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Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Canadian icebreaker ready to clear path for Seaway opening
Mar. 18—Some much needed icebreaking between the U.S. and Canada — literally speaking — will begin Thursday when a Canadian Coast Guard vessel leaves port and heads west on the St. Lawrence Seaway. "We will start the opening of the Montreal to Lake Ontario section in two days with an icebreaker from the Quebec region," Guillaume Paradis, Icebreaking Superintendent for the Canadian Coast Guard's Central Region said Tuesday morning from his base in Montreal. The ship is the medium icebreaker Pierre Radisson, launched in 1977 and named after Pierre-Esprit Radisson (1636-1710), an explorer in "New France," which was a French colonial territory in North America. It can plow through ice a meter (3.2 feet) thick. The 322-foot Pierre Raddison, Paradis said, is scheduled to be at St. Lambert Locks in Montreal at 8 a.m. Thursday. "They will head west and break ice in certain areas. There is ice near Cape Vincent." The icebreaker should be in the Cape Vincent area on Saturday, which is also the day that the St. Lawrence Seaway is scheduled to open for the season. Despite abundant ice coverage on the St. Lawrence River that hasn't been seen in years, Paradis expects that the Pierre Raddison will be able to break through it all. Ice is most heavy east of Massena, especially at Lake Saint Francis, which is fully covered, Paradis said. The lake is just east of the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation. But in general, Paradis said, "With the warmer temperatures between Cape Vincent and Montreal, they should be all right." Cape Vincent is where Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River meet. It's very rare for Lake Ontario to freeze over because of its depth. Paradis said his main concern involving ice coverage and thickness is near the Welland Canal. The canal, an important link in the Seaway, provides navigation for large vessels between Lake Erie to the south and Lake Ontario to the north. "We have a Coast Guard ship that will do reconnaissance later this week, so we will have a good idea of the ice condition there," Paradis said. An option is to send a bigger icebreaker to deal with that ice if needed. Icebreaking on the St. Lawrence River and some of the Great Lakes is part of Operation Coal Shovel, a seasonal icebreaking effort between the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards as the nations' icebreakers work together. Operation Taconite, another Coast Guard icebreaking operation, takes place in the northern Great Lakes. "We try to work as one Coast Guard, and it's working very well," Paradis said.
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Total Grid Orchestration Alliance Launches First Whitepaper in Conjunction With Its Second Annual Summit
The alliance adds several new members, collectively serving nearly 6M customers across North America OVERLAND PARK, Kan., March 05, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After its public launch in last September, the Total Grid Orchestration (TGO) Alliance — a collaboration of utilities and technology companies — has launched its first whitepaper, in conjunction with its second annual summit of 40 industry professionals. The Alliance has also welcomed several new members, including Gridient, Survalent, Synergy North and Unitil, among others. The summit — which took place in late February at Black & Veatch's World Headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas — centered on discussion around pressing industry updates and their impacts on grid orchestration and TGO Alliance objectives, including impacts of artificial intelligence, load growth, and a shifting energy transition landscape. "The summit is a critical event for the TGO Alliance, where members are given the opportunity to discuss the challenges the industry is facing and put their minds together to collaborate on ideas and solutions to advance grid orchestration," said Guillaume Paradis, chief operating officer, distribution and generation, Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc. and co-chair of the TGO Alliance. "The progress this group has made since its inception has been notable and further cements my conviction that we can spur progress towards reliable and resilient solutions for customers across North America." The Alliance has also released a position paper outlining the challenges facing the industry and opportunities to advance Total Grid Orchestration capabilities. The report, Advancing Total Grid Orchestration for a Resilient Energy Future, highlights the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in the energy industry, along with the TGO Alliance's work towards affordability, safety and security risk reduction, resiliency, and reliability. The paper positions the Alliance's motivations to drive a comprehensive framework for optimizing energy generation, storage, and distribution in real-time by addressing Total Grid Orchestration capabilities. "Establishing the TGO Alliance's role in the industry through this paper solidifies the objectives this team is working towards. Every company involved understands the importance of what this alliance is doing," said Joe Zhou, vice president and senior managing director for Black & Veatch, and co-chair of the TGO Alliance. "Between the utilities and the technology companies, the TGO Alliance is tasked with progressing toward a more sustainable and resilient energy future, while addressing the challenges in aging infrastructure, rapid supply and demand shift, and complex technology transformations." TGO Alliance's collective members serve nearly 6M customers across North America, with utility and vendor coverage across five separate regions. In addition to utilities, the Alliance has six participating technology members. Editor's Notes: To read the full position paper, click the link here. To speak with a TGO Alliance member at DistribuTECH, please reach out to media@ About the Total Grid Orchestration Alliance The Total Grid Orchestration (TGO) Alliance is a collaborative effort to drive the transition to a sustainable and resilient energy future. Members of the TGO Alliance include utilities and technology companies that share the vision of orchestrating the grid to deliver the energy transition. The alliance aims to optimize the electric grid through system-wide coordination, situational awareness and risk management across the entire grid. By bridging traditional boundaries of generation, transmission and distribution in the power sector, the TGO Alliance seeks to reduce system inefficiencies and deliver better outcomes for customers. The TGO Alliance is committed to supporting the energy transition and ensuring a reliable and sustainable grid for communities and businesses around the world. To learn more and see the full list of TGO Alliance members, visit Member Quotes: Gridient"As energy assets become increasingly decentralized, there is an urgent need to modernize legacy grid operation and planning practices for a more resilient and adaptive energy future," said Amin Khodaei, co-founder and CEO of Gridient. "The TGO Alliance leverages cutting-edge technology and collective expertise to enable a more dynamic grid through enhanced grid orchestration. Gridient is thrilled to collaborate with the alliance partners in driving meaningful impact and innovation in reshaping the grid." PUC Services Inc."PUC is excited to be a contributing member to the Total Grid Orchestration (TGO) Alliance, understanding the ongoing energy transition and the global commitment and innovative thinking required to adapt," said Rob Brewer, chief executive officer of PUC Services Inc. "As the electrical grid experiences changes at an accelerated rate, TGO's collaboration with other utilities to identify creative solutions aligns with PUC's vision of aligning communities through curiosity and innovation. PUC is excited to contribute from a Transmission and Distribution level to manage power in an efficient manner." Survalent"The increasing complexity of grid operations demands a new level of coordination, intelligence, and adaptability. By bringing together utilities and technology leaders, the TGO Alliance is fostering a collaborative ecosystem where operational data can be leveraged for proactive decision-making and real-time responsiveness. At Survalent, we see this as a pivotal moment to advance Total Grid Orchestration with AI-driven insights, helping utilities navigate the energy transition while ensuring safety, reliability, and efficiency." -Young Ngo, CTO, Survalent. ThinkLabs"An integrated grid is the fabric of the energy transition. We must go beyond traditional silos and orchestrate across generation, transmission, distribution, and distributed resources, as well as through enterprise planning, operations, and distributed intelligence. We're excited at the work of the TGO Alliance to lead the way towards grid reliability, efficiency, sustainability, and affordability." - Josh Wong, CEO, ThinkLabs View source version on Contacts Media Contact Information: Black & Veatch: BRUCE ERIC ANDERSON | +1 952-896-0835 | Media@ Hydro Ottawa Limited: Media Line: Tel: 613-738-5499, ext. 2345 Email: mediarelations@ Sign in to access your portfolio
