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Presentation to the Renewable Energy Finance Forum, London 2010, on the management of risk throughout the life-cycle of a wind energy project, and the continuing evolution of best-practice in project due diligence.
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An accomplished track record of meeting client expectations and a commitment to lifecycle customer service makes JDR the offshore energy industry's global Partner of Choice.
Leading Manufacturer and Exporter of Single and Multi Mode Optic Fiber Cables, Metal Free Optic Fiber Cable, Single Sheath Optic Fiber Cable, Double Sheath Optic Fiber Cable, PTFE Multicore Cables, Compensating & Extension (Thermocouple Cables).
Pelamis wave energy converter seminar reportSukh Raj
seminar report on renewable source of energy called pelamis wave energy converter,a technology that uses the motion of ocean surface waves to create electricity.bright scope in future and emerging very fastly.
These slides use concepts from my (Jeff Funk) course entitled analyzing hi-tech opportunities to analyze how wave energy is becoming more economically feasible. The potential for wave energy is particularly large in northern parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, for example near Canada, the UK, and other parts of Europe. There are a number of emerging designs and these designs benefit from increases in scale. Increasing their scale and other design changes are causing the costs to fall and it is estimated that the cost of electricity from wave energy will fall below that of wind turbines and other sources of clean energy in the near future.
Sea waves have high energy densities, the highest among renewable energy sources with the natural seasonal variability of wave energy following the electricity demand in temperate climates securing energy supplies in remote regions.
Tiago Morais, INEGI - Projetos e competências em energias renováveis offshore e engenharia oceânica
Energy Meeting - Novas Formas de Energia e Energia das Ondas
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Renewable energy technology needed for our livinggateto china
Gate to China, a single multipurpose window to the International exchange programs at Hebei Province. We serve as a gateway to the inflow of world class technology, education, knowledge to Hebei. Skilled people or expertise can explore to themselves at Hebei to any extent with us.
Know more: http://www.gatetochina.cn/
Wind and Solar Power - Renewable Energy TechnologiesLiving Online
The past ten years has seen a significant increase in applying wind and solar power technologies from the domestic user to the corporate market. There has been a dramatic improvement in the efficiencies in these technologies and this has helped make the applications economical. Specific energy yields from wind turbines have increased by 60% and installation costs have dropped significantly (up to 50% in many cases). Global wind generating capacity has reached 100,000 MW capacity in March 2008 with almost 20,000 MW installed during 2007 alone.
Applications of photovoltaic (PV) systems are growing rapidly worldwide with worldwide installation of PV modules skyrocketing to 2,826 MW in 2007 (= 62% growth from 2006). Many countries are passing legislation to enforce greater use of PV systems and this is helping to drive up the production of these systems.
All of these technologies are interdisciplinary requiring a knowledge of topics as varied as aerodynamics, electricity and wind statistics for wind power and mechanical engineering, electronic and electrical engineering for solar power.
This workshop will outline the step by step process of designing, installing and commissioning photovoltaic and wind powered systems. It should be emphasised that this is not an advanced in-depth workshop but one covering the important issues enabling you to do simple designs and then to investigate the design and installation issues in more detail after the workshop either by further study or in conjunction with experts in the field.
In recent years the annual growth rate of the solar and wind energy industry has consistently exceeded 30% with 3 digit growth figures in many regional markets. So in these rather challenging economic times; this is a good industry in which to focus one’s career on.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Control and instrumentation engineers
Electrical engineers
Electricians
Electronic engineers
Energy specialists
Facility managers
Mechanical engineers
Technicians
…and those who are keen to improve the environment and take advantage of cheap and clean power.
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.idc-online.com/content/wind-solar-power-renewable-energy-technologies-3
Presentation to the Renewable Energy Finance Forum, London 2010, on the management of risk throughout the life-cycle of a wind energy project, and the continuing evolution of best-practice in project due diligence.
JDR is a leading provider of custom-designed and manufactured subsea power cables, umbilical systems and reeler packages for a broad range of applications.
JDR's significant portfolio of product design, manufacture and delivery extends throughout the oil and gas sector and the offshore renewables market. JDR's subsea wellhead, production and workover umbilicals are installed and used around the world, with turnkey systems and reeler packages engineered and manufactured to exacting standards for operation in the most challenging of environments.
An accomplished track record of meeting client expectations and a commitment to lifecycle customer service makes JDR the offshore energy industry's global Partner of Choice.
Leading Manufacturer and Exporter of Single and Multi Mode Optic Fiber Cables, Metal Free Optic Fiber Cable, Single Sheath Optic Fiber Cable, Double Sheath Optic Fiber Cable, PTFE Multicore Cables, Compensating & Extension (Thermocouple Cables).
Pelamis wave energy converter seminar reportSukh Raj
seminar report on renewable source of energy called pelamis wave energy converter,a technology that uses the motion of ocean surface waves to create electricity.bright scope in future and emerging very fastly.
These slides use concepts from my (Jeff Funk) course entitled analyzing hi-tech opportunities to analyze how wave energy is becoming more economically feasible. The potential for wave energy is particularly large in northern parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, for example near Canada, the UK, and other parts of Europe. There are a number of emerging designs and these designs benefit from increases in scale. Increasing their scale and other design changes are causing the costs to fall and it is estimated that the cost of electricity from wave energy will fall below that of wind turbines and other sources of clean energy in the near future.
Sea waves have high energy densities, the highest among renewable energy sources with the natural seasonal variability of wave energy following the electricity demand in temperate climates securing energy supplies in remote regions.
Tiago Morais, INEGI - Projetos e competências em energias renováveis offshore e engenharia oceânica
Energy Meeting - Novas Formas de Energia e Energia das Ondas
FORUM PORTUGAL ENERGY POWER promovido pela ANJE no dia 20 de novembro, na Alfândega do Porto
Renewable energy technology needed for our livinggateto china
Gate to China, a single multipurpose window to the International exchange programs at Hebei Province. We serve as a gateway to the inflow of world class technology, education, knowledge to Hebei. Skilled people or expertise can explore to themselves at Hebei to any extent with us.
Know more: http://www.gatetochina.cn/
Wind and Solar Power - Renewable Energy TechnologiesLiving Online
The past ten years has seen a significant increase in applying wind and solar power technologies from the domestic user to the corporate market. There has been a dramatic improvement in the efficiencies in these technologies and this has helped make the applications economical. Specific energy yields from wind turbines have increased by 60% and installation costs have dropped significantly (up to 50% in many cases). Global wind generating capacity has reached 100,000 MW capacity in March 2008 with almost 20,000 MW installed during 2007 alone.
Applications of photovoltaic (PV) systems are growing rapidly worldwide with worldwide installation of PV modules skyrocketing to 2,826 MW in 2007 (= 62% growth from 2006). Many countries are passing legislation to enforce greater use of PV systems and this is helping to drive up the production of these systems.
All of these technologies are interdisciplinary requiring a knowledge of topics as varied as aerodynamics, electricity and wind statistics for wind power and mechanical engineering, electronic and electrical engineering for solar power.
This workshop will outline the step by step process of designing, installing and commissioning photovoltaic and wind powered systems. It should be emphasised that this is not an advanced in-depth workshop but one covering the important issues enabling you to do simple designs and then to investigate the design and installation issues in more detail after the workshop either by further study or in conjunction with experts in the field.
In recent years the annual growth rate of the solar and wind energy industry has consistently exceeded 30% with 3 digit growth figures in many regional markets. So in these rather challenging economic times; this is a good industry in which to focus one’s career on.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Control and instrumentation engineers
Electrical engineers
Electricians
Electronic engineers
Energy specialists
Facility managers
Mechanical engineers
Technicians
…and those who are keen to improve the environment and take advantage of cheap and clean power.
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.idc-online.com/content/wind-solar-power-renewable-energy-technologies-3
The Solar Future DE - Matt Cheney "A new large-scale solar initiative"Paul van der Linden
Matt Cheney; former CEO of Renewable Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fotowatio, a global solar Independent Power Producer that is one of the largest companies of its kind worldwide
The Solar Future DE - Matt Cheney "A new large-scale solar initiative"Paul van der Linden
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At the Asia Clean Energy Forum 2016 Ricardo Energy & Environment’s waste management and resource efficiency experts discussed a range of critical issues, including financial, institutional, policy, regulatory, engineering, environmental and social issues around the planning for and delivery of appropriate and effective waste to energy infrastructure in developing economies.
In this presentation Tim Fill discusses infrastructure and service delivery and power purchase agreements.
Emerging and Innovative Approaches in Photovoltaics 2014 Report by Yole Devel...Yole Developpement
Emerging and Innovative Approaches in Photovoltaics
It’s time to reinforce and reshape R&D efforts to speed-up the PV business
NOW IS THE TIME FOR INNOVATION!
2012 - 2013 was a tough time for most PV manufacturers, as they faced difficulties due to strongly decreasing market prices resulting from an overcrowded market and high total manufacturing overcapacities. During this period the industry was focused on securing short-term sales, and there was little investment in new equipment and R&D activities.
But now the PV market is showing signs of renewed optimism. Investors are renewing their interest in PV start-up companies developing emerging PV technologies and applications. Equipment makers are finding new opportunities in equipment sales, either to increase production capacity in existing facilities or to build new ones. Big players, especially in China, are increasing their acquisition activities in order to secure a competitive advantage.
All of these developments open new opportunities for R&D funding, and the possibility to transfer R&D achievements into an industrial environment. At the same time, the increased performance and decreasing cost of PV components and systems will allow for new applications and wider use of PV technology for electricity generation.
PHOTOVOLTAICS: WHERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION?
Although photovoltaics (PV) has reached a relatively high level of technological maturity, with many PV products commercially available today, strong efforts are underway to develop new solar cell technologies, to improve the performance of existing ones and to develop new applications for solar cells.
In this report, the PV industry’s main technology and market trends are presented, and the suitability of different PV technologies (crystalline silicon, CIGS, organic PV, etc.) for various applications is analyzed - with a focus on existing potential for further innovations.
For most conventional applications, where PV serves solely to generate electricity, it’s difficult to compete with continuously improving crystalline silicon technology, which dominates the PV market (>85% market share). Therefore, most developers of alternative PV technologies are focused on other PV functionalities (flexibility, color, low-light performance, indoor light performance, etc.) and on alternative application segments. Moreover, tandem and multijunction hybrid approaches, such as a multijunction solar cell, are also being studied.
The large number of process steps in PV product manufacturing provides great potential for innovative solutions: by avoiding, replacing, improving or adding process steps and materials used, a combination of many “small” improvements can lead to better performance and lower manufacturing costs.
More information on that report at http://www.i-micronews.com/reports/Emerging-Innovative-Approaches-Photovoltaics/5/441/
Utilities Transformation: Improving the Time to Value of TechnologyCapgemini
Achieving operational efficiency. Reducing costs and risks. Managing big data and cybersecurity. Deriving tangible business value via analytics. Enhancing customer experience.
This presentation reviews these mission-critical issues and the current state of technology innovation. Learn how the right combination of industry-specific applications, hardware, middleware, and partner relationships is key to your utility’s success.
Presented at Oracle OpenWorld 2014 by Perry Stoneman, Corporate Vice President, Capgemini.
Presentation I gave at the Future Grid Forum in Sydney on 18 March 2015. Introducing ARENA's view on the challenges with integrating renewable energy and grids, and ARENA's draft investment priorities.
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Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
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See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
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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
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Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
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Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
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Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
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Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
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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.
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Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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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.
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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/
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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
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Gopinath Rebala
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GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...
Wave Energy Startup - Richard Yemm - Pelamis Wave Power - Stanford May409
1. RICHARD YEMM
Chief Technology Officer
Pelamis Wave Power Ltd.
Stanford School of Engineering
May 4 2009
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2. Cost reduction – the development cycle
Wave Energy – why?
• Resource is enormous • Renewables needs ‘options’…
• Most ‘dense’ renewable resource • Dependable & forecastable
• ‘Out of sight & out of mind’ • Aggregation with wind => good
Major energy source & industrial opportunity 2
3. Cost reduction – the development cycle
PELAMIS – Business Overview
Industry standard model
Component Suppliers, Sub-
contractors and Fabricators
Pelamis Wave Power
Technology provider Pelamis assembly, installation,
Model adopted across power sector operation & maintenance
Proven through wind industry success
Business & finance Project
Incorporated January 1998 Development
Private - UK Limited Company
Currently 78 staff Power Generation Projects
~$0.75m seed from ‘friends & family’, Angel
~$12.5m first stage VC 2002 Electricity Markets
~$60m since in 3 rounds
2 commercial contracts to date, ~$15m
Proven, accepted, financeable business model…
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4. Pelamis WEC technology - USPs
Offshore deployment
Non-site specific
Inherent survivability - CRITICAL
3 x power/tonne of competitors
Available technology
Designed to DNV standards
Patented core technology, all key
know-how in-house
Acknowledged market leader
Forecastable output
Negligible visual intrusion
Minimal environmental impact
Minimum on-site construction work
Off-site maintenance
Breakthrough technology with unique competitive advantages
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5. Wave Energy – where have we got to?
• We have come a long way in 11 years…!!!
• Significant Venture Capital now engaged in sector
• We are at the stage of proving-out the technology:
– Prototype and now pre-commercial machines
– Manufacturing and supply chain development
– Project infrastructure
– Operational procedures
• We are putting in place industry design, performance &
operational standards and best practices
• We have gained credibility, and the interest of energy sector
But… we have not proven full commercial operation yet
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23. PELAMIS - Status
• ‘P1’, first generation technology demonstrated:
– 4 x 750kW machines built/installed
– All related wave farm infrastructure, operational procedures,
SCADA systems etc proven
– P1 machines have some limitations in terms of performance &
reliability
– ‘First-of-kind’ project costs fully defined
– Lessons learnt captured & fed into onward programme
• ‘P2’, second-generation machine currently in build:
– Range of advances & improvements from R&D plus experience
– Approaching double annual yield for similar cost
– First machine currently being built under contract to E.on, launch
schedule for Q2 2010
CONCLUSION: First technology-cycle complete, P2 will be platform
for commercial roll-out 23
24. Cost reduction – the development cycle
Wave Energy – costs
First-of-a-kind
Current focus
Capital cost
Cumulative finance
Rapid
Conceptual phase learning Normal learning curve Extended learning
Investment risk
Cumulative capacity
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25. Cost reduction – the– parallels with wind
Wave Energy development cycle
The wind industry….. 1980s
… and NOW
- Fully converged & consolidated…
- Into mainstream global roll-out 25
- Delivered by solid policy actions in EU
26. reduction – the development cycle
CostWave Energy – costs & cost reduction
Wave
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27. Status of Markets – EUROPE
• Many initiatives have come through specific lobbying at
National level
• Scotland has led this with:
– Saltire prize – (c.f. ‘X Prize’), ~$15m for first commercial demonstration
project
– EMEC test centre – 4 berth all inclusive test site for prototypes
– WATES grant scheme – 40% grant plus 5 years of revenue support at
15$c/kWh for prototype & pilot demos
– Feeder market support – 35-40$c per kWh for pre-commercial/commercial
projects
– Planning & regulatory framework - First Marine SEA, spatial planning etc
– Licencing – first managed sea bed licencing programme in process
• Attractive schemes also in Portugal, Ireland etc
• R&D support from European Union
• Many other countries assessing options
CONCLUSION: EUROPE IS LEADING WITH POLICY & ACTIVITY
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28. Status of Markets – UNITED STATES
• Lots if interest, enthusiasm & activity in various States
• West Coast leading as resource & renewables focus higher
• Wave energy eligible for tax credit, levels & timescale
insufficient
• Initial permitting requests/exercises in process – complex
• Various RFPs & grants schemes at Federal (+1 State) level
• Various companies active in US
• At a state level (CA,OR, WA) there are significant individual
programmes & initiatives, but little sign of a holistic
coordinated plan so far
• Little concerted or coordinated action at a Federal level, there
is a need to move to push this up the policy priority list
CONCLUSION: COORDINATED ACTION WITHIN US ESSENTIAL
TO MOVE FORWARD STRONGLY 28
29. What are Key Industry Issues?
• Stepping to the next level of funding for technologies &
projects…
– Private Investment
– Grants
– Feeder markets
• Key issues – scale of finance required, perceived risks &
time to return
• Achieving industry convergence/consolidation
• Absence of clear National & Regional objectives & targets
• Poor industry coordination in some areas
CONCLUSION: UNLOCKING FINANCE KEY TO SECTOR SUCCESS
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30. What should Industry & Government do?
• Significantly raise the profile of the sector in forward
thinking to enhance investor & customer confidence
• Move strongly to drive technology demonstration,
refinement and early roll-out in key first-mover markets:
– Address sector risk profile efficiently
– Learning from / mirroring experience of wind, oil & gas industries
and other heavy industrial technologies
– Build solid domestic technology and industry base(s) in first
mover markets before taking technology global
• Move strongly to lobby for holistic policy initiatives at US
Federal level to provide solid and consistent investment,
development and deployment platform
Above all else: CREATE A SOLID PLATFORM FOR
PRIVATE SECTOR TO DELIVER!
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