion Date: 1st January 2015;
Coordinator: CIEMAT, Madrid
http://better-project.net
4. OBJECTIVES
Assess,
through
case
studies,
involvement and integrated analysis:
stakeholders
•to what extent cooperation with third countries can
help Europe achieve its RES targets in 2020 and
beyond
•trigger the deployment of RES electricity projects in
third countries and
•create synergies and win-win circumstances for all
involved parties.
6. EU RES directive
• The RES Directive (2009/28/EC) sets binding national
2020 RES targets for all EU member states
• These targets do not explicitly reflect the national
resource availability
-> Its not about capacity extension only
but also on energy efficiency
7. Adoption of RES directive and RES
targets in the West Balkan countries
8. METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
Case studies (N.Africa, W.Balkans and Turkey) will
investigate in detail the technical, socio-economic and
environmental aspects of RES cooperation.
Top -Down
COMMUNICATION AND
DISSEMINATION
• Detailed quantitative cost-benefit evaluation of
feasible policy approaches as well as power system
analysis (Green-X, HIREPs Models)
• Other possible “co-effects” (such as impacts on EU
climate targets, energy security and macro-economic
aspects).
Bottom -up
STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVEMENT
Integrated assessment will be undertaken from the
“EU plus third countries” perspective, including:
9. Motivation for cooperation mechanisms
Renewable energy targets are calculated based on:
• current RES share
• country GDP
Do not take into account renewable energy potentials!
10. Different options how to reach the targets
MS
domestically
RES
Directive ->
RES targets
WB
NREAP
(Renewable
energy
Action Plan)
Cooperation
mechanism
most of the Member States plan to fulfill their renewable energy targets
domestically
4 Member States namely France, Greece, Italy, and Spain noted in their
forecast documents that they may use cooperation mechanisms to develop
renewable energy in third countries
11. Basic principle of cooperation mechanisms
•
•
Cooperation mechanisms were introduced to allow countries with high renewable energy
potentials and/or low production costs (COUNTRY A) to sell their renewable energy surplus
to those countries that have either low renewable energy endowments and/or have higher
generation costs (COUNTRY B).
The main idea behind this is to reach the targets in a more cost-effectively way and to reduce
the overall costs in achieving it.
COUNTRY A
(low/expansive
RES potential)
Money transfer
RES transfer
COUNTRY B
(high/cheap
RES potential)
12. Types of cooperation mechanisms
Cooperation Mechanisms are defined in Directive 2009/28/EC as followed:
•
Statistical transfers between MS (Article 6)
•
Joint projects between MS (Article 7 and 8)
•
Joint projects between MS and third countries, under the condition that RES electricity is imported to the
EU (Article 9 and 10)
•
Joint support schemes (Article 11)
Cooperation
Mechanisms
Type
cooperation
Statistical transfers
Only
transfer
shares
Joint
projects
between MS
Main actors
Eligible for
West
Balkan
countries
Type
transferred
energy
Governments
Yes,
but
unlikely –
because of
statistics
No transfer of
energy
Project-based
Governments
No
Heat/transport/el
ectricity
Joint
projects
between MS and
third countries
Physical transfer
Governments
Yes
Electricity
Joint
schemes
Common
scheme
Governments
Yes,
but
unlikely
Heat/transport/el
ectricity
support
of
statistical
of RES
support
of
13. In focus: West Balkan region
•
•
The green columns represent the share of renewable energy against projected 2020 energy
demand
The differences between the green (RES potential) and red columns (RES target) represents
the energy that could be sold via cooperation mechanisms.
14. In focus: Joint projects between MS and WB
Money transfer
RES
Country A
(low/expensive RES
potential)
Project investor
s
t ran
fer
Notification
EU
Comission
Country B
(high/cheap RES
potential)
Framework Agreement
Support payment (feed-in-tariffs)
MWh
16. Study case: The Serbia Italian Cooperation
Joint project on Ibar river
•
•
•
Italy stated in its National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) that it would import 6 TWh per
year of electricity from the Balkans, via Montenegro through the marine energy cable (2015)
During 2009, Serbia and Italy signed Memorandum of understanding to implement joint projects
It was decided that the first project in mutual cooperation would be the construction of
hydroelectric power plants on the Ibar
Technology
Hydro power
Capacity of hydro power plants
118 MW
Construction time
7 years
Investment costs
300 mil. €
Location
Ibar river
Production
443,400 MWh
Number of parks
10
Cooperation mechanism
Joint project between MS and third countries
17. Study case: The Serbia Italian Cooperation
Costs (red color) and benefits (blue color) from cooperation
Cost and benefits
Base case scenario (Italy produces Cooperation scenario
hydro power domestically)
electricity from Serbia)
Generation costs (€c/kWH)
20-22
10-12
Electricity market price (€c/kWh)
6-7
3-4
Grid related costs (€c/kWh)
0.5
n/a
Transmission related costs (€c/kWh)
-
0,75
TOTAL COSTS (€c/kWh)
~15
~5
Indirect costs and benefits
CO2
Industrial Leadership
Other pollutants
Economic activity
Employment
Energy Security
CO2
Industrial Leadership
Other pollutants
Economic activity
Employment
Energy Security
(Italy
buys
18. Action plans roadmap and Stakehodolders dialogue
• Action plans for each contry
• roadmap for the region
• We need YOUR feedback and
input!
2013
2014
19. Do the West Balkans benefit from
RES cooperation?
• Are there win-win situations?
• Can potentials be exploited that cannot be exploited with
national feed-in tarriffs?
• Economic benefits?
• Environmaltal effects? Eg biodiversity loss?
• Social implications?
20. Linking the Balkans with Italy
• Planned new grid connections will significantely change the
energy market in the region
• Low feed-in tarifs barrier for some technologies
• New business cases for renewables and/or
fossils
21. Our research agenda
Strategic consideration for each WB country:
Domestic target achievement vs trade: Do the Balkans
need the potential for 2020 or later?
Trading with the EU or within the region?
Can the cooperation mechanisms lead to new business
models for the region adn how could they look like?
Could the cooperation mechanisms assist in avoiding a
fossil lock-in?
Possible role and design of different cooperation
mechanism with different pros and cons
22. Bosnia and Herzegovina
•
•
•
•
•
•
Target of 40% renewables by 2020
Currently large hydro and lignite electricity
More fossil plants and hydro planned
Will Bosnia be able to expand wind up to 2020?
Can export create business cases for non-hydro?
New 400 kV to Serbia planned (to export hydro
electricity)
• Regulatory and administrative barriers?
25. Montenegro
• RES target of 33%
• Currently large hydro, fossils and biomass
• Focus is mainly on large and small hydro, but also wind
and biomass power expansion is envisioned.
• Planned submarine interconnection cable between
Montenegro and Italy should offer new possibilities for
international cooperation.
27. FYROM Macedonia
• RES target of 28%
• Strong expansion of hydroelectric generation is planned.
• A Feed-In Tariff is in place, with a budgetary limit for nonhydro technologies.
• 400 kV to Greece, 400kV to Albania-Italy only after 2016
• Limited financial support for solar and wind
29. Croatia
• 20% RES target
• Currently thermal and large hydro electricity generation
• Increase of renewable electricity generation, especially
wind and biomass, but far below wind potentials
• Increased biomass heat and solar energy use for
heating.
• Wind energy could be available for export, if grid to Italy
is enhanced
• current grid capacity for new wind power plants is
estimated at a maximum of 360 MW
• EU MS since July 2013: No third country status anymore
31. Albania
• Albanian electricity generation mainly hydro
• Albania has accepted a RES target of 38% by 2020
• NREAP:
• Focus on hydro and renewable heat (biomass,
solar thermal)
• Possible use of cooperation mechanism until 2020
for wind expansion
• Current grid connections are insufficient for large scale
export, new cable to be built to Italy (to enable wind
energy export)
34. Serbia
• RES target of 27%
• Lignite fired TPPs, large hydro power and biomass as
the major renewable energy source
• Increase of wind planned (500MW), but also biomass
electricity and heat.
• Planned wind expansion at the upper limit of what the
Serbian grid is expected to be able to absorb (NREAP)
• Feed-in Tariff for solar photovoltaics limited to 10 MW of
capacity.
• Interest in using cooperation mechanisms for hydro and
solar projects in Serbia.
37. Kosovo*
• Strong expansion of hydroelectric generation is planned
(large HPP Zhur)
• Feed-In-Tariff for solar photovoltaic generation is to start
in 2014.
• Planned renewables would exceed RES targets if Zhur is
impemented
• Surplus renewables could be sold via the cooperation
mechanisms.
• 400 kV connection to Albania only in 2017
39. Cooperation within the region?
• Current lack of cooperation between countries led to an
inefficient regional energy system as opposed pre-1990,
where region was a net electricity exporter
• Cooperation between some countries in the region
unlikely (eg Serbia and Kosovo), in others cooperation is
emerging (Albania and Kosovo, or Macedonia and
Kosovo)
• Joint Projects within the region an option
• Joint Support schemes however unlikely in the near
future
40. Conclusions
• Export of those renewable potential in the next years that
cannot be financed by the countries
• Export for those RES potentials that cannot be
integrated in the countries grids, eg wind
• Meeting the RES targets will be a challenge
• More efficient use and improvement of existing
infrastructure is key to meet the RES targets and
may enable to export electricity