David Godkin

Toronto

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Artificial intelligence: Growing fact or lingering fiction

2 weeks ago | canadianminingjournal.com | David Godkin

The sales literature is voluminous. Curiosity is still high. But is artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in mining and minerals exploration fully realized or still merely aspirational? One prominent mining company in Northern Ontario seemed surprised by the question and promised to study it. Another agreed to talk, and surprised me by not having made a single effort towards AI adoption and has no plans to do so.
Birds Practice Singing in Their Sleep

Oct 14, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | David Godkin

Scientists tell us that the family dog shuffling its legs while asleep on the floor really is dreaming. And when a bird silently nods off on its perch, it may also dream as its singing muscles twitch. Could it be rehearsing in its sleep? A substantial proportion of bird species are songbirds with specific brain regions dedicated to learning songs, according to University of Buenos Aires physicist Gabriel B. Mindlin.
Ontario Opens Record Power Bid, But Adding Gas Fuels Controversy

Sep 11, 2024 | enr.com | David Godkin |Debra K. Rubin

To meet its growing power demands, Ontario has launched what it terms the largest competitive energy procurement in province history. Over the next decade, the effort aims to procure up to 5 GW of new power—through a controversial mix of natural gas, renewables, nuclear, biomass and hydroelectric—in an “all-of-the above” approach to fill a projected 60% energy gap by 2050, said Energy Minister Stephen Lecce.
Green Hydrogen Projects Advance in Eyed Atlantic Canada Hub

Sep 1, 2024 | enr.com | David Godkin

Green hydrogen production plants powered by new wind energy projects could progress in Canada’s Atlantic provinces, with a recent agreement announced between the country and Germany to jointly invest about $400 million in subsidies to boost construction of facilities that would manufacture and export the cleaner fuel as ammonia.
Green Hydrogen Projects Advance in Developing Atlantic Canada Hub

Sep 1, 2024 | enr.com | David Godkin

Green hydrogen production plants powered by new wind energy projects could progress in Canada’s Atlantic provinces, with a recent agreement announced between the country and Germany to jointly invest about $400 million in subsidies to boost construction of facilities that would manufacture and export the cleaner fuel as ammonia.
Nuclear Fusion Pushes to Reach Commercial Power Plant Stage

Aug 5, 2024 | constructiondefectjournal.com | Mary Powers |Debra Rubin |Peter Reina |David Godkin

Nuclear Fusion Pushes to Reach Commercial Power Plant Stage Mary B. Powers, Debra K. Rubin, Peter Reina & David Godkin - Engineering News-RecordThe quest to develop nuclear fusion—the process that energizes the sun and other stars—as an earth-based power source dates back more than a century when Albert Einstein and other scientists theorized how enormous amounts of energy could be produced when atoms fuse.
ENR 2024 Top 500 Sourcebook: Plant Tests Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal

Jul 16, 2024 | enr.com | David Godkin

Related Link:ENR 2024 Top 500 Sourcebook (PDF)(Subscription Required)Engineering has begun on a project its developers say could mark a new foray into ocean-based carbon dioxide removal. The Quebec-based plant would be North America’s first commercial-scale, ocean-based carbon dioxide-removal facility, according to startup developers Equatic Inc., based in Los Angeles, and Deep Sky Inc., a Montreal firm.
ENR 2024 Top 500 Sourcebook: Plant To Test Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal

Jul 16, 2024 | enr.com | David Godkin

Related Link: ENR 2024 Top 500 Sourcebook (PDF) (Subscription Required) Engineering has begun on a project its developers say could mark a new foray into ocean-based carbon dioxide removal. The Quebec-based plant would be North America’s first commercial-scale, ocean-based carbon dioxide-removal facility, according to startup developers Equatic Inc., based in Los Angeles, and Deep Sky Inc., a Montreal firm.
Fusion Power Seeks Fast Forward to Reach Commercial Plant Stage

Jun 27, 2024 | enr.com | Mary B. Powers |Debra K. Rubin |Peter Reina |David Godkin

The quest to develop nuclear fusion, the process that energizes the sun and other stars, as an earth-based power source dates back more than a century when scientists, including Albert Einstein, first published theories of how enormous amounts of energy could be produced when atoms fuse.That research was partly diverted for wartime priorities but later targeted to develop fusion for commercial scale energy—what sector proponents have called the “holy grail” for decades since.
Nuclear Fusion Pushes to Reach Commercial Power Plant Stage

Jun 27, 2024 | enr.com | Mary B. Powers |Debra K. Rubin |Peter Reina |David Godkin

The quest to develop nuclear fusion — the process that energizes the sun and other stars — as an earth-based power source dates back more than a century when Albert Einstein and other scientists theorized how enormous amounts of energy could be produced when atoms fuse. That research was partly diverted for wartime priorities but later targeted to develop fusion for commercial-scale energy—what sector proponents have called the “holy grail” for decades since.