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October 10th – 12th, 2018
Hotel Arts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Please see attachments for the template and full call for abstracts at the bottom of this posting
Forum Synopsis and Objective
The oil & gas industry currently finds itself in a rapidly changing and challenging environment; there are signals of disruption in the overall business environment that necessitate an understanding of the basics and potential implementation of technology. As the global energy system evolves and environmental, social and regulatory expectations change, there is a need…
Mahesh Pandey & Bo Li
To ensure nuclear power plants are running safely, operators closely scrutinize a slew of different measurements, monitoring for any signs of wear-out. Take the example of the electro-hydraulic system controlling the plant’s turbines. Operators collect weekly samples of the control fluid, looking for an uptick in acids that indicate the fluid is starting to break down.
The problem is deciphering what are the important, underlying trends and what is simply noise in the data — short-term…
Roydon Fraser & 21 WISE Faculty Members
In April, Waterloo became the first Canadian university to install smart charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs). That’s good news for anyone on campus who wants to charge up for free. It’s even better news for the 21 WISE faculty whose research focuses on EVs.
Unlike regular chargers, these units optimize charging patterns based on demand levels and time-of-use electricity costs. They also collect a wealth of detailed data to help investigators shed light on critical issues of grid…
Originally published Mary 15, 2018
by Burak Guler, Emre Celebi & Jatin Nathwani
The global transition to a low-carbon energy economy needs to capture the flexibility of technological developments (from solar PV development and battery storage to the deployment of small modular reactors) but also the changes in the social, environmental, and governmental requirements for a sustainable energy future.
In our research, we capture this transition from a broad perspective that includes geopolitical, economic, environmental, and…
Srinivasan Keshav Credentials
-UC Berkeley, PhD/Computer Science
-1986 Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, B. Tech/Computer Science and Engineering
This was an inaugural event held by WISE on May 2nd. The event was held for 10 (WISE) members. The PDF copy of the presentation is available below.
Knowledge Integration Colloquium
Professor Srinivasan Keshav
May 2, 2018
KIC title:
The New Star Wars: Blockchain and the Future of Politics
Intro/abstract:
Most organizations today, such as energy utilities, banks, corporations, and governments centralize power and governance in the hands of a few decision-makers. By allowing coordination between…
Omar M. Ramahi, Faruk Erkmen & Thamer S. Aloneef
All around us, energy currently goes to waste. At any given moment, billions of Wi-Fi antennas and TV and radio stations are filling the atmosphere with electromagnetic waves. By harvesting these waves and converting them into electricity, we could tap into a vast source of “free” energy.
The question is how.
WISE member Omar Ramahi, a professor in Waterloo’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is exploring the potential of frequency-selective surfaces (FSSs). Essentially, these…
By Marieke Walsh. Published on Apr 27, 2018 2:00pm
Ontario New Democrats say they can buy back Hydro One and cut rates by 30 per cent, all with no extra costs — to which experts say: bunk.
If they form government, the NDP say the proposed shake-up would be its first order of business.
Experts, though, suggest the party rethink what it plans to bring forward, likening the NDP plan to an attempt to “put Humpty Dumpty back together again,” having an “air of unreality,” and lacking a “clear path.”
Intro…
Two Tesla electric vehicles are plugged in at a EV charging station in Palo Alto, Calif. The University of Waterloo is installing a Tesla charging station on campus. - Tribune News Service file photo
WATERLOO — Range anxiety.
It's a term that circulates among electric vehicle owners, the concern their cars will run out of juice before they're able to reach a charging station.
And it's often cited as one of the reasons we're not seeing as many electric vehicles (EVs) on the road as some would like.
"…
Energy storage procurement at the IESO
The procurement of energy storage resources began in 2012 when the IESO procured six megawatts of regulation - a specialized service that maintains second-by-second balance on the grid - from two storage facilities. Today, as a result, NRStor Inc., in partnership with Temporal Power is providing two megawatts of regulation using flywheel technologies, and Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. delivers Ontario's first battery regulation service with four…
Job Location: Remote
Duration: Part-time, 10 hrs/week from May through August 2018
Job Summary:
Energy Action Partners (EAP), a nonprofit organization with offices in Boston and Kuala Lumpur, has developed a software tool for collaborative design of renewable energy microgrids, called the The Minigrid Game. The Game is a multi-user, networked, simulation game that is used by rural communities and microgrid developers to jointly determine key design parameters for a microgrid and to build local management capacity.
The Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) is seeking…
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