How Canada can be 100 per cent reliant on renewable energy by 2050

 

Friday, June 5, 2015 - 6:00pm

“If countries like Norway can do it, we can too," says OCAD University student Ryan Church. He’s created what he calls a realistic plan to get Canada completely off fossil fuels as his project for the Strategic Foresight and Innovation program.

Ryan used integrated cybernetics to create the plan that includes ideas such as switching to HVDC cables (high-voltage, direct current) for our long-distance power transmission cables and creating a biomimetic energy grid. 

Originally from Maple Ridge, BC, Ryan previously studied science pre-med and art history. He chose the Strategic Foresight and Innovation program because he likes to dabble in business, sciences and the design world, and OCAD U is unique in offering that combination.

Ryan’s renewable energy plan is currently in the hands of the federal and BC Green parties, and Ryan has already received some positive feedback. On top of school, Ryan has his own company, BiomeDesign which combines biomimicry, design and thinking about the future. His company’s latest project is developing a more efficient wind turbine.

You can learn more about Ryan’s project and the exciting work of other innovative Strategic Foresight and Innovation students at their graduate exhibition, xFutures, on now until June 17 at 49 McCaul Street, Toronto.

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Strategic Foresight student Ryan Church
Friday, June 5, 2015 - 6:00pm

“If countries like Norway can do it, we can too," says OCAD University student Ryan Church. He’s created what he calls a realistic plan to get Canada completely off fossil fuels as his project for the Strategic Foresight and Innovation program.

Ryan used integrated cybernetics to create the plan that includes ideas such as switching to HVDC cables (high-voltage, direct current) for our long-distance power transmission cables and creating a biomimetic energy grid. 

Originally from Maple Ridge, BC, Ryan previously studied science pre-med and art history. He chose the Strategic Foresight and Innovation program because he likes to dabble in business, sciences and the design world, and OCAD U is unique in offering that combination.

Ryan’s renewable energy plan is currently in the hands of the federal and BC Green parties, and Ryan has already received some positive feedback. On top of school, Ryan has his own company, BiomeDesign which combines biomimicry, design and thinking about the future. His company’s latest project is developing a more efficient wind turbine.

You can learn more about Ryan’s project and the exciting work of other innovative Strategic Foresight and Innovation students at their graduate exhibition, xFutures, on now until June 17 at 49 McCaul Street, Toronto.