As you might have noticed, Generative AI is entering the scene, and next to answering questions or compiling information, it might also be used to write code. Can ChatGPT help us write FlexMeasures, our opensource EMS for smart energy flexibility? In this post, you can see how it works and what my experience was. It…
DetailsI recently got to visit the FOSDEM 2023 conference, and also speak about our work (video below). Together with some other folks at Linux Energy Foundation, we had organized the first energy devroom. Picture by Jonas van den Bogaard (Alliander) All the talks were very well attended and we got great questions. Hopefully, open source…
DetailsIn our opinion, the same code that runs your simulations for energy optimization should also run in production, when you actually control your flexible assets in real time. This will decrease your time-to-market as well as your chances of failure, and it will give you more strategic options during operations. Why? 1. After the simulation…
DetailsWould an audio-introduction of our work on FlexMeasures help you get started with learning about it? Now there is one ― Listen below or check streaming options on the podcast website! We’re proud that FlexMeasures is this week’s featured project on the podcast for Python developers “Podcast.__init__”. During the recording of this episode, we discussed…
DetailsArd adds a calendar item for his Nissan Leaf car on his phone, … suspended silence… “Click” The Quasar EV charger springs into action and charges Ard’s Nissan Leaf, in expectation of him needing the car soon. The needles on our HomeAssistant app are switching, as well. V2G@Home demo in Utrecht, NL Smiles all around.…
DetailsThe V2G@Home Living Lab we do together with Ard Jonker of Positive Design has closed the optimisation loop, with an eye on usability! As stated before, optimizing charging in a V2G situation with flexible tariffs, fluctuating solar and random car usage requires smart machine learning in the cloud. This meant we have to bring FlexMeasures…
DetailsThings are moving here at Seita Energy Flexibility! We are happy to announce a month of Firsts: The first energy flexibility service based on top of our FlexMeasures platform: GripOnGas The first successful pilot together with our corporate partner Fudura The first SaaS subscriber to our hosting support. The story told as it unfolded during…
DetailsA short opinion piece, about energy fairness and cooperation as a consequence of local and time-of-use energy prices. Local and time-of-use electricity prices can reduce energy bills, says a British think tank: “Such a system would encourage electric car drivers in Cornwall to charge their vehicles when its sunny and those in Aberdeenshire to charge…
DetailsWhen thinking about Energy Flexibility ― which we need to unlock for a successful climate mitigation future ― it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the complexity of that challenge. Focus is crucial! We focus locally when working on energy flexibility. David Sykes, of Octopus Energy, does a great job in this article to create priority.…
DetailsThis is the story of how we made sure that tracking local school holidays in Python becomes possible for data scientists, using workalendar (code example below). But let’s start at the beginning: When we write models that interpret and forecast meter data, we often encounter demand patterns that change drastically during holiday periods. When this…
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