A presentation exploring the technical and economic potential of solar power, its enormous value to the grid, and the opportunities for its expansion. Given to the Missouri Solar Energy Industries Association on Feb. 1, 2014, by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance's Director of Democratic Energy, John Farrell.
From Drive Oregon's September networking event, "Driving on Sunshine: Market Opportunities at the Intersection of Electric Vehicles and Solar Power"
Presented by Keith Knowles, Regional Sales Manager in Oregon at SolarCity
Presentation at MREA Energy Fair 2015. High utility rates
create significant opportunities for residential PV in
the Midwest. Understand everything you ever need
to know about going solar: from estimating the size
of a PV system for your location to calculating the
financial and environmental benefits of PV on your
home.
From Drive Oregon's September networking event, "Driving on Sunshine: Market Opportunities at the Intersection of Electric Vehicles and Solar Power"
Presented by Keith Knowles, Regional Sales Manager in Oregon at SolarCity
Presentation at MREA Energy Fair 2015. High utility rates
create significant opportunities for residential PV in
the Midwest. Understand everything you ever need
to know about going solar: from estimating the size
of a PV system for your location to calculating the
financial and environmental benefits of PV on your
home.
Is solar poised to grow in the Midwest? This presentation to the Midwest Solar Expo by Institute for Local Self-Reliance Director of Democratic Energy John Farrell explains the enormous potential for solar, the favorable economics, and the opportunities for local action to make solar a reality.
Water / Wastewater - how we solve Sydney's water problem | Biocity StudioBiocity Studio
If Sydney’s water supply is consumed our agricultural industry, transport and energy will be badly effected. This presentation looks at how we solve Sydney’s water problem? Do we build a desalination plant or try to scale water on a large scale?
Green. Sustainable. Eco-responsible. These are common buzz words in the US today, but we believe that most people don’t know how to bring real meaning to these terms. The Zero Carbon Alliance provides a simple and complete program to take control of your environmental impact and save money in the process. Live a Greener life, save your own money, and support clean US renewable energy.
Home Utility Equalizer Program, watch as your energy bills decrease. We provide a complete conservation solution and the simple steps to savings.
Trabajo desempeñado por la firma C40, encargados en desarrollar consultorías en torno al transporte urbano, buenas prácticas y movilidad eléctrica en ciudades de la región de América Latina
The Value and Power of Distributed Energy in MinnesotaJohn Farrell
How clean, local energy can help Minnesota achieve electricity self-reliance and maximize the state's economic benefits.
A presentation by John Farrell, director of the Energy Self-Reliant States and Communities program at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance to a forum hosted by Think Again MN on 9/27/11.
Exciting changes are on the horizon for our century-old utility structure as solar power, energy storage, and electric vehicles open new avenues for utility customers to produce their own power and control their energy use. Utilities are scrambling to remain relevant in this technological firestorm, and energy wonks are envisioning a new business model – Utility 2.0 – that keeps utilities afloat as their customers “cut the cord.”
This presentation suggests we seize this transformational moment – and the $364 billion in annual electricity revenue – to move beyond Utility 2.0 to 3.0, to energy democracy.
View a video recording of this presentation at ilsr.org
Is solar poised to grow in the Midwest? This presentation to the Midwest Solar Expo by Institute for Local Self-Reliance Director of Democratic Energy John Farrell explains the enormous potential for solar, the favorable economics, and the opportunities for local action to make solar a reality.
Water / Wastewater - how we solve Sydney's water problem | Biocity StudioBiocity Studio
If Sydney’s water supply is consumed our agricultural industry, transport and energy will be badly effected. This presentation looks at how we solve Sydney’s water problem? Do we build a desalination plant or try to scale water on a large scale?
Green. Sustainable. Eco-responsible. These are common buzz words in the US today, but we believe that most people don’t know how to bring real meaning to these terms. The Zero Carbon Alliance provides a simple and complete program to take control of your environmental impact and save money in the process. Live a Greener life, save your own money, and support clean US renewable energy.
Home Utility Equalizer Program, watch as your energy bills decrease. We provide a complete conservation solution and the simple steps to savings.
Trabajo desempeñado por la firma C40, encargados en desarrollar consultorías en torno al transporte urbano, buenas prácticas y movilidad eléctrica en ciudades de la región de América Latina
The Value and Power of Distributed Energy in MinnesotaJohn Farrell
How clean, local energy can help Minnesota achieve electricity self-reliance and maximize the state's economic benefits.
A presentation by John Farrell, director of the Energy Self-Reliant States and Communities program at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance to a forum hosted by Think Again MN on 9/27/11.
Exciting changes are on the horizon for our century-old utility structure as solar power, energy storage, and electric vehicles open new avenues for utility customers to produce their own power and control their energy use. Utilities are scrambling to remain relevant in this technological firestorm, and energy wonks are envisioning a new business model – Utility 2.0 – that keeps utilities afloat as their customers “cut the cord.”
This presentation suggests we seize this transformational moment – and the $364 billion in annual electricity revenue – to move beyond Utility 2.0 to 3.0, to energy democracy.
View a video recording of this presentation at ilsr.org
A presentation by ILSR Senior Researcher John Farrell explaining the benefits of proposed legislation for a 10% Minnesota solar energy standard with financing for local, distributed solar.
How Democratic Energy Fits the Rural Electric PhilosophyJohn Farrell
Local renewable power generation can fulfill the rural electric philosophy of self-reliance and economic development in the 21st century just as electrification did in the 20th century. This presentation by ILSR's Director of Democratic Energy John Farrell to the Electrons on the Run mini-conference on 3/12/14 explains how democratic energy can cost-effectively meet local power needs and contribute to the rural economy.
Is Your Utility Ready for a Solar Rooftop Revolution?John Farrell
A summary of ILSR's reports on the local solar opportunity as unsubsidized solar becomes competitive with retail electricity prices in nearly every state.
Beyond Sharing: Communities Taking Ownership of Renewable PowerJohn Farrell
The electric utility monopoly is breaking up, but will renewable energy become another form of wealth extraction or will community renewable energy enable communities to capture their renewable power?
Lessons from Minnesota: A Solar Success (Webinar Presentation)John Farrell
A presentation crafted by John Farrell of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance to describe how the state of Minnesota became the 17th state to adopt a solar energy standard in 2013, the components of the bill, and how they differed from the campaign's initial goals. Co-presented with Erin Stojan Ruccolo of Fresh Energy on a webinar hosted by Oregonians for Renewable Energy Progress on July 16, 2013. Audio recording available at http://www.oregonrenewables.com/
Democratizing the Electricity System: A Vote for Local SolarJohn Farrell
A presentation on the opportunity and benefits of expanding local, distributed solar power in the United States. Delivered to the MDV-SEIA Solar Energy Focus conference on Nov. 18, 2011 by John Farrell, Senior Research at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.
Minnesota's Value of Solar: Can a Northern State’s New Solar Policy Defuse Di...John Farrell
In March 2014, Minnesota became the first state to adopt a “value of solar” policy. It may fundamentally change the financial relationship between electric utilities and their energy-producing customers. It may also serve as a precedent for setting a transparent, market-based price for solar energy. This presentation explains the origins of value of solar, the compromises made to get the policy adopted in Minnesota, and the potential impact on utilities and solar energy producers.
Campus Power: Tapping Local Energy Toward a Sustainable FutureJohn Farrell
A presentation on the enormous opportunity presented by a transformation in the energy sector toward distributed renewable energy and how college campuses are particularly well suited to take advantage. Delivered as to a plenary session of the 5th UMACS Conference at Luther College on 11/8/13 by ILSR's Director of Democratic Energy John Farrell
Solar Grid Parity 101 (old - see feed for update)John Farrell
A slideshow illustrating the concept of solar grid parity, when it is economically better to install solar than pay for utility electricity. Includes maps of the levelized cost of solar by state and the current status of grid parity.
Did you know the enormous potential of clean, local energy to meet U.S. electricity needs and juice local economies? But what happens if incumbent utilities successfully quash democratic energy? See 8 proposed rules that can open the doors to more local renewable energy generation and ownership, and fend off the corporate utility monopolies.
Mighty Microgrids: How Small Grids Could Become a Big DealJohn Farrell
A twist on John Farrell's previous microgrid presentation adds in the potential for biogas to play a role in microgrid development. Can cow poop and food waste power microgrids?
This summary of a report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance identifies all of the existing CLEAN (Clean Local Energy Accessible Now) programs in the United States (also known as feed-in tariffs) and highlights their progress on developing local solar power.
The Missing Piece in Clean Local EnergyJohn Farrell
A presentation by ILSR Senior Researcher John Farrell to the Biocycle Conference, discussing how biogas electricity and heat could help support variable renewable electricity and boost renewable energy use for building heating. Given on Oct. 29, 2012 in St. Louis, MO.
Zapped by the Utility: What if other industries could shock consumers like el...John Farrell
Utilities have suggested that because they have high fixed costs, they should have high fixed fees. But few other industries work this way, because of the wrong incentives it creates (see #1). The post office encourages efficient use of the mail system by charging per letter based on weight, not per customer, a policy that would make little distinction between Grandma Josie sending a birthday card to her grandson or Netflix mailing 100,000 DVDs. Starbucks charges more based on the complexity of the beverage, not $5 to enter the store. Both of these businesses have high fixed costs for employees, premises, and equipment. High fixed charges would create an unfair shift in costs to occasional users, who incur minimal costs.
Solar Power for Saipan - Incredibly Cost-EffectiveJohn Farrell
The Northern Mariana Islands are one of several island U.S. territories, lying three-quarters of the way from Hawai'i to the Phillippines. Like most islands, their electricity supply has been almost entirely supplied by diesel-fueled generators, at enormous cost.
So why have islanders in the Marianas – such as the residents of Saipan – been struggling to install solar and other renewable power?
The utility, Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, has raised the same objections of mainland utilities, that technical barriers inhibit the reasonable uptake of variable renewable energy. But the cooperative utility serving Kaua'i island in Hawai'i is forecasting that 50% of its daytime electric demand will be met with solar by the end of next year. And California utilities are finding solutions to many of the purported technical barriers.
The economics are ironclad: switching from imported diesel to domestic clean energy would save a bundle. The following presentation explains.
Solar Power for Saipan - Incredibly Cost-EffectiveJohn Farrell
The Northern Mariana Islands are one of several island U.S. territories, lying three-quarters of the way from Hawai'i to the Phillippines. Like most islands, their electricity supply has been almost entirely supplied by diesel-fueled generators, at enormous cost.
So why have islanders in the Marianas – such as the residents of Saipan – been struggling to install solar and other renewable power?
The utility, Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, has raised the same objections of mainland utilities, that technical barriers inhibit the reasonable uptake of variable renewable energy. But the cooperative utility serving Kaua'i island in Hawai'i is forecasting that 50% of its daytime electric demand will be met with solar by the end of next year. And California utilities are finding solutions to many of the purported technical barriers.
The economics are ironclad: switching from imported diesel to domestic clean energy would save a bundle. The following presentation explains.
City Power Play: 8 Practical Local Energy Policies to Boost the EconomyJohn Farrell
A brief overview of ILSR's new report covering 8 powerful policies and practices that cities have employed to reduce energy use, save money, and create local jobs, all without waiting for someone else to act. It provides short case studies of the policies in place, and links to the text of the local rule.
Public Rooftop Revolution: Putting the Solar Shine on City BuildingsJohn Farrell
There are many stories on residential rooftop solar but few on what cities are doing to make themselves energy self-reliant by using their own buildings and lands to generate power.
In Public Rooftop Revolution, ILSR estimates that mid-sized cities could install as much as 5,000 megawatts of solar—as much as one-quarter of all solar installed in the U.S. to date—on municipal property, with little to no upfront cash. It would allow cities to redirect millions in saved energy costs to other public purposes.
A City-Utility Energy Partnership for Tucson?John Farrell
A city in the sunny southwest, Tucson is wondering how it can maximize its use of cost-effective, economy-boosting solar power. Is a partnership with the electric utility, as seen in Minneapolis, the answer?
What makes local, renewable electricity generation best for a community? ILSR's Director of Energy Democracy presents to a forum in Rochester, MN, about pursuing 100% renewable energy and the economic value to the city in pursuing this ambitious goal.
GLREA Michigan Energy Fair 2015 - Solar and Energy Efficiency Opportunities i...CUSP | Univ of Guelph
Presentation at MREA Energy Fair 2015. High utility rates
create significant opportunities for residential PV in
Michigan. Understand everything you ever need
to know about going solar: from estimating the size
of a PV system for your location to calculating the
financial and environmental benefits of PV on your
home.
Can Energy Democracy Energize the "Good Life" in Nebraska?John Farrell
Energy democracy is coming, but are Nebraska's (publicly-owned) electric utilities ready? This presentation by ILSR's Director of Democratic Energy John Farrell in Nov. 2015 explores the big changes confronting the electricity system and how power can be generated and controlled locally.
February 2017 - NARUC Debate on Distributed GenerationJohn Farrell
On February 13, John Farrell participated in a debate on the value of small-scale distributed generation at the annual meeting of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) in Washington, D.C. with a utility-scale renewable energy booster named Brian Potts.
Great plains win-win-wind strategy 100% renewable US power michael p totten a...Michael P Totten
currently 75% of Great Plains is farmed/ranched, generating 5% of the region's total revenues. Long-term sustainability threatened by increasing frequency severity droughts, heat waves, soil erosion, dust storms - with increasing probability of long-term dust bowl. Placing several million large wind turbines on just three percent of the Great Plains would generate 100% of U.S. current power consumption, while providing farmers/ranchers with royalties twice as large as from ranching/farming. This would enable regenerative restoration of soils and carbon storage by shifting to deep-rooted, drought resistant native prairie grasses. Bison co-evolved with prairie grasses, and offer another source of revenues from healthy meat production. Eco-tourism offers an additional revenue source, given the restoration of migratory bird flyways. And soil carbon storage offers another revenue opportunity. In sharp contrast to business-as-usual, an inevitable Austerity driven future, this win-win-wind strategy is a Prosperity driven future. This is the slide presentation that visualizes an accompanying paper also posted on my slideshare site.
LABC Solar Fit 4 LA presentation to MVCCSherri Akers
The LABC has made this presentation to the MVCC Green Committee and the following motion will be presented to the MVCC Board on Tuesday night Sept 14th.
The Mar Vista Community Council would like to extend our support to the Los Angeles Business
Council/UCLA’s proposed 600 MW Feed-in Tariff (FiT) program for the City of Los Angeles. We agree that the LABC/UCLA proposed program is an important step that our city can take right now to promote renewable energy in Los Angeles.
The LABC/UCLA Solar FiT program has already attracted the strong support of organizations
representing business, labor, the environment and numerous communities from around the city. We are pleased to join this extensive coalition of supporters because we believe the program offers great environmental and economic benefits for Los Angeles and its residents.
Which Costs Less? A Surprising Comparison of Utility-Scale, Community, and Ro...John Farrell
Electric utilities often misrepresent the cost of solar energy to serve their own profit interests. The truth? Costs are comparable for utility-scale, rooftop, and community solar––and local solar offers benefits aside from clean electricity, from reducing energy burdens for electric customers to providing resilience in the face of natural disaster. State legislatures should create policies to capture the benefits of all sizes and ownership methods of building more solar energy, but should especially work to undo years of utility misdirection by promoting local solar.
Which Costs Less? A Surprising Comparison of Utility-Scale, Community, and Ro...John Farrell
Electric utilities often misrepresent the cost of solar energy to serve their own profit interests. The truth? Costs are comparable for utility-scale, rooftop, and community solar––and local solar offers benefits aside from clean electricity, from reducing energy burdens for electric customers to providing resilience in the face of natural disaster. State legislatures should create policies to capture the benefits of all sizes and ownership methods of building more solar energy, but should especially work to undo years of utility misdirection by promoting local solar.
Energy Democracy: How the deciders in the energy system are changingJohn Farrell
This presentation as part of the Distributed Energy Resources debate at the 2019 MIT Energy Conference, dispels myths about the relative economics of distributed and centralized renewable energy and emphasizes how the decision making structure of energy systems is already changing hands.
Can Puerto Rico overcome a colonial past to build and own a greener grid? This slideshow accompanied a 10-minute presentation by ILSR co-director John Farrell to the Black Start Conference in Puerto Rico in March 2019. He explains the lingering colonial impact, the dangers of relying on privatization for accountability, and the opportunity from embracing distributed renewable energy with widely shared ownership.
Choosing the Electric Avenue: Unlocking Savings, Emissions Reductions, and Co...John Farrell
Already available electric vehicles can meet most Americans' daily travel needs, charge inexpensively, and cost less to operate than gasoline cars. This webinar explains how to capture their benefits for drivers, the grid, and society and why we need to act now.
Reverse Power Flow: How solar+batteries shift electric grid decision making f...John Farrell
For 100 years, most decisions about the U.S. electric grid have been made at the top by electric utilities, public regulators, and grid operators. That era has ended.
Small-scale solar has provided one-fifth of new power plant capacity in each of the last four quarters, and over 10 percent in the past five years. One in 5 new California customers of the nation’s largest residential solar company are adding energy storage to their solar arrays. Economic defection––when electricity customers produce most of their own electricity––is not only possible, but rapidly becoming cost-effective. As the flow of power on the grid has shifted one-way to two-way, so has the power to shape the electric grid’s future.
In 4 weeks, citizens of Decorah, Iowa, will vote whether to take over the electric company for more local control. In this talk from March 26, John Farrell explains the advantages and opportunities of local power.
A Vision for Minnesota Solar: Lessons and Barriers from the North Star StateJohn Farrell
Minnesota policy makers have set the table for solar to grow in this northern state, but are incumbent utilities willing to aid their customers' pursuit of solar? This presentation looks at the successes so far and who is best positioned to lead the growth of solar at a time of rapid technological change.
AERO Presentation: How Communities Use Clean Energy to Build Local PowerJohn Farrell
In October 2017, John Farrell gave a keynote address to the annual meeting and expo of AERO, a Montana organization with a similar mission of empowering communities to promote a sustainable economy. He addressed the widespread opportunity for clean energy in Montana, the shared desire of communities to capture that growing economic opportunity, and three ways communities can get started.
Will the Feds Preserve Electricity Market Competition?John Farrell
The 1978-era Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) is under fire, but does a law passed in an era of shag carpeting just as out of fashion or still essential to preserving market competition?
Choosing the Electric Avenue - Webinar PresentationJohn Farrell
On June 21st, 2017, John Farrell delivered a webinar presentation discussing the impact electric vehicles can have on the electric grid and renewable energy. You can view the report that these slides are based on here: https://ilsr.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Electric-Vehicles-Report-Final.pdf.
A YouTube video recording of the webinar presentation is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwL8WZILRWo.
Choosing the Electric Avenue - Webinar PresentationJohn Farrell
On June 21st, 2017, John Farrell delivered a webinar presentation discussing the impact electric vehicles can have on the electric grid and renewable energy.
The Shocking Impact of Boring Energy Policy - CommonBound 2016 ConferenceJohn Farrell
On July 9, 2016, I spoke to CommonBound 2016 conference attendees on the impact that energy policy could have on furthering an economy based on economic justice.
Re-Member-ing Rural Electric Cooperatives Report PresentationJohn Farrell
Electric cooperatives have been the backbone of the nation’s rural electrical system for more than 80 years. Their mission and business model now face more challenges than ever, from financial to contractual to basic member control. But the opportunity is equally great, with a chance for member-driven investment to power hundreds of local economies across the rural United States.
Mighty Microgrids: How Small Grids Could Become a Big DealJohn Farrell
The electric grid is no longer a 20th-century, one-way system. A constellation of distributed energy technologies is opening the way to the "microgrid," one of many new local solutions to generating and managing energy. The question is whether microgrids will face macro challenges. Will state laws granting utility monopolies interfere? Will microgrids be able to sell their grid-strengthening services?
Does Electric Grid 2.0 Mean Energy Democracy?John Farrell
The electric grid is undergoing a shocking transformation to decentralized and renewable power, driven by economical and innovative technology. Will it be driven by last century's energy monopoly or lead to an era of energy democracy?
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
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.
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.
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.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
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.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
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/
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
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
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
From Daily Decisions to Bottom Line: Connecting Product Work to Revenue by VP...
Show Me Solar: Clean, Local Power for Missouri's Economy
1. MOSEIA 2014 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
SHOW ME SOLAR: CLEAN, LOCAL
POWER FOR MISSOURI’S ECONOMY
February 1, 2014
John Farrell
Director of Democratic Energy
2. SHOW ME
U.S. Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver
"I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and
cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither
convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri.
You have got to show me."
3. SHOW ME
A number of miners from the lead districts of southwest
Missouri had been imported to take the places of
Colorado mine strikers. The Joplin miners…required
frequent instructions. Pit bosses began saying,
"That man is from Missouri. You'll have to show him."
5. LOCAL RENEWABLE POTENTIAL
32 states - 100%+
POTENTIAL PERCENT OF
POWER FROM LOCAL
RENEWABLES
http://bit.ly/EnergySelfReliantStates
100% or more
50 to 100%
25 to 50%
10 to 25%
10% or less
6. What percent of Missouri electricity could come from
rooftop solar alone?
9. LOCAL SOLAR POTENTIAL
13,000 MW
$14 billion
150,000 jobs
NREL JEDI model - $3/Watt installed cost – http://cl.ly/013W2A0z2F0V
21%
10. 20¢
S O L A R PA R I T Y
Unsubsidized Solar Parity
15¢
10¢
5¢
ice
lectricity pr
retail e
Subsidized Solar Parity
levelized cost over 25 yrs. – ¢ per kilowatt-hour
0¢
Past
Now
Future
12. R A P I D LY R I S I N G A V E R A G E R E TA I L
ELECTRICITY PRICES IN MISSOURI
12¢
5% per year
9¢
6¢
3¢
0¢
2003
Residential
Commercial
Industrial
2004
2005
¢ per kilowatt-hour
2006
2007
2008
2009
Source: EIA
2010
2011
2012
2013
13. S O L A R PA R I T Y C O M E T H
(Missouri)
30¢
Residential Elec.
Commercial Elec.
Industrial Elec.
Solar No Subsidy
Solar w/ ITC
Solar w/ ITC+Rebate
20¢
10¢
¢ per kilowatt-hour
0¢
2010
See http://www.ilsr.org/projects/solarparitymap/ for assumptions
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
14. S O L A R “ PA R I T Y ” H E R E ?
(Missouri)
30¢
Residential Elec.
Commercial Elec.
Industrial Elec.
Solar No Subsidy
Solar w/ ITC
Solar w/ ITC+Rebate
20¢
10¢
¢ per kilowatt-hour
0¢
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
15. S O L A R PA R I T Y C O M E T H
(Missouri)
30¢
Residential Elec.
Commercial Elec.
Industrial Elec.
Solar No Subsidy
Solar w/ ITC
Solar w/ ITC+Rebate
20¢
10¢
¢ per kilowatt-hour
0¢
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
18. L O C A L S O L A R VA L U E
13,000 MW
$14 billion
150,000 jobs
NREL JEDI model - $3/Watt installed cost – http://cl.ly/013W2A0z2F0V
21%
19. PRODUCING ELECTRICITY TO MEET DEMAND
Electricity Deamnd
WITH BASELOAD
Fast peaking (e.g. gas combustion turbine)
Intermediate peaking (e.g. natural gas combined cycle)
Baseload (coal or nuclear)
1 AM 3 AM 5 AM 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM
Time of day
Adapted from David Mills: http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/12/02/3081889.htm
20. PRODUCING ELECTRICITY TO MEET DEMAND
Electricity Deamnd
WITH BASELOAD
Fast peaking (e.g. gas combustion turbine)
Intermediate peaking (e.g. natural gas combined cycle)
Baseload (coal or nuclear)
1 AM 3 AM 5 AM 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM
Time of day
Adapted from David Mills: http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/12/02/3081889.htm
22. 14¢
12.8¢
12¢
(per kWh)
10¢
Loss Savings
T&D Deferral
8¢
Environment
Gen. capacity
6¢
Energy
4¢
2¢
Utilities value DG
Austin Energy
Value of Solar Tariff
0¢
Source: The Value of Distributed Photovoltaics to Austin Energy and the City of Austin
23. $0.14
13.5¢
$0.11
(per kWh)
Local capacity value
Avoided transmission access
$0.08
Environmental (RPS compliance)
Avoided transmission losses
Brown energy replacement
$0.06
$0.03
Utilities value DG
$0.00
Palo Alto
CLEAN Program
24. $0.14
Coming soon…
$0.11
(per kWh)
Local capacity value
Avoided transmission access
$0.08
Environmental (RPS compliance)
Avoided transmission losses
Brown energy replacement
$0.06
$0.03
Utilities value DG
$0.00
Minnesota
Value of Solar
25. L O C A L P O W E R VA L U E
Not local
0
very negative
25
50
negative
neutral
75
positive
100
very positive
Attitude towards increased use of local wind energy
26. L O C A L P O W E R VA L U E
Not local
-44%
+77% net approval
Local
Ownership
+33%
0
very negative
25
50
negative
neutral
75
positive
100
very positive
Attitude towards increased use of local wind energy
27. Germany’s Energy Revolution Still People Powered
Other
54%
Individuals & Farmers
46%
29,000 MW
20% renewable
32. E A S I LY A C C O M M O D AT E D
Geographic Dispersion Lowers Solar Backup Costs
$0.04
$0.040
$0.03
$ per kWh
$0.02
$0.010
$0.01
$0.00
$0.001
1 location
5 locations
25 locations
Implications of Wide-Area Geographic Diversity for Short- Term Variability of Solar Power
(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
42. LOCAL PERMITTING
40%
39%
30%
As the cost of solar falls...
20%
19%
13%
10%
5%
erm
p
22%
ined
aml
15%
stre
s from
12%
saving
...the
6%
8%
Approx. year for residential installation*
0%
$6.00
ise
gr
tin
it
26%
$5.00
2013
2017
$4.00
$3.00
Installed Cost per Watt
Data from The Impact of City-level Permitting Processes on Residential Photovoltaic Installation Prices and Development Times (LBNL, 2013)
*From ILSR’s Rooftop Revolution reports: http://www.ilsr.org/rooftop-revolution/
2023
$2.00
47. Virtual Net Metering Policies (2013)
http://www.ilsr.org/virtual-net-metering/
State
VNM Eligibility
California
Multi-tenant properties, local governments
Colorado
IOU customers; solar gardens
Connecticut
Municipal customers only
Dist. of Columbia
All customers
Illinois
Utility choice to offer
Maine
All customers
Maryland
Allowed for agricultural customers, non-profit organizations, and
municipal governments or their affiliates
Massachusetts
All customers
Minnesota
Xcel Energy customers only, awaiting rulemaking, 10/16/13
Rhode Island
Local and state governments
Vermont
All customers