Sustainable communities are those that use resources that are available for future generations. Our children are learning this fact in grade school. But how does a community go from “I think we have renewable resources?” to “Let’s build a Renewable Energy Plant (REP)!”. This presentation will talk about how the United States Air Force (USAF) is answering that very important question, with the help of the national labs and its consulting partners. The USAF recently began a journey with a consulting firm to determine if one or more of six technologies were feasible (environmentally, financially, and operationally) at twenty-two of its bases, from Alaska to Florida, and everywhere in between.
After the Phase 1, desktop study, Phase 2 Feasibility Studies for Renewable Energy are the real test of whether a technology should be considered for a particular location. The presentation will give real world examples of the kinds of decisions made, the information that needs to be collected, as well as some excellent lessons learned to help future evaluators of REPs. From Solar, Wind, and Biomass, to Waste to Energy, a wide variety of technologies were evaluated, and stacked up against the almighty dollar to determine if the Government should/could/would develop REPs on its underutilized lands.
This presentation is a must-see for anyone who is considering developing a Renewable Energy Plant in their community, doubly so for any Federal Installation considering Solar, Wind, Biomass, or Waste to Energy Technologies.
Technical Assumptions Used in PV Financial Models: Review of Current Practice...Leonardo ENERGY
Photovoltaic (PV) financial models are used by project developers, banks and asset managers to evaluate the profitability of a PV project. This work presents an overview of current practices for financial modelling of PV investments and reviews them in view of technical and financial risks during the different phases of a PV project. This webinar presents the results from the International Energy Agency (IEA) Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (PVPS) Task 13 Subtask 1. The webinar focuses on establishing common practices for translating the technical parameters of performance and reliability into financial terms. The presentations give a comprehensive set of practical guidelines and recommendations for mitigating and hedging financial risks in a PV investment. The report Technical Assumptions Used in PV Financial Models – Review of Current Practices and Recommendations can be downloaded here: http://www.iea-pvps.org/index.php?id=426
Technical Assumptions Used in PV Financial Models: Review of Current Practice...Leonardo ENERGY
Photovoltaic (PV) financial models are used by project developers, banks and asset managers to evaluate the profitability of a PV project. This work presents an overview of current practices for financial modelling of PV investments and reviews them in view of technical and financial risks during the different phases of a PV project. This webinar presents the results from the International Energy Agency (IEA) Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (PVPS) Task 13 Subtask 1. The webinar focuses on establishing common practices for translating the technical parameters of performance and reliability into financial terms. The presentations give a comprehensive set of practical guidelines and recommendations for mitigating and hedging financial risks in a PV investment. The report Technical Assumptions Used in PV Financial Models – Review of Current Practices and Recommendations can be downloaded here: http://www.iea-pvps.org/index.php?id=426
Assessment of Photovoltaic Module Failures in the FieldLeonardo ENERGY
This Webinar will present the current status and predictive ability for the power loss of PV modules for specific failure modes. The team describes PV module material interactions and incompatibilities among encapsulation materials and lamination processes so as to better understand PV module failures mechanism.
An outline of Cape Light Compact's plan to convert 700 residents from oil, propane, and electric resistance heat to cold climate heat pumps powered by Solar Photovoltaic and Battery Storage.
Concentration Photovoltaics (CPV) has experienced a large thrust in the last couple of years as it is starting to deliver very promising technologies into the market. The role played by the Institute of Concentration Photovoltaics (ISFOC) in Puertollano, Spain, has been key to the growth of the industry helping the development of the first commercial products and their deployment. Multijunction solar cells with commercial efficiencies close to 40%, innovative optical designs that minimise losses and novel approaches to the tight CPV tracking requirements are the main technical advances that are easing up the way of CPV deployment.
The ISFOC project has been financed by the Spanish Government and through the installation of up to 3MW of various CPV technologies is helping to define the standards for the industry and their evaluation of power and energy performance. Further on, ISFOC will be open for collaboration in applied research and technology on all the key areas of CPV which is to become a major sector in renewable energy generation across the globe. This webinar will review the current status of the ISFOC project and the technical and commercial opportunity for CPV.
BCSDZ West Coast USA Experience- Existing BuildingsErikPoint1990
Hannington Mubaiwa is a green buildings expert who worked to create a powerpoint for the The Business Council for Sustainable Development Zimbabwe (BCSDZ) Green Building Conference 2013.
Our vision for what next generation net zero commercial buildings can do to realize 100% renewables, enhance grid-friendliness, and provide additional resiliency
Assessment of Photovoltaic Module Failures in the FieldLeonardo ENERGY
This Webinar will present the current status and predictive ability for the power loss of PV modules for specific failure modes. The team describes PV module material interactions and incompatibilities among encapsulation materials and lamination processes so as to better understand PV module failures mechanism.
An outline of Cape Light Compact's plan to convert 700 residents from oil, propane, and electric resistance heat to cold climate heat pumps powered by Solar Photovoltaic and Battery Storage.
Concentration Photovoltaics (CPV) has experienced a large thrust in the last couple of years as it is starting to deliver very promising technologies into the market. The role played by the Institute of Concentration Photovoltaics (ISFOC) in Puertollano, Spain, has been key to the growth of the industry helping the development of the first commercial products and their deployment. Multijunction solar cells with commercial efficiencies close to 40%, innovative optical designs that minimise losses and novel approaches to the tight CPV tracking requirements are the main technical advances that are easing up the way of CPV deployment.
The ISFOC project has been financed by the Spanish Government and through the installation of up to 3MW of various CPV technologies is helping to define the standards for the industry and their evaluation of power and energy performance. Further on, ISFOC will be open for collaboration in applied research and technology on all the key areas of CPV which is to become a major sector in renewable energy generation across the globe. This webinar will review the current status of the ISFOC project and the technical and commercial opportunity for CPV.
BCSDZ West Coast USA Experience- Existing BuildingsErikPoint1990
Hannington Mubaiwa is a green buildings expert who worked to create a powerpoint for the The Business Council for Sustainable Development Zimbabwe (BCSDZ) Green Building Conference 2013.
Our vision for what next generation net zero commercial buildings can do to realize 100% renewables, enhance grid-friendliness, and provide additional resiliency
Industrial energy efficiency - approaches, technologies and policies, Girish ...ESD UNU-IAS
This lecture is part of the 2016 ProSPER.Net Young Researchers’ School on sustainable energy for transforming lives: availability, accessibility, affordability
Paul Norton of NREL spoke about the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative, and the challenges of renewable energy and conservation in Hawaii. Slides from the REIS seminar given at the University of Hawaii at Manoa on 2009-09-03.
Paul Hamilton, Schneider Electric: Lean and Clean: Equipping Modern Manufactu...guest3e1229f
On Friday, March 19, Alliance staff and industry experts discussed energy efficiency's role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the industrial sector.
Paul Hamilton, Schneider Electric: Lean and Clean: Equipping Modern Manufactu...Alliance To Save Energy
On Friday, March 19, Alliance staff and industry experts discussed energy efficiency's role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the industrial sector. http://ase.org/content/article/detail/6517
How Changes to Time of Use (TOU) Rates are Impacting Commercial & Industrial ...Jim Dodenhoff
The significant penetration of solar energy in the electricity supply mix, especially in Western U.S. states, has resulted in profound changes to the shape of electricity system load curves. In the past, utility electricity suppliers with summer peak demand generally found their load peaking from mid-day to late afternoon. These same geographic areas have also been the most attractive candidates for solar implementation. The net effect has been a shifting of system net daily peak period to later in the day: spanning mid-late afternoon to early-late evening.
A guiding principle behind most ratemaking is to have electricity rates reflect real-time system costs. This provides higher pricing signals to the customer when the system has less available supply of electricity. Many utility tariffs are now either incorporating Time-of-Use (TOU) tariffs and/or moving their peak periods to later in the day to more accurately reflect net system peak and the impact of significant solar supply. These changes can have large cost impacts on Commercial & Industrial end users who have significant load in the evening hours.
This presentation will model these TOU tariff changes in California and other Western geographic areas. Energy management technologies such as energy storage and advanced controls will be analyzed as potential solutions to mitigate increased costs from TOU tariffs.
Finally, the carbon-intensity of unique utility electricity grids will be analyzed in the context of TOU peak periods. The author will present findings showing whether purchase of utility electricity during daily peak periods buys into a higher carbon emitting generation fleet, and to what degree.
Benefiting from Solar Power - Raoul Tufnell (Belectric) - Energy & Environmen...Protectionandmanagement
Solar power – factors effecting delivery.
Capturing the benefits: Case study project – Willersey Solar Farm.
Ensuring future solar benefits are realised.
Similar to ESOH Renewable Energy Enterprise Wide USAF (20)
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.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
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
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
2. Overview
AF RE goals
Strategy to identify best projects
Evaluation factors
Technologies assessed
Resource issues
Stakeholder roles for success
Covanta 80 MW WTE
Plant, Fairfax VA
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3. Air Force RE Goals
Meet renewable energy goals stated in Energy Policy Act of 2005, EOs
13423 and 13514, and 10 USC 2911
Projects identified may be funded through:
ECIP
SRM
Power Purchase Agreements
Energy Savings Performance Contracts
Utility Energy Service Contracts
EULs
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4. AF RE: Current Situation
AF has $9B energy bill, 17% dedicated to facility operations/utilities
Facilitating development of renewables is one approach to increasing
supply, decreasing cost
<1% came from renewable sources in 2009
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5. Approaches to Meeting RE Goals
First priority:
Develop on-site RE
Second: Purchase RE from off-site power providers
Third: Purchase Renewable Energy Credits (RECs)
Tonopah Test Range Grid Access
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6. Strategy
Ongoing three-phase process
Phase 2, Opportunity Assessment
– Phase 1, Feasibility Study –
completed
– Phase 3, Business Case
Analysis – future
Successful projects must advance
through the complete process
Deliverables include:
Preliminary design and cost
estimate
Financial analysis
Project profile
300’ GSHP Test Bore, Creech AFB
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7. Evaluation Factors: Mission & Safety
Constraints
Existing or proposed training/facilities
Clear Zone (CZ), Accident Potential
Zone (APZ) I and APZ II
UFC 4-010-01, DoD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings
Quantity-Distance (QD) arcs
Any other constraints that local
stakeholders believe will negatively
impact the operational mission
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8. Evaluation Factors: Environmental
Constraints
Air quality and emissions
Hazardous Materials and
Wastes/ERP
Land use (compatible uses,
future projects, etc.)
Transportation
Water resources (including
floodplains and wetlands)
Socioeconomic/Environmental
Justice
Historical, cultural
and
archaeological resources
Biological resources
Topography, soils, and geology
Aesthetics
Climate
Noise
Odor
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9. Evaluation Factors: Financial Analysis
Projects deemed economically viable under two definitions:
For AF-owned (ECIP-funded) projects, savings-to-investment ratio > 1.0
For developer- or independent power producer-owned, return on
investment > 10%
Typical discriminators between AF- and developer-owned cost
models:
Developer cost of financing
Developer access to renewable energy credits and tax incentives
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10. Technologies Assessed
Waste to Energy (WTE) fueled by Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
Landfill Gas (LFG)
Biomass-sourced electricity generation
Biomass-sourced thermal generation
Solar
Wind
16 MW WTE Plant, Tulsa
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11. Technical Description:
Waste to Energy
MSW fed to a boiler creates
steam for a turbine to produce
electricity
Requires connection to
electrical grid, water, waste
water, gas
Chemicals control air quality
Boilers and MSW are enclosed
in a building to minimize noise,
odor, and visual concerns
Requires approximately 10
acres for a 15 MW facility
Stoker boiler technology
applied in this project
Inside Covanta 80 MW WTE Plant,
Fairfax VA
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14. Technical Description:
Biomass – Thermal and Electricity
Biomass (woody waste) is fed to a boiler:
To produce steam for a thermal user
To operate a steam turbine to produce electricity
As with a WTE plant, requires water supply, sewer connection, gas
supply, and access to the grid
Fluidized bed
Stoker boiler
Can be combined for
cogeneration
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15. Biomass-sourced Electrical and Thermal
Generation
48 MW Wood fired Power Plant – Craven County, NC
540,000 tpy waste wood; two drum boiler/stoker system,
423,000 pph/1,500 psig/955F superheat
APC
Boiler
Wood
yard
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17. Landfill Gas To Energy – Example Project Profile
Seven Mile Creek Landfill, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Landfill Size: 4.8 million tons waste-in-place (2009)
Project Size: 4.2 MW
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18. Technical Description: Solar Energy
A photovoltaic system consists of these primary components
Solar collector module
Inverter
Transformer
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19. Solar Siting Options
Prime decision driver:
Find largest areas
of available space
Increase MW output, make investment
economically worthwhile
Roofs, free-standing panels in underutilized
places
Solar assessment focused on Thin-Film PV
at McGuire AFB
AF operational needs must be considered
carefully
Reflectance, sun angle
New construction of a large footprint facility
is a good siting opportunity
Consider during pre-design planning
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20. Technical Description: Wind Power
Engineering
Turbine power vs. wind speed
Match resource to turbine curve
Siting
Avoid ground-generated turbulence
Distance from occupied structures
Airfield imaginary surfaces
Radar interference
Consider geo-remote lands
Multiple unit installation
Lateral distance
Down wind distance
660 kW turbine, Wind Farm, FE Warren AFB
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21. Feedstock Issues
Hauling radius of 50-75 miles depending on road conditions, traffic
Can you contract for the resource?
Who owns it?
What is the market price?
Who is the competition?
What is its projected sustainability?
Can you bring it in from out of state?
Base average daily demand (MW)
is the design driver
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23. Land Issues
Consider roads, separate access/gate/security, haul routes
Compatible land use
Upwind? Visible steam?
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24. Local Stakeholder Engagement
Grass roots project development—Security, Fire, flying and training
communities; Legal; Contracting…..
Knowledge of local competition
Knowledge of regulators
Knowledge of local success stories
Myth busting
Positive publicity
Wing Commander enthusiasm
Work-arounds
Economic impact
You need a local champion!
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