Todd De Ryck

Winnipeg IT professionals unleash inner rock star for annual fundraising concert for cancer research Warren Massey makes his living in IT but for one night a year, he’s a rock star. The 52-year-old drummer is one of more than 30 musicians involved with Techapalooza, an annual fundraising concert feat...

OK computer: IT professionals unleash inner rock star
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How do electricity generators perform during worst case scenarios, bitterly cold temps, when it matters most? This is an example from Ontario, Canada. It is common to have minimal wind during bitterly cold temps @theecologyprof.bsky.social @theturner.bsky.social @volts.wtf @mbeconetwork.bsky.social

Partial Truths When incomplete information is seriously misleading

Partial Truths open.substack.com/pub/chrisbon... @theecologyprof.bsky.social @theturner.bsky.social @maxfawcett.bsky.social @energimedia.bsky.social @danwoy.bsky.social @pembina.org @cleanenergycanada.org @energyvsclimate.bsky.social @fff-manitoba.bsky.social @mbeconetwork.bsky.social

No, the United States does not need a costly national cancer study near nuclear reactors Routine reactor emissions pose no meaningful health risk to the US workers and population, a health physicist and a nuclear engineer argue.

A suggestion, check for debunkings before posting your anti-nuclear "studies" thebulletin.org/2026/01/no-t...

Have a listen to this, fascinating bsky.app/profile/wepl...

Presentation "Energy, Prosperity and Geopolitics" — Invitation via Google Calendar

Presentation "Energy, Prosperity and Geopolitics" tinyurl.com/TDpresentati... Here is my CV tinyurl.com/ToddDeRyckcv @theturner.bsky.social @sheenasharp.bsky.social @danwoy.bsky.social @pembina.org @cleanenergycanada.org @maxfawcett.bsky.social

Indeed. Especially this part:

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) seems to know what they are doing, however...... bsky.app/profile/scot...

Marco Chown Oved had an article in the National Observor yesterday – sorry, just realized this is in the Globe by a similar person – or maybe just a different pseudonym.
Anyway… I think the answer to the title is “yes”, and I don’t wish to defend OPG, but “in depth”…

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Does anyone know if this is true? If so, incredible!

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Cristian Paduraru Honored by Marquis Who's Who for Success in Power System Engineering January 8, 2024 -- Cristian Paduraru is recognized for three decades of industry excellence in power system engineering

Do you care about analysis by power engineers who have extensive knowledge, experience and understanding of electricity grids? The authors of this G&M piece obviously do not. www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-releas... & www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The Renewable Energy Honeymoon: starting is easy, the rest is hard - The Centre for Independent Studies The belief that Australia can decarbonise its economy by relying on the wind and the sun rests on a misplaced conviction about what the renewables rollout will entail.

Likely is too damn expensive just like #Renewables #EnergyTransition as this extensive, comprehensive, quantitative analysis shows. Don't go beyond 20% generation by weather-dependent IBR's that are incapable of ancillary services with very low capacity factors!! www.cis.org.au/publication/...

Do you have pics of grosbeaks (sic?) . I have seen rose-breasted, pine and evening in Pinawa.

Well, I hope you're right about fossil fuels (and combustible fuels such as biomass, they are renewable, but almost as bad as fossil fuels) being "19th Century", but the data doesn't seem to agree with you and consider how many billions more need so much more energy. Consider reading the book.

The Case for 2 mSv/day. 2.0. Another rehash combining past posts and a very difficult read.

Exactly, stay informed! jackdevanney.substack.com/p/the-case-f... and stick to the science! @theecologyprof.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

Please consider this book, it became available yesterday. There is plenty of misinformation and misunderstanding regarding nuclear energy bsky.app/profile/zion... & I have a collection of charts and graphs drive.google.com/file/d/1Nyai...

Europe has to work on being far more energy independent. We saw what German Chancellor Merz said a couple of weeks ago, now Belgium saying the same thing about Europe. Where do we want them to get their energy, hopefully not Russia or USA. clashreport.com/world/articl...

What is your source for "cheaper, cleaner renewable wind & solar"? unece.org/climate-chan...

"Europe’s Nuclear Taboo Was the Stupidity of the Century" Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said Europe is now being targeted by the U.S. “big stick” it once relied on, while calling Europe’s rejection of nuclear energy “the stupidity of the century,” war...

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Chernobyl: the perfect experiment When are we going to stop killing people by making nuclear expensive?

reactor was poor design,would not have been certified to run anywhere else in the world even in the 1970's. Soviets knew the fix for these reactors, deployed it reactively. @theecologyprof.bsky.social always raise red flag when anti-nuke biased OCAA posts jackdevanney.substack.com/p/chernobyl-...

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The Texas Freeze: An Early Update Executive Summary

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What do you think is the cause of these cancellations in Texas? @theecologyprof.bsky.social

A true test for a grid is how it handles worst case scenarios, eg the cold snap in late January, 2026 @theecologyprof.bsky.social kclapp.substack.com/p/the-texas-...

Given the ambient temperatures ranging from -20C to -30C in southern Ontario (where the bulk of the population lives), even with aggressive Cold-Cliamte designs, to do this heating via ASHP would need ~40GWe over and above the ~25GWe peak we had. This is on a system that averages ~16GWe now.

Let's talk about peak heating.
During winter storm Fern, Enbridge (the gas utility) has stated peak gas delivery was 90GWt. We had ~8GW of gas power (say ~15GWt consumption), and there is ~15GW of non-weather responsive gas demand, leaving ~60GWt peak weather responsive demand.
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