Current Data on Gas Transfer and Storage

Due to the terrible war against Ukraine, another critical element in our infrastructure emerged. Europe depends heavily on the gas supply through the existing pipeline network and we will have to wait at least another decade until alternatives like clean hydrogen might fill these pipes.

At least there is current information available about the current state of the storage facilities and the transportation of the gas and here we present some of these data services:

ENTSOG – Gas Facilities in Europe

ENTSOG provides a Union-wide platform where all Transmission System Operators for gas make their relevant data publicly available. The Transparency Platform provides technical and commercial data on gas transmission systems, which include interconnection points and connections with storages, LNG facilities, distribution networks, final
consumers and production facilities.

The platform is available via the web address: https://transparency.entsog.eu

Overview of all gas facilities in Europe

AGSI+ AGGREGATED GAS STORAGE INVENTORY

This website publishes storage inventory as per member state, storage operator and storage site. There you can drill down to the current fill-state of a gas storage next to you. As of 21. March 2022 the storages are filled on average to about 25%. For a daily update visit https://agsi.gie.eu

Status of gas storage facilities across Europe

Local Data Services

Finally some regional examples. All member organisations of the gas industry are required to publish the state of their systems in a transparent way. Two examples from Austria and Italy are shown here.

Physical Flows listed for Italy by company SNAM

 

 

Market Area Data for Austria provide by AGGM

Node.js vs. Django in data intensive Web Applications

Sometimes you have the choice to decide which framework to use for web development. If you do not want to start from scratch you might consider a well supported open source framework, which helps to get you up and running. To support data intensive functionality you have a rising number of frameworks available like Node.js an Django.

Several high-profile websites are based on these two frameworks, so you are never completely wrong if you choose one of them.

A recent blog article from Monterail (www.monterail.com)  lists the main differences and criteria, which might help you to choose. The full article can be found here.

Read the article for more insights, but some of the main criteria we summarize in the following lists:

Arguments for Django

  • Built on Python
  • Allows rapid development for most types of a websites through predefined libraries
  • Strictly confirms to the Model-View-Template pattern
  • Therefore easy to understand structure which make it easy to maintain

Arguments for Node.js

  • Allows JavaScript for server-side development
  • Optimized for high performance websites
  • Support npm online repository
  • Huge community

Hope this helps to guide you in your decision process!

For more details and downloads for these frameworks look at their dedicated project websites:

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LoRaWAN® accepted as ITU International Standard for Low Power Wide Area Networking

Fremont, California – Dec. 7, 2021 – The LoRa Alliance®, the global association of companies backing the open LoRaWAN® standard for the internet of things (IoT) low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), today announced that LoRaWAN was officially approved as a standard by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs).

The standard is titled Recommendation ITU-T Y.4480 “Low power protocol for wide area wireless networks” and is under the responsibility of Study Group 20 of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T), ITU’s standardization expert group for “Internet of Things and smart cities and communities.”

 

Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect

There is a new Arduino-Board around the corner.  The Arduino Nano RP2040 Connect will include a Raspberry Pi Chip in addition to the Arduino Nano controller.

With the recently presented Raspberry Pi Pico, which offers Arduino-features, it seems that Arduino is moving in the opposite way by adding Raspberry features.

Engineers from Ardiuno describe in the YouTube video the main features and some details on the possibilities of this board. Looking forward to get a hand on this new board.

 

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How to add your own PHP code to WordPress?

Sometimes you need a simple or even sophisticated script on your website to provide your audience something that’s not easily available in WordPress. But you don’t need to interact with the API, or use a plugin.

Just follow the steps listed below to get the PHP running:

First, duplicate page.php in your theme folder (under /wp-content/themes/themename/).

Rename the new file as templatename.php (where templatename is what you want to call your new template!). Enter the following at the top of the new file:

<?php
/*
Template Name: templatename
*/
?>

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You can modify the code in this file using any editor to include other files or whatever you need.

Then create a new page in your WordPress site, and in the page editing screen you’ll see a ‘Template’ dropdown in the ‘Attributes’ widget to the right. Select your new template and publish the page.

Your new page will use the php code defined in templatename.php and execute the code as soon as you open the page.

 

 

 

Have fun!