Michael Kotara, CPS Energy - Speaker at the marcus evans Generation Summit 2012 held in San Antonio, TX, delivered his presentation entitled Moving towards a More Sustainable and Secure Energy Future
I 6 diversification of res in norway, tommy olsen, tronderenergiInnovation Norway
Norway has abundant renewable energy resources including hydropower and wind power. Hydropower currently provides almost all of Norway's electricity and offers flexibility. Norway has significant untapped potential for onshore and offshore wind power development. TrønderEnergi, a Norwegian energy company, produces over 1,800 GWh of hydropower annually and is increasing its focus on other renewables like onshore and offshore wind through partnerships and investments. These actions help Norway meet its renewable energy and emissions reduction goals while also creating new industrial opportunities.
The document summarizes details about the proposed Rampal power plant in Bangladesh, including its sponsors, location, capacity details, and fuel source. It then lists several disadvantages of the plant, noting that it will cause 81% harm versus 19% good due to environmental damage to the Sundarbans mangrove forest and negatively impacting the forest ecosystem, wildlife, surface water, agriculture, and livelihoods of local people. The research findings also indicate impacts to climate, land use, air and water quality, wetlands, and fisheries.
Environmental Effects of Rampal Power Plant.Psyful Bappi
The document summarizes the environmental effects of the proposed Rampal Coal Power Plant in Bangladesh. It notes that the plant would be located near the Sundarbans mangrove forest, displacing wildlife including the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger. Smoke and pollution from the plant could harm the local ecosystem and people. Burning the large amount of coal required would produce millions of tons of carbon dioxide and other emissions annually. Shipping activities to supply the plant could also damage the mangroves through noise, oil spills, coal dropping, and waste discharges into rivers. The construction and operations would likely lower the water table and destroy the ecosystem of the Posur River. Many vulnerable species that inhabit the area could die off or leave if the power
The document discusses the proposed Rampal Power Station project in Bangladesh and its potential impacts. Key points:
- The Rampal Power Station is a proposed 1320 MW coal-fired power plant located near the Sundarbans mangrove forest in Bangladesh.
- There are concerns the project could damage the Sundarbans ecosystem through pollution, dredging, noise, and changes to river flows and groundwater levels.
- The Sundarbans forest is home to many endangered species and is an important global ecosystem. However, supporters argue the plant will help meet Bangladesh's energy needs.
- There is disagreement between environmental experts, citizens' groups, and the government over the project's risks and whether its
Voluntary carbon off set certificate eu 1, for barcelona hotel, oct. 12, 2011 Алена Кудриницкая
Norbert J. Kozma purchased carbon offset credits from the Aydin Salavatli Dora-1 Geothermal Power Plant in Turkey, reducing their carbon footprint by 58 kg of CO2e. The 7.9 MW geothermal power plant generates electricity for the national grid while displacing over 30,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually. The purchase of these voluntary carbon credits will be retired according to international carbon accounting standards.
Michael Kotara, CPS Energy - Speaker at the marcus evans Generation Summit 2012 held in San Antonio, TX, delivered his presentation entitled Moving towards a More Sustainable and Secure Energy Future
I 6 diversification of res in norway, tommy olsen, tronderenergiInnovation Norway
Norway has abundant renewable energy resources including hydropower and wind power. Hydropower currently provides almost all of Norway's electricity and offers flexibility. Norway has significant untapped potential for onshore and offshore wind power development. TrønderEnergi, a Norwegian energy company, produces over 1,800 GWh of hydropower annually and is increasing its focus on other renewables like onshore and offshore wind through partnerships and investments. These actions help Norway meet its renewable energy and emissions reduction goals while also creating new industrial opportunities.
The document summarizes details about the proposed Rampal power plant in Bangladesh, including its sponsors, location, capacity details, and fuel source. It then lists several disadvantages of the plant, noting that it will cause 81% harm versus 19% good due to environmental damage to the Sundarbans mangrove forest and negatively impacting the forest ecosystem, wildlife, surface water, agriculture, and livelihoods of local people. The research findings also indicate impacts to climate, land use, air and water quality, wetlands, and fisheries.
Environmental Effects of Rampal Power Plant.Psyful Bappi
The document summarizes the environmental effects of the proposed Rampal Coal Power Plant in Bangladesh. It notes that the plant would be located near the Sundarbans mangrove forest, displacing wildlife including the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger. Smoke and pollution from the plant could harm the local ecosystem and people. Burning the large amount of coal required would produce millions of tons of carbon dioxide and other emissions annually. Shipping activities to supply the plant could also damage the mangroves through noise, oil spills, coal dropping, and waste discharges into rivers. The construction and operations would likely lower the water table and destroy the ecosystem of the Posur River. Many vulnerable species that inhabit the area could die off or leave if the power
The document discusses the proposed Rampal Power Station project in Bangladesh and its potential impacts. Key points:
- The Rampal Power Station is a proposed 1320 MW coal-fired power plant located near the Sundarbans mangrove forest in Bangladesh.
- There are concerns the project could damage the Sundarbans ecosystem through pollution, dredging, noise, and changes to river flows and groundwater levels.
- The Sundarbans forest is home to many endangered species and is an important global ecosystem. However, supporters argue the plant will help meet Bangladesh's energy needs.
- There is disagreement between environmental experts, citizens' groups, and the government over the project's risks and whether its
Voluntary carbon off set certificate eu 1, for barcelona hotel, oct. 12, 2011 Алена Кудриницкая
Norbert J. Kozma purchased carbon offset credits from the Aydin Salavatli Dora-1 Geothermal Power Plant in Turkey, reducing their carbon footprint by 58 kg of CO2e. The 7.9 MW geothermal power plant generates electricity for the national grid while displacing over 30,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually. The purchase of these voluntary carbon credits will be retired according to international carbon accounting standards.
This presentation summarizes the proposed Rampal Power Station project in Bangladesh. It will be a 1320 megawatt coal power plant located near the Sundarbans mangrove forest. The project is a joint venture between Bangladesh and India, with funding from loans and both countries. However, environmental groups oppose the project's location due to concerns it will damage the fragile ecosystem and wildlife of the Sundarbans. The presentation explores the project details, financing, agreements, government support for the project despite environmental issues, and calls to relocate the project to protect the UNESCO World Heritage site.
The town of Nordhausen took early steps in the 1990s toward a more sustainable energy supply. It established a framework to restructure energy supply by decentralizing the old district heating system. Highly efficient natural gas power stations were brought online in 1994. Today over 40% of Nordhausen's energy needs are met through highly efficient combined heat and power. The town aims to further increase renewable energy sources and reduce CO2 emissions through its integrated climate protection concept and energy and climate pass.
This document outlines a roadmap for achieving an 80% reduction in carbon emissions in the EU by 2050. It details pathways that are sustainable, technically feasible, and have a positive economic impact. These pathways include increasing renewable energy sources like wind and solar to 60-80% of electricity production, deploying carbon capture and storage technology for 20-50% of industry emissions, and using nuclear power for 20% of electricity. It also analyzes the infrastructure needs like increased transmission lines and backup generation capacity to support high shares of variable renewable resources while keeping curtailment of renewable energy low. Cost estimates are provided for the annual capital expenditures needed along with projected costs of electricity generation. The European Commission aims to provide long-term policy
Essent is a major integrated energy company in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. It has over 5 GW of installed generation capacity including 636 MW of renewables. Essent has 3.9 million customers in the Netherlands and a 26% market share in the Dutch electricity and gas retail market. Following its acquisition by RWE, Essent will be integrated into RWE's operations in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany while maintaining its brand and operations.
The document discusses energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives in Libya. It provides an overview of Libya's energy situation, key electricity figures, and future plans. Libya has significant oil and gas reserves but is looking to diversify its energy supply and reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. The Renewable Energy Authority of Libya aims to obtain 10% of the country's energy from renewable sources like solar and wind by 2030. However, Libya currently lacks policies and agencies focused on energy efficiency.
every person should know about the merits and demerits of rampal power station and they should learn about the effects of rampal power station , its harms sundarban. we want electricity bt we do not want to harm sundarban ,here we have to com forward to save sundarban
This document summarizes a presentation on the proposed Rampal power plant project in Bangladesh. It provides details on the project such as its location in Rampal, Bagerhat District, the joint venture partners from India and Bangladesh, the planned 1320 MW capacity, and $1.5 billion cost. It also discusses some advantages like economic development and employment, but several disadvantages are noted, primarily the threat it poses to destroying the Sundarbans wildlife sanctuary and world heritage site from pollution during coal transportation and operations. Environmental groups oppose the project due to these environmental risks.
This document summarizes PPC Ltd's strategy for managing energy risks in Africa given the energy intensive nature of cement production and volatility of energy prices. PPC has operations in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and DRC. The strategy involves improving energy efficiency, generating their own renewable power through projects like wind and solar, and developing alternative fuels. In countries with electricity shortages like Zimbabwe, the focus is on a mix of renewables and waste heat recovery. In Rwanda, peat and imported coal are used but developing alternative power is critical given the country's limited domestic energy resources and PPC's large electricity needs. Bankability of energy projects is also an important consideration.
1) TVA commits to working with the Administration to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector by 3-5% over the next 10 years in support of the President's goal.
2) TVA has already reduced emissions by 20 million tons of CO2 through various initiatives like renewable energy programs and efficiency improvements.
3) TVA will continue pursuing opportunities to reduce, avoid, or sequester greenhouse gases through additional initiatives like carbon sequestration research partnerships.
The document summarizes the economics of nuclear power. It states that nuclear power is cost competitive with other electricity sources except where fossil fuels are very cheap. While capital costs for nuclear plants are higher than coal, fuel costs are a smaller portion of total costs for nuclear. New nuclear plants have even lower fuel costs as a portion of total costs. The document also discusses factors like uranium prices, operation and maintenance costs, decommissioning costs, and levelized costs that impact the relative economics of different electricity sources.
The document summarizes responses from 11 European cities about their climate coordination efforts. Most cities have climate mitigation action plans and coordinate climate issues through central administration or environmental centers. Coordination staff levels ranged from 3 to 25 people. Cities fund climate work through their own budgets as well as national, EU and partnership sources. Helsinki coordinates through projects more than other cities and only funds energy efficiency in its own buildings, while other cities also support private sector measures. Most cities surveyed own their energy companies.
Compliance with the Clean Air Act: Remove, Retrofit or ReplaceTRC Companies, Inc.
TRC Vice President Ed Malley presented this webinar about the best options available to power plants trying to comply with stringent air regulations. Ed discussed:
• The cost/benefits of control technology investments
• The economic, environmental and CSR issues related to closure decisions
• How to develop a strategic plan that allows you to be successful
The document discusses Cofely District Energy, a company that owns and operates some of the largest district energy schemes in the UK. It operates schemes in cities like Sheffield, Milton Keynes, Birmingham, and London that collectively save over 100,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually. The company develops, operates, and expands district energy schemes daily. It is also a member of the UK District Energy Association.
The QE index in Qatar rose 2.3% led by gains in the industrial and banking indices. Gulf Warehousing and Gulf International Services were the top gainers rising 10% and 9.9% respectively, while Al Ahli Bank fell 2.2%. Trading volume rose 25.3% compared to the previous day. Regional indices were mixed with Saudi Arabia up 0.4% and Kuwait down 0.2%.
The Washington Endocrine Clinic is undergoing renovation and expansion in February 2012. They are excited to share details about the project, starting with a few introductory slides, and plan to provide more information later. The renovation/expansion at The Washington Endocrine Clinic is scheduled for February 2012.
This document lists the contestants in the "Miss Orkut 2007" contest, where people can vote for their favorite. There are over 15 contestants named, with titles like "Miss Tile Roof", "Miss Sum", "Miss Brega Pillow", "Miss Kiss", and others with phrases in parentheses after them. The document encourages people to choose their preferred contestant.
The document discusses the growth prospects of Asia's economies and their importance as trading partners and destinations for investment. It notes that Asia's GDP growth has exceeded developed economies for the past decade and the region now accounts for over a quarter of global GDP. Two key drivers of future Asian growth are identified as the industrialization of Asian countries and rising domestic demand as hundreds of millions enter the middle class. The strategy described focuses on investing in Australian-listed stocks and ETFs with exposure to Asian growth to capitalize on the region's potential while mitigating foreign investment risks.
Esteve Saltó - Metge. Cap del Servei del Pla de Salut. Direcció General de Planificació i Recerca en Salut. Departament de Salut. Generalitat de Catalunya
Rumah sehat didefinisikan sebagai tempat berlindung yang menunjang kondisi kesehatan fisik, mental, dan sosial penghuninya. Faktor-faktor penting dalam membangun rumah sehat adalah lingkungan, ekonomi masyarakat, teknologi, dan peraturan pemerintah. Prasarana lingkungan perumahan seperti taman bermain, drainase, jalan, air bersih, pengelolaan sampah, dan listrik harus memenuhi syarat kesehatan.
El documento resume la trama de la novela "El caso de Charles Dexter Ward" de H.P. Lovecraft. Narra la historia de Charles y su obsesión con la vida de su tatarabuelo Joseph Curwen, lo que lo lleva a realizar experimentos misteriosos y ser internado en un hospital psiquiátrico para su evaluación. El autor presenta una historia llena de misterio sobre la relación entre Charles y su ancestro.
This presentation summarizes the proposed Rampal Power Station project in Bangladesh. It will be a 1320 megawatt coal power plant located near the Sundarbans mangrove forest. The project is a joint venture between Bangladesh and India, with funding from loans and both countries. However, environmental groups oppose the project's location due to concerns it will damage the fragile ecosystem and wildlife of the Sundarbans. The presentation explores the project details, financing, agreements, government support for the project despite environmental issues, and calls to relocate the project to protect the UNESCO World Heritage site.
The town of Nordhausen took early steps in the 1990s toward a more sustainable energy supply. It established a framework to restructure energy supply by decentralizing the old district heating system. Highly efficient natural gas power stations were brought online in 1994. Today over 40% of Nordhausen's energy needs are met through highly efficient combined heat and power. The town aims to further increase renewable energy sources and reduce CO2 emissions through its integrated climate protection concept and energy and climate pass.
This document outlines a roadmap for achieving an 80% reduction in carbon emissions in the EU by 2050. It details pathways that are sustainable, technically feasible, and have a positive economic impact. These pathways include increasing renewable energy sources like wind and solar to 60-80% of electricity production, deploying carbon capture and storage technology for 20-50% of industry emissions, and using nuclear power for 20% of electricity. It also analyzes the infrastructure needs like increased transmission lines and backup generation capacity to support high shares of variable renewable resources while keeping curtailment of renewable energy low. Cost estimates are provided for the annual capital expenditures needed along with projected costs of electricity generation. The European Commission aims to provide long-term policy
Essent is a major integrated energy company in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. It has over 5 GW of installed generation capacity including 636 MW of renewables. Essent has 3.9 million customers in the Netherlands and a 26% market share in the Dutch electricity and gas retail market. Following its acquisition by RWE, Essent will be integrated into RWE's operations in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany while maintaining its brand and operations.
The document discusses energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives in Libya. It provides an overview of Libya's energy situation, key electricity figures, and future plans. Libya has significant oil and gas reserves but is looking to diversify its energy supply and reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. The Renewable Energy Authority of Libya aims to obtain 10% of the country's energy from renewable sources like solar and wind by 2030. However, Libya currently lacks policies and agencies focused on energy efficiency.
every person should know about the merits and demerits of rampal power station and they should learn about the effects of rampal power station , its harms sundarban. we want electricity bt we do not want to harm sundarban ,here we have to com forward to save sundarban
This document summarizes a presentation on the proposed Rampal power plant project in Bangladesh. It provides details on the project such as its location in Rampal, Bagerhat District, the joint venture partners from India and Bangladesh, the planned 1320 MW capacity, and $1.5 billion cost. It also discusses some advantages like economic development and employment, but several disadvantages are noted, primarily the threat it poses to destroying the Sundarbans wildlife sanctuary and world heritage site from pollution during coal transportation and operations. Environmental groups oppose the project due to these environmental risks.
This document summarizes PPC Ltd's strategy for managing energy risks in Africa given the energy intensive nature of cement production and volatility of energy prices. PPC has operations in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and DRC. The strategy involves improving energy efficiency, generating their own renewable power through projects like wind and solar, and developing alternative fuels. In countries with electricity shortages like Zimbabwe, the focus is on a mix of renewables and waste heat recovery. In Rwanda, peat and imported coal are used but developing alternative power is critical given the country's limited domestic energy resources and PPC's large electricity needs. Bankability of energy projects is also an important consideration.
1) TVA commits to working with the Administration to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector by 3-5% over the next 10 years in support of the President's goal.
2) TVA has already reduced emissions by 20 million tons of CO2 through various initiatives like renewable energy programs and efficiency improvements.
3) TVA will continue pursuing opportunities to reduce, avoid, or sequester greenhouse gases through additional initiatives like carbon sequestration research partnerships.
The document summarizes the economics of nuclear power. It states that nuclear power is cost competitive with other electricity sources except where fossil fuels are very cheap. While capital costs for nuclear plants are higher than coal, fuel costs are a smaller portion of total costs for nuclear. New nuclear plants have even lower fuel costs as a portion of total costs. The document also discusses factors like uranium prices, operation and maintenance costs, decommissioning costs, and levelized costs that impact the relative economics of different electricity sources.
The document summarizes responses from 11 European cities about their climate coordination efforts. Most cities have climate mitigation action plans and coordinate climate issues through central administration or environmental centers. Coordination staff levels ranged from 3 to 25 people. Cities fund climate work through their own budgets as well as national, EU and partnership sources. Helsinki coordinates through projects more than other cities and only funds energy efficiency in its own buildings, while other cities also support private sector measures. Most cities surveyed own their energy companies.
Compliance with the Clean Air Act: Remove, Retrofit or ReplaceTRC Companies, Inc.
TRC Vice President Ed Malley presented this webinar about the best options available to power plants trying to comply with stringent air regulations. Ed discussed:
• The cost/benefits of control technology investments
• The economic, environmental and CSR issues related to closure decisions
• How to develop a strategic plan that allows you to be successful
The document discusses Cofely District Energy, a company that owns and operates some of the largest district energy schemes in the UK. It operates schemes in cities like Sheffield, Milton Keynes, Birmingham, and London that collectively save over 100,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually. The company develops, operates, and expands district energy schemes daily. It is also a member of the UK District Energy Association.
The QE index in Qatar rose 2.3% led by gains in the industrial and banking indices. Gulf Warehousing and Gulf International Services were the top gainers rising 10% and 9.9% respectively, while Al Ahli Bank fell 2.2%. Trading volume rose 25.3% compared to the previous day. Regional indices were mixed with Saudi Arabia up 0.4% and Kuwait down 0.2%.
The Washington Endocrine Clinic is undergoing renovation and expansion in February 2012. They are excited to share details about the project, starting with a few introductory slides, and plan to provide more information later. The renovation/expansion at The Washington Endocrine Clinic is scheduled for February 2012.
This document lists the contestants in the "Miss Orkut 2007" contest, where people can vote for their favorite. There are over 15 contestants named, with titles like "Miss Tile Roof", "Miss Sum", "Miss Brega Pillow", "Miss Kiss", and others with phrases in parentheses after them. The document encourages people to choose their preferred contestant.
The document discusses the growth prospects of Asia's economies and their importance as trading partners and destinations for investment. It notes that Asia's GDP growth has exceeded developed economies for the past decade and the region now accounts for over a quarter of global GDP. Two key drivers of future Asian growth are identified as the industrialization of Asian countries and rising domestic demand as hundreds of millions enter the middle class. The strategy described focuses on investing in Australian-listed stocks and ETFs with exposure to Asian growth to capitalize on the region's potential while mitigating foreign investment risks.
Esteve Saltó - Metge. Cap del Servei del Pla de Salut. Direcció General de Planificació i Recerca en Salut. Departament de Salut. Generalitat de Catalunya
Rumah sehat didefinisikan sebagai tempat berlindung yang menunjang kondisi kesehatan fisik, mental, dan sosial penghuninya. Faktor-faktor penting dalam membangun rumah sehat adalah lingkungan, ekonomi masyarakat, teknologi, dan peraturan pemerintah. Prasarana lingkungan perumahan seperti taman bermain, drainase, jalan, air bersih, pengelolaan sampah, dan listrik harus memenuhi syarat kesehatan.
El documento resume la trama de la novela "El caso de Charles Dexter Ward" de H.P. Lovecraft. Narra la historia de Charles y su obsesión con la vida de su tatarabuelo Joseph Curwen, lo que lo lleva a realizar experimentos misteriosos y ser internado en un hospital psiquiátrico para su evaluación. El autor presenta una historia llena de misterio sobre la relación entre Charles y su ancestro.
Dokumen tersebut membahas tentang sepak takraw, mulai dari latar belakang permainan, perkembangannya dari sepak raga hingga menjadi olahraga modern dengan aturan dan lapangan khusus. Juga dibahas tentang bentuk dan peraturan permainan sepak takraw secara rinci, mulai dari ukuran lapangan, pemain, cara bermain, dan penalti.
System of Coverage of Georeferenced ImagesMichel Alves
The area of Geographic Information Systems involves modeling, visualization and further processing of data relating to the globe. Examples of data involved in this process are the aerial imagery of the Earth and other geographic information acquired by GPS devices. The applications generally require a pre-processing of the data initially acquired by changing its parameters and attributes. These changes are necessary to enable the use of data in such applications. The application described in this paper deals with regular coverages. A coverage is said Regular Uniform Coverage if your images are the same size and are distributed in the same structure of a uniform regular grid, otherwise we say that it is an irregular coverage.
El documento resume la obra Don Quijote de la Mancha de Miguel de Cervantes. Narra los primeros capítulos de la novela, donde se presentan los personajes principales, Don Quijote y su escudero Sancho Panza, y sus primeras aventuras cuando Don Quijote sale en busca de hazañas como caballero andante.
Company website presentation february 2014 (b)AnteroResources
2015
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1. Company overview of Antero Resources, a pure play natural gas company focused on developing properties in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays.
2. Antero has significant reserves of over 35 trillion cubic feet of gas equivalent and a multi-year drilling inventory across its acreage that supports continued low-risk growth.
3. The company has invested heavily in midstream infrastructure including significant gas processing plants and takeaway pipelines to handle its growing production volumes and move them to premium markets.
Este documento presenta una breve cronología de la vida del poeta chileno Pablo Neruda, destacando fechas clave como su primer publicación en 1917, la adopción de su seudónimo en 1920, y el ganar el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1971. También incluye una lista de sus obras más importantes como Crepusculario, Veinte Poemas de Amor y una Canción Desesperada, y Canto General. Finalmente, presenta un poema de Neruda sobre el amor y sus dos caras.
B/ordering Canada: A Presentation for the European Centre of Excellence at Da...Joshua Labove
1) The document discusses how Canadian law conceptualizes borders and bordering through legal tools and court decisions. It examines how borders are framed as both static territorial lines but also shifting and expanding spaces.
2) New legal approaches to borders include programs operating at multiple scales from binational to regional to municipal. Competing legal interpretations also result in inconsistent bracketing of border issues.
3) The expansion of bordering into new venues and technologies has limited individual mobility and access to rights, while physical borders still demarcate state sovereignty. The document proposes that borders can be understood through their topological "expanding and contracting" effects.
Towards Uniformity of DC Voltage Metrology within SIMdie_dex
1. Direct comparisons between national metrology institutes using transportable Josephson voltage standards can provide higher accuracy than indirect comparisons that use Zeners as transfer standards.
2. The document outlines improvements in DC voltage metrology within SIM over time, from initial indirect comparisons with uncertainties of a few parts in 108, to direct Josephson voltage standard comparisons with uncertainties of 1-7 parts in 1010.
3. Future developments include new programmable Josephson voltage standards that could allow direct comparisons at 10V with uncertainties of a few parts in 1011, enabling detection of smaller system errors.
El documento describe los requisitos mínimos para ejecutar Ubuntu, como hacerlo desde un CD sin necesidad de instalación, y cómo configurar la BIOS para arrancar desde el lector de CD. Explica también cómo iniciar la sesión de Ubuntu en español y navegar la interfaz principal una vez cargado.
Usted ha sido seleccionado para recibir un premio de $10,000 por haber completado una encuesta recientemente. Para reclamar su premio, solo necesita proporcionar su nombre, dirección y número de tarjeta de crédito a través de un enlace que se le enviará por correo electrónico.
Los circuitos combinacionales son circuitos cuya salida depende únicamente de las entradas en ese momento. Están compuestos de compuertas lógicas como AND, OR y NOT. Los circuitos integrados son circuitos electrónicos miniaturizados en un chip de silicio que contienen muchos componentes como transistores y resistencias. Jack Kilby inventó el primer circuito integrado en 1958. Los circuitos integrados permiten diseños más compactos y de bajo costo en comparación con circuitos convencionales.
Renewable Gas for the large industry sector - The road to Ireland's low carbo...Linda O'Brien
Presentations from a Renewable Gas event held on 15th March 2016
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)
University College Cork
Gas Networks Ireland
Diageo
Renewable Gas landscape in Europe and Ireland’s Resources
Professor Jerry Murphy, UCC & International Energy Agency (IEA) Biogas Research Task Member.
Enabling Industry to achieve decarbonisation targets with existing gas boilers, CHP, and natural gas infrastructure. Matching supply and demand with the Renewable Gas Forum. Ian Kilgallon, Innovation Manager & Business Development Manager, Gas Networks Ireland.
Diageo Case Studies; How Green Gas Certification works for Diageo in North America and how Green Gas could be an option for St. James’s Gate. Luis Antonio Rangel, Global Head of Commodities & Raw Materials, Diageo
The document discusses a new modular gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology developed by Renfors-NT to process unused natural gas resources. The technology uses compact modular complexes (BMC) that can be produced for $30 million each with a 3-4 year return on investment. This is significantly less expensive than traditional large-scale GTL plants. BMC GTL systems could be deployed across oil fields and floating platforms to process gas into synthetic crude oil, diesel, and other products directly at the source. This would make previously uneconomical gas resources available for transport and markets while creating local energy supplies and jobs. Renfors-NT seeks partners to commercialize and manufacture the BMC GTL technology globally.
This document provides information on biomass cofiring in coal-fired boilers at federal facilities. It discusses how biomass cofiring can (1) reduce operating costs by substituting a portion of coal with lower-cost biomass fuels, (2) increase the use of renewable energy sources, and (3) enhance energy security. Key points include that biomass cofiring is most economically attractive when facilities have existing coal boilers and access to steady, low-cost biomass supplies, and that several federal sites have demonstrated biomass cofiring can lower costs with minimal modifications to boilers and fuel handling systems.
Singapore-based SINGPELLET is the first company in Singapore to produce biomass wood pellets for global renewable energy markets. As a subsidiary of ENITO GROUP with over 40 years of experience in timber, SINGPELLET aims to provide a sustainable alternative fuel source to reduce deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions. SINGPELLET operates biomass wood pellet mills across Asia equipped with European technology to produce high quality pellets efficiently for power plants using biomass fuel. The production of biomass wood pellets offers environmental and cost benefits over wood chips and fossil fuels through lower emissions, higher energy output, and reduced transportation costs.
This document discusses biomass heating and the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) in the UK. It provides context on energy and renewable heat use. It defines biomass and explains that the RHI pays generators for renewable heat produced. To maximize RHI returns, it recommends targeting off-gas properties, maximizing heat use, evaluating ESCo proposals carefully, and considering district heating schemes.
From Mills to Refineries - The Evolution of BiorefiningNNFCC
This presentation was given at the 2nd BBNet Conference: “Green Futures” What’s next for biorefineries?
The presentation considers the concept of biorefining and the origin of biorefineries. How renewable energy is increasingly being integrated into biorefinery operation is discussed and the consideration of carbon dioxide as feedstock for chemicals and fuel production.
The document is a brochure from ITM Power plc that discusses power-to-gas (P2G) energy storage solutions using hydrogen. It notes that P2G can help integrate renewable energy by storing excess electricity from intermittent sources like wind in the form of hydrogen injected into existing gas pipelines. This provides grid balancing services while also decarbonizing gas supplies. The brochure highlights a project with Thüga Group in Germany and argues that a proposed increase to UK limits of hydrogen in gas networks could facilitate more renewable energy storage through P2G.
The document discusses the potential for expanding biogas markets in the UK through anaerobic digestion. It outlines the UK's renewable energy targets and current progress, noting that anaerobic digestion could deliver between 3-5 terawatt hours of electricity by 2020. The document also reviews current government support policies and incentives for anaerobic digestion in the UK, such as the Renewables Obligation, Feed-in Tariff, and Renewable Heat Incentive. Barriers to further development are discussed along with the actions outlined in the UK's Anaerobic Digestion Strategy and Action Plan.
IPCC special report on renewable energy sourceslin-cecphils
Renewable energy sources can help address increasing energy demand and reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil fuels. The technical potential of renewable energy exceeds current energy needs, and costs are decreasing although still higher than existing energy sources. Advancements are needed in areas like transmission infrastructure, energy storage, demand management and forecasting to allow high shares of renewable energy integration.
The document provides an overview of Cyprus's energy market and renewable energy sources. Some key points:
- Cyprus has a small, isolated energy system and relies entirely on imported fossil fuels for its energy needs. Energy costs are high due to this dependence on imports.
- Renewable energy sources and energy efficiency are being promoted through various policies, laws, and incentive programs to help increase the use of local renewable resources and reduce reliance on imports.
- The Vasilikos Energy Centre is being developed to facilitate import, storage and distribution of oil products and natural gas, helping diversify Cyprus's energy sources.
- Various renewable technologies like solar, wind and biomass are being supported through feed-in
This presentation was prepared by Ben Cipiti, author of The Energy Construct, and guest of the May 1, 2008 Midtown Brews conversation with Meet The Bloggers and citizens.
Ali Lloyd presented on the outlook for biomass electricity in the UK. Biomass is projected to contribute around a third of renewable electricity by 2020, with most growth coming from burning wood in dedicated units or co-firing with coal. Biomass electricity requires financial support, mainly through the Renewables Obligation Certificate scheme or new Contracts for Difference. While a number of biomass conversion projects have been announced for coal plants, not all will go ahead due to limits on renewable electricity support and availability of sustainable biomass. Key issues for biomass electricity projects include regulatory risk, securing sustainable fuel supply, and meeting sustainability criteria.
This document discusses issues and challenges facing India's energy sector. It notes that India is both a major energy producer and consumer, ranking 7th in production and 5th in consumption globally. Meeting future energy needs is a major challenge as over half the population lacks access to electricity or commercial energy. Coal remains the primary energy resource but reserves will only last 140 more years at current production levels. Import dependence for oil and gas is rising and will likely increase further. Renewable sources currently contribute around 3-6% of energy but will need to supply more to address climate change and energy security concerns.
This document discusses resource efficient applications of biofuels in British Columbia. It outlines that BC's biomass resources are limited and efficient utilization is required. The Fischer-Tropsch process is presented as an option to produce drop-in fuels from biomass that are compatible with existing infrastructure. While biofuels have potential, combining biomass with coal or solar energy can maximize carbon utilization and reduce costs compared to biomass-only approaches. The document concludes electrification should be prioritized where possible, with biofuels like Fischer-Tropsch fuels playing a role in transportation sectors that require long range.
Solar Power Generation in the US: Too expensive, or a bargain - Perez, Zweibe...Silicon Energy
For decades the solar industry has struggled to legitimize itself in the eyes of solar energy skeptics. First overcoming the myths that solar does not work and lately that solar energy cannot be effectively integrated into the utility grid. However, in spite of solid research and industry experience, the final, seemingly unassailable solar argument proffered by solar energy skeptics is that solar energy is not "economically viable."
"Economically viable" solar power generation is a real stretch for solar energy skeptics because the cost of unsubsidized solar appears to be much higher than the cost of conventional generation. In response , solar advocates over the years in great frustration default to the well-worn arguments of "externalities," "its the right thing to do," "global warming," and "do it for our kids." All quite valid, but unfortunately these arguments tend to fall on the deaf ears of these reasonably-motivated-economic skeptics. The most recent attempt to appease these skeptics is the promise of "grid parity," which unfortunately without the full valuation of the benefits of solar energy (and negative valuations of conventional generation) plays right into the solar skeptics economic argument and drives the industry to make manufacturing, installation, and business decisions that are not sustainable economically or environmentally.
Recently, a study was released on the state of New York that that suggests that solar electric installations provide between $0.15 to $0.40 cents of value per kWh to ratepayers and taxpayers. These results provide a valid response to the skeptics, economic justification for solar incentives, and policy tools to increase the rate of solar implementation. In short, there is no need for the solar industry to race to the bottom as long as steady, intelligent, long-term, sustainable energy policy guides us. Solar advocates and solar skeptics can all live under one roof…, a solar roof.
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This document summarizes a technology strategy for greening the Cape and Islands region of Massachusetts. It outlines the context of energy challenges and policies, presents an inventory of the region's current energy use and emissions, and identifies priority technology areas and high impact projects to reduce fossil fuel dependence and transition to renewable energy sources. These include improving building envelopes and heating systems, promoting biofuels and electric vehicles, developing offshore wind and community-scale renewable projects, and integrating smart grid technologies. The strategy estimates the region could achieve around 70% energy independence and cut carbon emissions by 61% through these initiatives.
Reduction of Carbon Footprints in Shipping Industry-Nirjhar Sarkar-GUNI-Gujar...nirjharsarkar20
To reduce the carbon footprints the current shipping industry is open up to a lot options. However, the point is that which option is more efficient, cost effective and preferable. All the options have its own pros and cons.
The shipping industry is already on verge of adopting an alternate source of power to reduce the carbon emissions. The only awaiting factor is which alternate fuel develops faster and is made available in market and how much efficient is it compared to its other competitors. The pace with which the developments are ongoing and efforts that are been put on to reduce the carbon emissions by 2050, its not going to be further before which the transition is going to complete.
The document proposes developing a 2MW biomass gasification power plant in Greater Tzaneen Municipality, South Africa. It would utilize waste woodchips from a local sawmill as fuel. The plant would cost $33 million to build and create 17 permanent jobs. It would sell 400kW of power to the sawmill and 1.6MW to the grid under a power purchase agreement. Financial modeling shows the plant would break even in year 3 and achieve a 19.43% internal rate of return. The project timelines include obtaining fuel supply and power agreements through 2022, with construction and commissioning expected to be complete in late 2022 or early 2023.
This document discusses the need to transition to an "electron economy" to address climate change, energy security, and sustainability issues within the next 20 years. It proposes addressing these three problems through a single solution of transforming the energy system from fossil fuels to renewable electricity using a subsystems approach across key areas like renewable energy, transportation, building efficiency, and energy storage. The document outlines specific goals and strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% through large-scale deployment of solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources, electrifying transportation and buildings, eliminating coal, and increasing energy efficiency and carbon sequestration efforts across the energy system.
Leith economic framework presentation dec14Greener Leith
This document provides an economic framework for investing in jobs in Leith, Edinburgh. It finds that there are good prospects for new jobs in administrative/support services and accommodation/food services. Developing the creative, tourism, and retail sectors can help promote Leith and attract visitors. There are some excellent development opportunity sites among the limited vacant lands and buildings. The document outlines four programs to guide activity: investing in development/regeneration, supporting inward investment and key industries, assisting local businesses, and helping unemployed residents into work or education. Next steps include consulting on the framework and developing specific action areas, timelines, and responsibilities.
The document summarizes the city of Edinburgh's financial context and revenue budget for 2011/12. It breaks down the budget by service, resource, staffing (FTE), and funding. It notes factors that will impact the budget such as the UK spending review, welfare reform, and inflation. It also discusses the city's growing population and changing demographics, which will increase demand for services amid reduced funding in real terms over the period from 2010/11 to 2017/18.
The document discusses plans to improve the environmental impact and public spaces in the Shore South area of Edinburgh. It notes current issues like uneven pavements, cluttered street furniture, and high traffic volumes. The draft proposal ideas include reducing traffic to southbound only, widening footpaths, upgrading pavements and crossings, decluttering signs, and adding trees. Funding sources identified include roads maintenance capital, neighborhood projects funding, and town heritage initiative grants.
The document summarizes questions raised at a previous public exhibition about a proposed renewable energy plant in Leith, Scotland. It addresses concerns about air quality, noise levels, fuel supply, jobs and benefits. Key points include:
- The plant will be designed to not significantly impact local air quality or noise levels. Emissions will meet strict regulations.
- Fuel will predominantly be imported wood chips and pellets but some UK-sourced fuel may be used in future. Life-cycle carbon emissions are estimated to be 89% lower than a coal plant.
- The plant would create 300-500 construction jobs and 45 permanent jobs, benefiting the local economy. Heat could also be supplied locally.
Forth Energy is proposing to develop renewable energy plants in Scotland that would convert biomass into energy through a multi-step process. The biomass fuel would be obtained from sustainably harvested timber, transported by sea, and stored at port facilities. This fuel would then be converted into renewable electricity and heat through a process involving boilers, turbines, and carefully controlled emissions systems. Forth Energy is conducting an environmental impact assessment to identify and mitigate any significant environmental impacts, and is consulting with local councils, environmental agencies, and interest groups to gather input on the proposed plants.
Planning AId Scotland - Presentation To Greener LeithGreener Leith
This presentation was given by Planning Aid Scotland at the Greener Leith AGM, 2009. It aims to explain how the planning system in Scotland works, and how people can influence it.
Review of Local Landscape Designations, EdinburghGreener Leith
This document summarizes a review of Edinburgh's landscape designations. It discusses undertaking a landscape character assessment that identified 15 landscape types and 75 areas. Candidate Special Landscape Areas were evaluated against criteria like scenic quality and naturalness. Some areas were proposed for designation as SLAs while others were proposed for de-designation. Feedback from consultation suggested some boundary revisions. Next steps include addressing consultation, revising boundaries, finalizing descriptions of designated areas, and preparing a designation report.
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From Natural Language to Structured Solr Queries using LLMsSease
This talk draws on experimentation to enable AI applications with Solr. One important use case is to use AI for better accessibility and discoverability of the data: while User eXperience techniques, lexical search improvements, and data harmonization can take organizations to a good level of accessibility, a structural (or “cognitive” gap) remains between the data user needs and the data producer constraints.
That is where AI – and most importantly, Natural Language Processing and Large Language Model techniques – could make a difference. This natural language, conversational engine could facilitate access and usage of the data leveraging the semantics of any data source.
The objective of the presentation is to propose a technical approach and a way forward to achieve this goal.
The key concept is to enable users to express their search queries in natural language, which the LLM then enriches, interprets, and translates into structured queries based on the Solr index’s metadata.
This approach leverages the LLM’s ability to understand the nuances of natural language and the structure of documents within Apache Solr.
The LLM acts as an intermediary agent, offering a transparent experience to users automatically and potentially uncovering relevant documents that conventional search methods might overlook. The presentation will include the results of this experimental work, lessons learned, best practices, and the scope of future work that should improve the approach and make it production-ready.
zkStudyClub - LatticeFold: A Lattice-based Folding Scheme and its Application...Alex Pruden
Folding is a recent technique for building efficient recursive SNARKs. Several elegant folding protocols have been proposed, such as Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Protostar, and others. However, all of them rely on an additively homomorphic commitment scheme based on discrete log, and are therefore not post-quantum secure. In this work we present LatticeFold, the first lattice-based folding protocol based on the Module SIS problem. This folding protocol naturally leads to an efficient recursive lattice-based SNARK and an efficient PCD scheme. LatticeFold supports folding low-degree relations, such as R1CS, as well as high-degree relations, such as CCS. The key challenge is to construct a secure folding protocol that works with the Ajtai commitment scheme. The difficulty, is ensuring that extracted witnesses are low norm through many rounds of folding. We present a novel technique using the sumcheck protocol to ensure that extracted witnesses are always low norm no matter how many rounds of folding are used. Our evaluation of the final proof system suggests that it is as performant as Hypernova, while providing post-quantum security.
Paper Link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/257
QA or the Highway - Component Testing: Bridging the gap between frontend appl...zjhamm304
These are the slides for the presentation, "Component Testing: Bridging the gap between frontend applications" that was presented at QA or the Highway 2024 in Columbus, OH by Zachary Hamm.
Dandelion Hashtable: beyond billion requests per second on a commodity serverAntonios Katsarakis
This slide deck presents DLHT, a concurrent in-memory hashtable. Despite efforts to optimize hashtables, that go as far as sacrificing core functionality, state-of-the-art designs still incur multiple memory accesses per request and block request processing in three cases. First, most hashtables block while waiting for data to be retrieved from memory. Second, open-addressing designs, which represent the current state-of-the-art, either cannot free index slots on deletes or must block all requests to do so. Third, index resizes block every request until all objects are copied to the new index. Defying folklore wisdom, DLHT forgoes open-addressing and adopts a fully-featured and memory-aware closed-addressing design based on bounded cache-line-chaining. This design offers lock-free index operations and deletes that free slots instantly, (2) completes most requests with a single memory access, (3) utilizes software prefetching to hide memory latencies, and (4) employs a novel non-blocking and parallel resizing. In a commodity server and a memory-resident workload, DLHT surpasses 1.6B requests per second and provides 3.5x (12x) the throughput of the state-of-the-art closed-addressing (open-addressing) resizable hashtable on Gets (Deletes).
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
An English 🇬🇧 translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
"Scaling RAG Applications to serve millions of users", Kevin GoedeckeFwdays
How we managed to grow and scale a RAG application from zero to thousands of users in 7 months. Lessons from technical challenges around managing high load for LLMs, RAGs and Vector databases.
inQuba Webinar Mastering Customer Journey Management with Dr Graham HillLizaNolte
HERE IS YOUR WEBINAR CONTENT! 'Mastering Customer Journey Management with Dr. Graham Hill'. We hope you find the webinar recording both insightful and enjoyable.
In this webinar, we explored essential aspects of Customer Journey Management and personalization. Here’s a summary of the key insights and topics discussed:
Key Takeaways:
Understanding the Customer Journey: Dr. Hill emphasized the importance of mapping and understanding the complete customer journey to identify touchpoints and opportunities for improvement.
Personalization Strategies: We discussed how to leverage data and insights to create personalized experiences that resonate with customers.
Technology Integration: Insights were shared on how inQuba’s advanced technology can streamline customer interactions and drive operational efficiency.
"What does it really mean for your system to be available, or how to define w...Fwdays
We will talk about system monitoring from a few different angles. We will start by covering the basics, then discuss SLOs, how to define them, and why understanding the business well is crucial for success in this exercise.
Connector Corner: Seamlessly power UiPath Apps, GenAI with prebuilt connectorsDianaGray10
Join us to learn how UiPath Apps can directly and easily interact with prebuilt connectors via Integration Service--including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Open GenAI, and more.
The best part is you can achieve this without building a custom workflow! Say goodbye to the hassle of using separate automations to call APIs. By seamlessly integrating within App Studio, you can now easily streamline your workflow, while gaining direct access to our Connector Catalog of popular applications.
We’ll discuss and demo the benefits of UiPath Apps and connectors including:
Creating a compelling user experience for any software, without the limitations of APIs.
Accelerating the app creation process, saving time and effort
Enjoying high-performance CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations, for
seamless data management.
Speakers:
Russell Alfeche, Technology Leader, RPA at qBotic and UiPath MVP
Charlie Greenberg, host
"NATO Hackathon Winner: AI-Powered Drug Search", Taras KlobaFwdays
This is a session that details how PostgreSQL's features and Azure AI Services can be effectively used to significantly enhance the search functionality in any application.
In this session, we'll share insights on how we used PostgreSQL to facilitate precise searches across multiple fields in our mobile application. The techniques include using LIKE and ILIKE operators and integrating a trigram-based search to handle potential misspellings, thereby increasing the search accuracy.
We'll also discuss how the azure_ai extension on PostgreSQL databases in Azure and Azure AI Services were utilized to create vectors from user input, a feature beneficial when users wish to find specific items based on text prompts. While our application's case study involves a drug search, the techniques and principles shared in this session can be adapted to improve search functionality in a wide range of applications. Join us to learn how PostgreSQL and Azure AI can be harnessed to enhance your application's search capability.
Northern Engraving | Nameplate Manufacturing Process - 2024Northern Engraving
Manufacturing custom quality metal nameplates and badges involves several standard operations. Processes include sheet prep, lithography, screening, coating, punch press and inspection. All decoration is completed in the flat sheet with adhesive and tooling operations following. The possibilities for creating unique durable nameplates are endless. How will you create your brand identity? We can help!
What is an RPA CoE? Session 1 – CoE VisionDianaGray10
In the first session, we will review the organization's vision and how this has an impact on the COE Structure.
Topics covered:
• The role of a steering committee
• How do the organization’s priorities determine CoE Structure?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior Intelligent Automation Architect Anika Systems
Introduction of Cybersecurity with OSS at Code Europe 2024Hiroshi SHIBATA
I develop the Ruby programming language, RubyGems, and Bundler, which are package managers for Ruby. Today, I will introduce how to enhance the security of your application using open-source software (OSS) examples from Ruby and RubyGems.
The first topic is CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures). I have published CVEs many times. But what exactly is a CVE? I'll provide a basic understanding of CVEs and explain how to detect and handle vulnerabilities in OSS.
Next, let's discuss package managers. Package managers play a critical role in the OSS ecosystem. I'll explain how to manage library dependencies in your application.
I'll share insights into how the Ruby and RubyGems core team works to keep our ecosystem safe. By the end of this talk, you'll have a better understanding of how to safeguard your code.
Introduction of Cybersecurity with OSS at Code Europe 2024
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1. WHAT IS BIOMASS?
A Natural Advantage
There are a number of natural commodities that make biomass fuel.
While the majority of fuel is expected to be wood chip, 10-30% will
be drawn from purpose grown energy crops, agricultural residues
and recovered biomass material, such as paper and cardboard.
Biomass is safe and dependable. This creates a renewable energy
supply that is as reliable as coal or gas but has a significantly lower
environmental impact.
Where will we get the fuel from?
The majority of the fuel will be sourced from sustainable sources
overseas. The potential to source fuel from the UK is currently
limited, however we continue to investigate potential suitable
supplies.
Relative Carbon Footprints
The footprints show the relative sizes of the carbon dioxide emissions
of various types of electricity generation. The figures are a percentage
relative to coal.
Grid Electricity
Biomass
100%
68%
Coal
51%
42%
Gas
Oil
4%
This diagram is indicative only
So why the Ports? Other reasons for choosing the Ports
The choice to locate the Renewable Energy Plants at the four Ports The Government’s objectives for renewable energy production
offers an opportunity to deliver large amounts of biomass fuel by also aim to maximise the economic impact of investment. There
sea. One typical bulk ship is able to deliver up to 35,000 tonnes are existing communities living around the ports that can benefit
of fuel, the equivalent of 1000 lorry loads, allowing renewable in a number of ways:
energy to be generated whilst minimising the impact on the road
network. • additional investment from new businesses which can be
located close to the energy plants;
• skills development; and
• locally generated renewable energy.
1 ship load of biomass fuel = 1000 lorries
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