Modernizing the energy grid in Canada

Use aluminum from Quebec, please. And use Ontario steel for pipelines for western oil and gas.

Forget the net zero bs

When the dummies in Germany shut down their nuclear reactors and begged the world for LNG because wind farms don’t work well in winter, that was our signal to stack nuclear for domestic and export. If we had jumped on the opportunity to fill where other nations fail, we would be FAR ahead in powering AI data centers right now. People are investing in the rich Middle East because they have the energy to power AI and we currently do not.

That's why we have huge growth in stationary battery storage, that you didn't mention of course.

How about a new transmission line from Quebec to Ontario so we can buy their cheap hydro instead of wasting money on SMR's.

What are Telluric Currents ???.....charged currents from outside sources will melt these lines.

Batteries can provide synthetic inertia and frequency control. Generators can run in sync condense mode to provide spinning inertia without generation or fuel use. Sync condense mode on a generator is basically a large motor. Spain needs grid batteries, they hardly have any.

Probably another money laundering scheme…

Canada should keep Hydro power within instead of exporting.

We need large battery backup systems.

Looking at Tantalus' website it seems they have a head office in the US. Why are we taking advice from them when their government is threatening Canada. If I am buying oranges from countries other than US then we should not be advised by people that are unused to dealing with our socialist hydro grids. The US grid is built for private profit and is in such a state that it is shown to cause fires. Canada should deal with "consultants" whose loyalties are unquestionable and are used to crown corporations that will not let their hard assets deteriorate to the point of neglect. IMHO

Yes indeed! Let's strategically build our east - west transCanada electrical transmission system connecting all our provinces using the best technology, decentralized generation and grid battery storage enriching all our rural areas across our beautiful country 🇨🇦.

We have a lot of catching up to do considering anything logical has been neglected for the last 10 years. We voted for at least another 4 years of this ! Elbows up !👍🇨🇦

Global energy superpower?! How, by exporting solar power to the world? 😂

What has Canada done to protect our grid from an EMP ????? Not a damn thing I am betting.

Does that mean we have another electricity tax coming...it was grid "modernization" plans by the liberal leftist looters that increased our bills equal to our mortgages

I'm a little surprised with all the sentiment of energy and sensors helping to balance supply / demand, there has been little talked about concerning virtual power plants (aka VPPs)

When are you going to replace her?

This is all fine and good. But is the government on the same page regarding modernization of the grid?

Batteries.

We can use the liberals bs to reform our energy grid.

There will definitely be an endless supply

So what I see is they have not been doing the proper maintenance and upkeep to these lines and equipment and now expect the taxpayers to pay for it all again

Lots of talk , nothing done. Lost decade soon to be 2 decades.

there has never been a massive failure to energy grids before renewable energy systems were invented lolol

Nice picture of obsolete Pincher Creek windmills .

Regarding firming up the grid - utility scale battery installations often occur ahead of schedule and on budget, also the tech is getting cheaper and better... vs any form of nuclear, which is often (always?) years over schedule and over budget - even before considering waste management. I vote for the battery storage in my neighbourhood.

Hey, if transforms are at or near their age then clearly it's time to change them out now & upgrade them. Right.

Hey, Spain had 7 nuclear reactors. Guess what I think 4 were offline. 2 for maintenance & 2 BC the electricity was too expensive. So it seems nuclear was at least 50% responsible for the blackout situation.

BTW Spain is planning to shut all their nuclear reactors by 2030 & replace them with renewables, batteries & hydro.

And also a heck of a lot of domestic solar & batteries. Something we SHLD have been doing TWO decades ago. Right.

SM(N)R dont work in the west bc they are too expensive. They wont work in a free market. Plus theres all the waste & security issues which make them impractical & basically a sill idea.

This was a good technical presentation, but extremely well done. Thanks for not shying away from this issue just because some people might not understand it. We need this kind of information available to the folks that do understand, so the policies built on facts, not feelings, can be written and executed in the marketplace. Keep this level of information coming. Thanks!

When 2100?

No self interest represented here 🤣
Tantalus - a company dedicated to helping utilities modernize their grids

We all know smith will never go along with this

Transformers are going to be in high demand and the age of existing transformers is a problem. The ramping of transformer production made in Canada needs to be a priority and in the short term.

this guest was great. thank you

The power outages in Spain and Portugal were the direct result of switching to renewable energy and to make matters worse they decided to to demolish the generation of power by traditional methods - Q - Why were they in such a hurry to demolish the conventional generators?

The north pole keeps moving towards Siberia, with no signs of stopping or reversing.

Lithium fires and smoke cause massive ENVIRONMENTAL damage. Within hours, people start to get sick from the smoke.

Same issues with the road networks, the distribution system is at capacity, underfunded, aging and requires upgrades. This story applies to virtually all our infrastructure
Wake up call and back to core investment mandates across all assets.

Who could believe this Mr bender stubble with his net zero net zero net zero Carney bs?
Real genius wants to ban electric heat? Doesn’t have a clue, sounds like an imposter with all the buzzed psychobabble.

Increase the population + electric hot water tank + heat pump + EV. What's gonna happen to our gas and oil industry? Replaced by real estate and education and end up like China evergrande. 2010 china gdp was 25- 30% real estate and we all know what happen