Python in the Electrical Energy Sector - Talk Python to Me Ep.320

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. In addition to that, we also spend some time on how Jack used Python and Open CV (computer vision) to automate the study of massive bee colonies and behaviors. Spoiler alert: That involved gluing Wing Ding fonts to the backs of bees! ▬▬▬▬ About the podcast ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ This video is the uncut, live recording of the Talk Python To Me podcast ( https://talkpython.fm ). We cover Python-focused topics every week and publish the edited and polished version in audio form. Subscribe in your podcast player of choice (100% free) at https://talkpython.fm/subscribe. ▬▬▬▬ Guests ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Jack Simpson: https://jacksimpson.co/ ▬▬▬▬ Links and resources from the show ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Bees, lasers, and machine learning: https://jacksimpson.co/bees-lasers-and-machine-learning/ South Australian Gas Generator Interventions: https://jacksimpson.co/south-australian-gas-generator-interventions/ PySAM System Advisor Model: https://sam.nrel.gov/software-development-kit-sdk/pysam.html Visualizing the impact of Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdown on Solar Panel Installations: https://jacksimpson.co/visualising-the-impact-of-melbournes-covid-19-lockdown-on-solar-panel-installations/ Stack Overflow Python graph: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends?tags=java%2Cpython%2Cc%23%2Cvb.net%2Cjavascript%2Cruby%2Cswift Listen this episode on Talk Python: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/320/python-in-the-electrical-energy-sector Episode transcripts: https://talkpython.fm/episodes/transcript/320/python-in-the-electrical-energy-sector ▬▬▬▬ Dive deeper ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Listen to the Talk Python To Me podcast at https://talkpython.fm Over 250 hours of Python courses at https://training.talkpython.fm/courses Follow us on on Mastodon. Michael: https://fosstodon.org/@mkennedy & Talk Python https://fosstodon.org/@talkpython