sylvain gignac
@sylvaingignac.bsky.social
Energy Systems & Electric Grid + Reliability 🇨🇦
Use 🔌💡 for #energysky
Use 🔌💡 for #energysky
From, poweroutage.us, power outages rapidly escalating.
January 25, 2026 at 11:36 AM
From, poweroutage.us, power outages rapidly escalating.
Canada + Greenland share a land border on Hans Island. The site of the so-called friendly Whisky War, where both sides took turns hoisting flags and leaving bottles of liquor in friendly tit-for-tat.
January 18, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Canada + Greenland share a land border on Hans Island. The site of the so-called friendly Whisky War, where both sides took turns hoisting flags and leaving bottles of liquor in friendly tit-for-tat.
another sport in Quebec: shovelling.
January 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
another sport in Quebec: shovelling.
Have picked up another one from Frogner
January 6, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Have picked up another one from Frogner
Large computational loads are forcing a permanent shift in how we plan, model, and operate the grid. The era of predictable, passive demand is over. Recommended read for planners, ops, and AI/DC developers. I’m honestly overwhelmed by the scale of the work ahead.
www.nerc.com/globalassets...
www.nerc.com/globalassets...
November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Large computational loads are forcing a permanent shift in how we plan, model, and operate the grid. The era of predictable, passive demand is over. Recommended read for planners, ops, and AI/DC developers. I’m honestly overwhelmed by the scale of the work ahead.
www.nerc.com/globalassets...
www.nerc.com/globalassets...
Closest one will be Beauharnois. Trading already taking place. Interesting fact with HQ gen, they don't sell ICAP as a unit specific gizmo in NY but as full system capacity - ICAP sold is supported by the full fleet regardless of location.
September 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Closest one will be Beauharnois. Trading already taking place. Interesting fact with HQ gen, they don't sell ICAP as a unit specific gizmo in NY but as full system capacity - ICAP sold is supported by the full fleet regardless of location.
Longue tradition.
September 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Longue tradition.
The rise of AI makes power system engineering more relevant, obviously, not less.
www.nerc.com/comm/RSTC/LL...
www.nerc.com/comm/RSTC/LL...
September 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The rise of AI makes power system engineering more relevant, obviously, not less.
www.nerc.com/comm/RSTC/LL...
www.nerc.com/comm/RSTC/LL...
Concerning..."the power industry is facing a deepening human capital crisis...the system is advancing, but those who understand the system are disappearing."
electra.cigre.org/341-august-2...
electra.cigre.org/341-august-2...
September 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Concerning..."the power industry is facing a deepening human capital crisis...the system is advancing, but those who understand the system are disappearing."
electra.cigre.org/341-august-2...
electra.cigre.org/341-august-2...
Canadian Whiskey in action
September 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Canadian Whiskey in action
AI/DC = same behaviours as IBRs. Challenging and somewhat unpredictable just like snowflakes.
www.nerc.com/pa/Documents...
www.nerc.com/pa/Documents...
September 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
AI/DC = same behaviours as IBRs. Challenging and somewhat unpredictable just like snowflakes.
www.nerc.com/pa/Documents...
www.nerc.com/pa/Documents...
Old poster from Hydro Quebec.
September 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Old poster from Hydro Quebec.
So obvious + needed to share interconnection capacity at POI = allows for incremental increases in gen without requiring new physical network upgrades
surplusinterconnection.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/PJM.pdf
surplusinterconnection.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/PJM.pdf
August 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
So obvious + needed to share interconnection capacity at POI = allows for incremental increases in gen without requiring new physical network upgrades
surplusinterconnection.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/PJM.pdf
surplusinterconnection.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/PJM.pdf
According to my map of Canuck natural resources from Imperial Oil Limited, not much rocks in Canada but a lot of pelts. Surprising.
August 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
According to my map of Canuck natural resources from Imperial Oil Limited, not much rocks in Canada but a lot of pelts. Surprising.
"the U.S. average energy wallet spending was $5,530 per household, of which $1,850 was for utility electric bills. The largest component of the energy wallet was gasoline, which accounted for $2,930 per household."
energywallet.epri.com
energywallet.epri.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"the U.S. average energy wallet spending was $5,530 per household, of which $1,850 was for utility electric bills. The largest component of the energy wallet was gasoline, which accounted for $2,930 per household."
energywallet.epri.com
energywallet.epri.com
The better we produce, the sooner "electrification" will be realized.
August 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The better we produce, the sooner "electrification" will be realized.
and all my mining + processing experience comes from Minecraft..
August 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
and all my mining + processing experience comes from Minecraft..
Shall know by Tuesday...
August 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Shall know by Tuesday...
On the "reliable" integration of large AI/DC - NERC has by the end of July, received ~350 comments for two white papers + ~3 hours of meetings almost every week day + about ~140 comments have been addressed.
www.nerc.com/comm/RSTC/LL...
www.nerc.com/comm/RSTC/LL...
August 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
On the "reliable" integration of large AI/DC - NERC has by the end of July, received ~350 comments for two white papers + ~3 hours of meetings almost every week day + about ~140 comments have been addressed.
www.nerc.com/comm/RSTC/LL...
www.nerc.com/comm/RSTC/LL...
While biking to office, tracking water tanks in Montreal... located at 1025 Lucien L’Allier Street.
August 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
While biking to office, tracking water tanks in Montreal... located at 1025 Lucien L’Allier Street.
Blame Canada's summer fires.
August 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Blame Canada's summer fires.
Know everything about so-called Stardusters. Just desisting.
July 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Know everything about so-called Stardusters. Just desisting.