November 2010
2 posts
5 tags
Managing email →
“One of the effects of living with electric information is that we live habitually in a state of information overload. There’s always more than you can cope with.”
Marshall McLuhan
Email is the default tool of business communication, whether we like it or not. And we appear to like it. Google wave’s courageous attempt to replace it with something else failed. Instead,...
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Redefining management →
Management is more art than science which dooms any attempt to find basic principles. Yet, some management practices prove remarkably persistent despite a lack of evidence that they actually work. This would not be such a big problem if they were harmless, but some have been demonstrated to reduce performance. Now, with new insights from brain science obtained through functional MRI, we have a...
September 2010
9 posts
Training on Photovoltaic Systems - Session 2 -... →
Training on Photovoltaic Systems - Session 1 -... →
Due diligence in national renewable energy plans →
The high financial risk of nuclear energy →
IEEE Smart Grid World Forum →
Utility Scale PV Yield Optimization Conference &... →
LED lamps ... and their claims! →
LED lamps, electronic converters and ... →
LED lamps ... and fans and noises →
August 2010
13 posts
7 tags
The Castle of Lavaux-Ste-Anne →
One of the great castles in the Belgian province of Namur.
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Does global water shortage lead to new demands for... →
Shortage of freshwater leads to massive growth in desalination and new demands for energy.
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Checklist for a marketing campaign →
A few difficult yet necessary questions to ask at the start of a marketing campaign.
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Leonardo ENERGY Live Map →
Watch Leonardo ENERGY visitors live.
Integrated Energy Planning →
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Integrated Energy Planning - Our Hope for a... →
The electrical society seems to be the only scaleable solution for a zero-carbon energy future that provides sufficient flexibility for the path ahead.
Report from IEEE-PES 2010 General Meeting and... →
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Discovering Belgium: Strawberry Museum (Musée de... →
Tourism off the beaten track - Wepion and its strawberry museum.
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Training on PV Systems - Design, construction,... →
A series of six webinars will be delivered to provide the required knowledge to design a high performance PV installation, entering into economic evaluation and project cash-flow. Additionally, very practical aspects such as the construction, start-up, quality management and testing will be reviewed. Plant operation is described in detail, with special attention paid to control systems, monitoring...
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Is microblogging suitable for business marketing? →
Microblogging may have some role to play in business marketing, but it’s not the time to jump on the bandwagon. For business marketers, experimentation, treading carefully, and not investing too much appears the most suitable course of action.
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Micro-gardening or solar electricity? →
If you have a small plot of land in the city (a terrace, a parking space, a city garden), do you use it for producing food or solar energy? What’s best for the environment? What produces the best return?
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Saving time online →
8 habits to acquire to use time on the internet effectively.
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How energy efficient really is railway... →
Energy efficiency in railways from an electrical engineering perspective. Note especially the quiz question on slide 13.
July 2010
1 post
Training on PV Systems – Design, construction,... →
March 2010
13 posts
Evaluating Environmental Performance in Low-Carbon... →
Power Quality in a Customers Supplying Low-Voltage... →
CSP Training course - Lesson 2 : Linear Focus... →
Power Quality in a Customers Supplying Low-Voltage... →
CSP Training course - Lesson 2 : Linear Focus... →
Voltage fluctuations in a low voltage network →
Call for Papers - CIS-ES 2010 →
Electricity Markets and Quality of Supply... →
Electricity Markets and Price Regulation Methods →
Counting satellite dishes →
Tutorials →
Tutorials →
Counting satellite dishes →
September 2009
28 posts
Intelligent communication between EVs and the grid →
Car makers collaborate with utility companies
A successful transition to electric vehicle (EV) transport will require more than electric cars that perform well on the road. It will also require …
Harebrained solutions for the energy problem →
Thinking out of the box
Surfing the Internet, one frequently comes upon articles on new inventions for harvesting energy and solving the energy problem. Last week, we reported on the concept of…
A functional approach for studying technological... →
This paper extends a broad functional category approach for the study of technological capability progress recently developed and applied to information technology to a second key case—that of…
Training Module on Electricity Market Regulation →
TRAINING PROGRAM on ELECTRICITY MARKETS REGULATION
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The future of power? The future is power →
Solar highways →
Integrating road networks and power networks
The US Department of Transportation has awarded funding for building a ‘solar highway’ prototype. A solar highway contains photovoltaic (PV) modules…
Effects of Ancillary Service Markets on Frequency... →
In cooperation with PSERC, we are pleased to offer access to this archived webinar. To watch the recording (56 minutes), click the link in the further reading block.
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Training Module on Electricity Market Regulation →
TRAINING PROGRAM on ELECTRICITY MARKETS REGULATION
read more
The future of power? The future is power →
Effects of Ancillary Service Markets on Frequency... →
In cooperation with PSERC, we are pleased to offer access to this archived webinar. To watch the recording (56 minutes), click the link in the further reading block.
read more
Solar highways →
Integrating road networks and power networks
The US Department of Transportation has awarded funding for building a ‘solar highway’ prototype. A solar highway contains photovoltaic (PV) modules…
Micro-financing of renewable energy systems →
While improved energy services have many quality of life benefits like lighting or television, the productive use of electricity can also help to reduce poverty, leading to increased profitability…