sylvain gignac
@sylvaingignac.bsky.social
Energy Systems & Electric Grid + Reliability 🇨🇦
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Actually, very good. Produced way up north in Havre-Saint-Pierre, a thousand km from Montreal.
January 23, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Actually, very good. Produced way up north in Havre-Saint-Pierre, a thousand km from Montreal.
Yeap. Even if 99 out of 100 homes on a block want to electrify, if just one homeowner insists on keeping their gas furnace most utilities are legally obligated to maintain that entire street's gas main. But the fixed costs of maintaining those pipes will be shared by fewer people = death spiral.
January 22, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Yeap. Even if 99 out of 100 homes on a block want to electrify, if just one homeowner insists on keeping their gas furnace most utilities are legally obligated to maintain that entire street's gas main. But the fixed costs of maintaining those pipes will be shared by fewer people = death spiral.
After a major ice storm, Hydro-Québec installed a HVDC de-icing system on key transmission lines. It can send a large DC current to heat it up the line and melt the ice. The plus, when not being used for de-icing, it helps stabilize the grid as a static VAR compensator. Neet.
January 22, 2026 at 8:01 PM
After a major ice storm, Hydro-Québec installed a HVDC de-icing system on key transmission lines. It can send a large DC current to heat it up the line and melt the ice. The plus, when not being used for de-icing, it helps stabilize the grid as a static VAR compensator. Neet.
// CarbonCure Tech based in Halifax injects CO2 into concrete during mixing. CO2 reacts with calcium to form nano-calcium carbonate, the same as mineral ESM creates. Permanently sequestering carbon and increasing concrete's strength.
January 18, 2026 at 6:18 PM
// CarbonCure Tech based in Halifax injects CO2 into concrete during mixing. CO2 reacts with calcium to form nano-calcium carbonate, the same as mineral ESM creates. Permanently sequestering carbon and increasing concrete's strength.
Canadians left Crown Royal for the Danes, and they left schnapps / cognac for us. In 2022, a border was agreed = end of all research.The island has been dry ever since.
January 18, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Canadians left Crown Royal for the Danes, and they left schnapps / cognac for us. In 2022, a border was agreed = end of all research.The island has been dry ever since.
A draw and a border.
January 18, 2026 at 2:32 PM
A draw and a border.
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.
Plus 2 observers from Norway, while US military recently tripled their access to bases on Norwegian soil. Norge's dilemma: "What if the US wants to use one of the bases in Norway, for example Evenes or Rygge, as a starting point for an operation against Greenland?" www.nrk.no/norge/xl/sli...
Slik kontrollerer han Norge
At verdens mektigste mann er irritert på Norge, er lite heldig for oss. Hva skjer dersom irritasjon går over til sinne?
www.nrk.no
January 16, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Plus 2 observers from Norway, while US military recently tripled their access to bases on Norwegian soil. Norge's dilemma: "What if the US wants to use one of the bases in Norway, for example Evenes or Rygge, as a starting point for an operation against Greenland?" www.nrk.no/norge/xl/sli...
Hum...deploying a reconnaissance team of 13 personnel for Germany and 15 soldiers for France.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
European troops arrive in Greenland as talks with US hit wall over future
France sends 15 soldiers, Germany 13. Norway, Sweden also participating to bolster security on Arctic island.
www.aljazeera.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Hum...deploying a reconnaissance team of 13 personnel for Germany and 15 soldiers for France.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
Interesting but geo-politic environment is somewhat volatile.
January 14, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Interesting but geo-politic environment is somewhat volatile.
Physics + economics don't care about boundaries. 1GW of demand is 1GW of demand. + impacts the grid. Moving the connection point doesn't help reliability just making it worst...less visibility and control.
January 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Physics + economics don't care about boundaries. 1GW of demand is 1GW of demand. + impacts the grid. Moving the connection point doesn't help reliability just making it worst...less visibility and control.
Even if courts strike down stop-work orders. For developers the damage is already done. Canceled contracts, lost vessels + financing disruptions make resuming construction uneconomic or just impossible. Complete loss of trust in US offshore play.
January 12, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Even if courts strike down stop-work orders. For developers the damage is already done. Canceled contracts, lost vessels + financing disruptions make resuming construction uneconomic or just impossible. Complete loss of trust in US offshore play.