#320: Python in the Electrical Energy Sector

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

Technology

4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we cover how Python is being used to understand the electrical markets and grid in Australia. Our guest, Jack Simpson, has used Python to uncover a bunch of interesting developments as the country has adopted more and more solar energy. We round out the episode looking at some best practices for high-performance, large-data processing in Pandas and beyond.

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0:00.0	In this episode, we cover how Python is being used to understand the electrical markets and grid in Australia.
0:05.6	Our guest, Jack Simpson, has used Python to uncover a bunch of interesting developments
0:09.8	as the country has adopted more and more solar energy.
0:13.2	We round out the episode looking at some of the best practices for high performance, large data processing, in Pandas and Beyond.
0:20.4	In addition to that, we also spend some time on how
0:22.8	Jack used Python and OpenCV, computer vision, to automate the study of massive bee colonies and
0:28.6	behaviors. Spoiler alert, that involved gluing wing ding fonts on the backs of bees. This is Talk
0:34.5	Python to Me. Episode 320 recorded June 6, 2021.
0:52.1	Welcome to Talk Python, a weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.
0:58.7	This is your host, Michael Kennedy.
1:00.5	Follow me on Twitter where I'm at M Kennedy, and keep up with the show and listen to past episodes at Talk Python.fm.
1:06.4	And follow the show on Twitter via at Talk Python.
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1:19.7	Jack, welcome to Talk Python to me.
1:21.5	Thank you, Michael.
1:22.2	It's great to meet you after hearing your voice for so many years.
1:25.3	It's so great to have you on the show.
1:27.3	It's always fun to have people who the show. It's always fun to
1:28.2	have people who are listeners, but have interesting stories to tell. Come on the show and you know,
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