scholarly journals The LCOE Evolution and Grid Parity Analysis of Centralized Solar Photovoltaic: A Case Study of Ningxia, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingling Mu ◽  
Yidan Gu ◽  
Yafeng Guo ◽  
Ping Liu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
The Other ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Future Evolution ◽  
Power Stations ◽  
Grid Parity ◽  
The Future ◽  
Presence And Absence ◽  
Installed Capacity

Achieving grid parity in 2021 is the goal of China’s photovoltaic development, which is not only on the user side but also on the generation side. Relevant studies indicated that distributed PV has realized grid parity basically in China, while centralized PV, which belongs to the generation side, still has some difficulties in achieving grid parity. Therefore, this paper takes Ningxia Province, which is abundant in solar resources, as the research object and compares LCOE with the traditional coal-fired price to analyze the situation of grid parity of the Pingluo project. It is found that this project cannot reach the goal of grid parity. Then, the future evolution of the local LCOE is analyzed, so as to determine the time of grid parity of Ningxia’s centralized PV power stations. In the calculation of LCOE, the presence and absence of environmental benefits and the general and optimistic forecast of cumulative installed capacity are combined into four scenarios. The results show that the centralized PV in Ningxia cannot achieve grid parity in 2021 under the four scenarios. However, in addition to the scenario that there are no environmental benefits and the cumulative installed capacity is generally forecasted and will reach grid parity of the generation side in 2023, the other three situations can achieve the goal in 2022. Moreover, the LCOE value is the lowest under the scenario of considering environmental benefits and the optimistic forecast of future installed capacity.

Electronic publishing: The future convergence of many disciplines

1984 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Gibbins
Keyword(s):  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Information Industry ◽  
Complex Material ◽  
Future Evolution ◽  
The Future ◽  
Information Products ◽  
Electronic Delivery ◽  
New Generation

Much confusion exists about what is meant by 'electronic publishing'. Practitioners in the emerging information industry regard it as a description of the means of delivery. Publishers and printers, on the other hand, emphasise the use of com puters in organising information in a form in which it can be easily manipulated for both printed and electronic delivery. A gap in understanding is identified in the need for designing information products in a form independent of their ultimate form of delivery. Repackaging information in a number of forms offers hope for the future evolution of the publishing industry. A new generation of systems is envisaged which is capable of addressing the problems of databasing complex material such as mathematics and graphics.

scholarly journals From Technology Enhanced Learning to Ethics and Critical Thinking as part of the Engineering Education: Skill Driven with Humanities Comprehension Editorial

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Manuel Castro ◽  
Elio Sancristobal
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Great Pleasure ◽  
Future Evolution ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
The Future ◽  
Enhanced Learning

It is a great pleasure to contribute some words to the debate about Engineering Education as well as to broaden the discussion about the future evolution of this discipline in which we were involved in the last fifteen years. One of us is in his last period of a professional life full of research and the other one still in the early stages of a career in engineering education. Both of us come from different backgrounds and have different visions which are complementing each other. Therefore, we are striving to develop new actions and activities inside this amazing discipline.

scholarly journals Classy Delicates: A Case Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram Subramanian ◽  
Ross A. Malaga
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Saturday Morning ◽  
Baseball Game ◽  
Late Night ◽  
Prospective Buyer ◽  
The Future ◽  
Email Message

Andy Steiner was checking the Internet for late night West Coast baseball game scores early on Saturday morning, August 3rd, 2007, when an email message popped up on his screen. It was a message from a prospective buyer for Classy Delicates, Steiner’s online lingerie retailing business.  Intrigued by the offer, Steiner contacted the prospective buyer who reiterated his intention and talked specific terms for the purchase.  “Isn’t this a coincidence,” remarked Steiner to his wife, Julia.  “We were just talking about the future of our business and here comes this new offer. This is the fourth offer we’ve had.”  “We should consider a sale of the business seriously,” said Julia, “even though you were thinking of upgrading the site to improve traffic.”  “How much time do we have to examine the offers?” asked Julia to her husband.  “The current buyer has made an offer to one other business and he told me that it’s either the other business or us, and not both.  I don’t know if he is bluffing or not, but I think we have a week to decide for all four,” answered Steiner. 

The Past, Present, and Future of the Canon of Ancient Anatolian Art

2020 ◽  
pp. 90-110
Author(s):  
Susan Helft
Keyword(s):  
Near East ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ancient Near East ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Art Historians ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

Scholarship on the ancient Near East has not yet considered how the formation of a discrete set of objects and monuments has shaped our understanding of Anatolian civilizations. This chapter explores this issue by “testing” the canon of ancient Anatolian art and archaeology, with a focus on art. What is the canon, how was it formed, and does it meet the needs of today’s art historians and archaeologists? This exercise makes clear that the lists of Anatolian objects and sites chosen for modern consumption are the result of Mesopocentric viewpoints on the one hand, and of Turkish nationalist agendas on the other. For the canon of ancient Anatolia to more accurately represent the diversity of Anatolian cultures, the current canon needs to shed its Mesopotamian baggage and be more geographically and typologically inclusive. This chapter also advocates for a move away from comparisons between canons (which have contributed to a derivative view of ancient Anatolian art) and toward a thematic view. A case study on the topos of the hunt is meant to reset the relationship between the Anatolian and Mesopotamian canons and demonstrate the potential for more conceptual approaches to reinvigorate the canon for the future.

scholarly journals Backup of Renewable Energy for an Electrical Island: Case Study of Israeli Electricity System—Current Status

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
A. Fakhouri ◽  
A. Kuperman
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Electricity Market ◽  
Renewable Resources ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Power Stations ◽  
Electricity System ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Installed Capacity

The paper focuses on the quantitative analysis of Israeli Government’s targets of 10% renewable energy penetration by 2020 and determining the desired methodology (models) for assessing the effects on the electricity market, addressing the fact that Israel is an electricity island. The main objective is to determine the influence of achieving the Government’s goals for renewable energy penetration on the need for backup in the Israeli electricity system. This work presents the current situation of the Israeli electricity market and the study to be taken in order to assess the undesirable effects resulting from the intermittency of electricity generated by wind and solar power stations as well as presents some solutions to mitigating these phenomena. Future work will focus on a quantitative analysis of model runs and determine the amounts of backup required relative to the amount of installed capacity from renewable resources.

scholarly journals Zoom: A case study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyrone Grima
Keyword(s):  
Good Practice ◽  
Spatial Dynamics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Hybrid Performance ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Future ◽  
Technical Director

The paper 'Zoom: a case-study' explores the process of the staging of a hybrid performance that took place in September 2021 in Malta as a response to the Covid scenario. This production was watched online and live, with actors performing, using both realities.  The project also explores the notion of space, whether it is the virtual, as opposed to the 'real', and the different spatial dynamics that this performance occurred in. In fact, the performance happened in two 'real' spaces, connected one to the other through an intricate use of screens and cameras, in such a way that whichever way the audience decided to watch the performance in, they could still understand the narrative of the play. The paper is analysed by juxtaposing literature on hybridity against the experiences of the different stakeholders involved in this production, namely, the co-producers, the director (the researcher of this paper), the technical director, the actors and members of the audience, with the aim of analysing and evaluating the dynamics of the production as a model of good practice and discern whether it can provide a framework to work in for the restricted reality that the local industry is in currently, as well as for the future.

Architecture Leadership and Systems Thinking

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Raghuraman Krishnamurthy
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
The Other ◽  
Repetitive Tasks ◽  
The Future ◽  
Peter Drucker ◽  
Role Of Information

Gone are the days when organizations were concerned with increasing efficiency by mastering repetitive tasks. The competitive, boundary-less world of today has dramatically altered the primary challenges of an organization: fluidity, coherence, and connectedness are the hallmarks of successful organizations. Concomitant with this epochal transformation is the emergence of information systems as the backbone for conducting any business. Today, one cannot find any enterprise or government that is not permeated by information systems at all levels. That the role of information systems is so central to any organization is evident from the prescient words of management legend, Peter Drucker, that the future CEO may be the CIO. With extended enterprises so very common, how do we not lose sight at the bigger picture while making decisions? Systems thinking advocates cultivation of viewing the “whole” and seeing the parts (of the whole) in the context of dependence with other parts (of the whole) and their interactions. Architecture should help create necessary artifacts to understand and manage the complexities. Developing insights on how things work together and the influence of one part over the other is at the heart of architectural conversations. There is thus a natural connect between leadership, architecture, and systems thinking. This chapter explores the nature of evolving enterprises and the increasing relevance of systems thinking in architectural activities. The author discusses the importance of systems thinking to enterprise architecture and illustrate, with TOGAF as an example, how to apply the principles of systems thinking. A conceptual case study is presented to illustrate the application of systems thinking in architectural governance.

Architecture Leadership and Systems Thinking

2014 ◽  
pp. 192-215
Author(s):  
Raghuraman Krishnamurthy
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
The Other ◽  
Repetitive Tasks ◽  
The Future ◽  
Peter Drucker ◽  
Role Of Information

Gone are the days when organizations were concerned with increasing efficiency by mastering repetitive tasks. The competitive, boundary-less world of today has dramatically altered the primary challenges of an organization: fluidity, coherence, and connectedness are the hallmarks of successful organizations. Concomitant with this epochal transformation is the emergence of information systems as the backbone for conducting any business. Today, one cannot find any enterprise or government that is not permeated by information systems at all levels. That the role of information systems is so central to any organization is evident from the prescient words of management legend, Peter Drucker, that the future CEO may be the CIO. With extended enterprises so very common, how do we not lose sight at the bigger picture while making decisions? Systems thinking advocates cultivation of viewing the “whole” and seeing the parts (of the whole) in the context of dependence with other parts (of the whole) and their interactions. Architecture should help create necessary artifacts to understand and manage the complexities. Developing insights on how things work together and the influence of one part over the other is at the heart of architectural conversations. There is thus a natural connect between leadership, architecture, and systems thinking. This chapter explores the nature of evolving enterprises and the increasing relevance of systems thinking in architectural activities. The author discusses the importance of systems thinking to enterprise architecture and illustrate, with TOGAF as an example, how to apply the principles of systems thinking. A conceptual case study is presented to illustrate the application of systems thinking in architectural governance.

On the role of the dispute between "non-possessors" and "Josephites" in the culture of Moscow's prediction

1998 ◽  
pp. 61-62
Author(s):  
N. S. Jurtueva
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Moral Transformation ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
The Future ◽  
Secular Power

In the XIV century. centripetal tendencies began to appear in the Moscow principality. Inside the Russian church, several areas were distinguished. Part of the clergy supported the specificobar form. The other understood the need for transformations in society. As a result, this led to a split in the Russian church in the 15th century for "non-possessors" and "Josephites". The former linked the fate of the future with the ideology of hesychasm and its moral transformation, while the latter sought support in alliance with a strong secular power.

Development and regional planning within the decentralized administrative frame: case study (the Jordanian Experiment)

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-72
Author(s):  
Mansour Safran
Keyword(s):  
Regional Planning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
The Way

This aims to review and analyze the Jordanian experiment in the developmental regional planning field within the decentralized managerial methods, which is considered one of the primary basic provisions for applying and success of this kind of planning. The study shoed that Jordan has passed important steps in the way for implanting the decentralized administration, but these steps are still not enough to established the effective and active regional planning. The study reveled that there are many problems facing the decentralized regional planning in Jordan, despite of the clear goals that this planning is trying to achieve. These problems have resulted from the existing relationship between the decentralized administration process’ dimensions from one side, and between its levels which ranged from weak to medium decentralization from the other side, In spite of the official trends aiming at applying more of the decentralized administrative policies, still high portion of these procedures are theoretical, did not yet find a way to reality. Because any progress or success at the level of applying the decentralized administrative policies doubtless means greater effectiveness and influence on the development regional planning in life of the residents in the kingdom’s different regions. So, it is important to go a head in applying more steps and decentralized administrative procedures, gradually and continuously to guarantee the control over any negative effects that might result from Appling this kind of systems.   © 2018 JASET, International Scholars and Researchers Association

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