Using Apache Kafka to build a virtual power plant | Webinar

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In this presentation, Rob Brouwers (Data Integration expert, Eneco) gives insights into how he and his teams build a platform using Axual for use cases such as virtual power plants and dynamic contract within the energy market. He goes deep into the learnings and challenges ‪@eneco‬ faced during the implementation.
00:00 Introduction
04:07 What is a virtual powerplant?
06:58 Different use cases at Eneco
10:20 Why data is an enabler
12:57 Eneco's vision of a data marketplace
14:58 How does a data marketplace impact integration
19:05 Eneco’s journey to event-driven data maturity
25:55 Current level of data maturity
27:40 Eneco’s platform under de hood
30:19 Kafka has a learning curve
45:20 Kafka is not ubiquitous (vs HTTP)
53:31 Asynchronous / EDA is sometimes uncomfortable
55:34 Observability of chain is hard
57:39 Fast change is difficult
01:03:04 Ownership and governance is difficult in a large organization