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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 10h

Need to forget ideologies in favor of... "the science Nobels offer a case for plodding curiosity: that esoteric, seemingly useless exploration can lay the bricks for a road to places we cannot yet see."

sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 3d

Can always flee into a fantasy. Just to say congratulations for the 2025 Hugo Award for The Tainted Cup. Rereading City of Stairs.

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 9d

"Globally, we are facing a systemic risk that threatens the entire society. Climate risk is unpredictable and increasing. What you have to pay for insurance as a result of climate change will gradually increase to the point where it becomes impossible to manage" www.energiogklima.no/nyhet/klimao...

Klimakrise gir forsikringskrise: Økende tap truer lønnsomhet og stabilitet

Konsekvensene av klimaendringene – som branner, flom og ekstremvær - gjør forsikringer dyrere. Selskaper sier nei til å forsikre utsatte områder. I verste fall kan dette påvirke stabiliteten i finansm...

www.energiogklima.no

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 9d

Sachets de nicotine, lors d'un séjour en Norvège, peu de fumeurs, beaucoup de SNUS - pour le why, I don't know:
europesnus.com

Europesnus | Best prices on nicotine pouches in europe!

Europesnus provides you with cheap prices on nicotine pouches and fast shipping all across Europe. Lyft, Killa, Pablo, Supreme and many more - We have it all.

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 9d

To please ideological minds, would propose some SMRs like HTGRs or molten salt reactors... though understanding that the probability of fruition are paper thin + in // as a temporary solution some wind + solar... which will become the permanent solution out of necessity. Just bying time.

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 10d

My ego was crushed so many times. Most of my predictions failed 'cause I forgot about other egos.

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CDRmare @cdrmare.bsky.social · 11d

Do you know that our CDRmare infographics are published under a CC-BY licence? We do this to provide fact-based, scientifically accurate graphs to help everyone communicate on the topic of #mCDR. You can browse & download all our English-language infographics here. lnkd.in/eWcmmxsN.

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Ken Sands @kensands.bsky.social · 17d

A federal judge has lifted a stop-work order on Revolution Wind, handing a rare victory to the U.S. offshore wind industry amid the Trump administration’s relentless effort to torpedo it. 🔌💡
@yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/115390-judge...

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 17d

So has he gained the ability to fire FERC commissioners at will? I am guessing that it wouldn’t directly touch NERC... but if FERC’s independence is weakened, NERC could feel pain.

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 17d

Might have added that efficiency programs, mild weather years + aggressive behind-the-meter solar = net energy demand dipping. Curious about peak power.

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 17d

Bummer.

sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 17d

True... and the lack of transmission capacity north-south.

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 17d

True, demand in ISO-NE fell 9% and in NYISO 6%. But that doesn’t mean no shortage risk. Retiring nuclear + thermal plants, winter peaks, and rising loads from EVs, heating + data centers flip the outlook. The challenge isn’t past demand, it’s capacity adequacy going forward.

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 17d

Two factors to the falling imports from Canada: drought conditions have led to less hydropower in Canada + "between 2016 and 2024, electricity demand in ISO-NE fell 9%, and demand in NYISO fell 6%". But...

www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

U.S. Northeast is relying less on electricity imports from Canada - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 19d

Anna’s hummingbird, tongue out.
#Birds #YardsBirds #Photography

Small silver hummingbird with touch of green perch med on branch. Tongue sticking out.

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 19d

Some discussions going on about bringing consumers up north. Seems that building gen is only half the story, making sure it can actually be used is the real challenge. // Interesting to see what NFL will decide with its deal with Qc: shipping electrons south or using them for own industrial needs.

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 19d

Northern Norway’s largest wind farm has stood idle since April, not for lack of wind, but because prices are too low. Just shows how "optimisation" with price signals isn’t as simple as we like to think. Turns out electrons have their own appetites. Need the right buffet.
www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm...

Ønsker seg dyrere kraftpriser i nord: Vindkraftverk har stått stille siden april

Lave kraftpriser fører til økonomisk hodepine for både kraftselskap og kommunene.

www.nrk.no

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 21d

Despite promise to cut electricity bills in half, US households are seeing prices rise, up to 7%. Culprits = scrapped offshore projects and support for onshore renewables + soaring demand from AI/data centers.
www.ft.com/content/4e19...

Surging US power costs defy Donald Trump’s pledge to halve bills

Electricity price inflation sparks political debate ahead of elections

www.ft.com

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 21d

Great reference. Thanks. "China is an engineering state, which brings a sledgehammer to problems both physical and social, in contrast with America’s lawyerly society, which brings a gavel to block almost everything, good and bad."

danwang.co/breakneck/

Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future | Dan Wang

Announcing my book; whalelore; Austrian Catholicism; the legacy of Moses and Rickover; Yunnan; influencer culture; how historians work.

danwang.co

sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 21d

Great article. AI can enable numerous small gizmos across systems to be coordinated while we become more decentralized. My concern is with different AI controlling assets with competing objectives = can lead to chaos. Coordination will be needed = share information in real time + same op rules.

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 21d

Agreed. Some see Churchill Port as an option for AB gas, but Hudson Bay is ice-bound most of the year = costly icebreakers.

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 21d

On 🇨🇦 supporting the idea of natural gas as a transitional fuel = Fermeuse Energy LNG plans to tap 9.7 Tcf offshore gas for export to Europe...and Northeast. No discussions on a gas pipeline to ISONE 'cause don't wish to be captive to New England only.
pgjonline.com/news/2025/se...

Planned Newfoundland LNG Hub Targets Europe’s Growing Energy Needs

The estimated $12–15 billion project is expected to create thousands of jobs and deliver long-term economic benefits for Newfoundland and Labrador.

pgjonline.com

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 23d

Yes, part of the Aldhani heist.

sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 23d

I don't know, but "the distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss."

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sylvain gignac @sylvaingignac.bsky.social · 23d

"To hold warming below 2 °C, a total of 525 to 755 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide will need to be removed from the atmosphere by 2100". As with expanded popcorns, difficult to push down the lid of the pot.
spectrum.ieee.org/scaling-carb...

Scaling Carbon Capture: Can We Meet the Challenge?

What would it take to scale carbon removal technologies to remove billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide a year? These charts explain.

spectrum.ieee.org

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