SVP, Development & Public Affairs | Working with philanthropy to accelerate 🇺🇸 wind, solar, storage deployment
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Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
"if scientists compete for prestige, the rest of us get knowledge. If entrepreneurs compete for wealth, the rest of us get cheaper goods. If athletes compete for glory, we get entertainment. The contest is about status, but it creates spillover benefits." robkhenderson.com/p/some-sta…
Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
One of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen: a standing ovation for the full Daraxonrasib results
I feel inspired and energised, to put it mildly — we have a targeted therapy for pancreatic cancer now, and nothing is undruggable anymore
Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
🚨 @kevinolearytv: China doesn’t want America building the compute power needed to win the AI race.
“Who would want us to stop building our electrical grid?… There’s only one. It’s China.”
He says his team traced coordinated anti-data center messaging back to socialist groups tied to Neville Roy Singham and argues they may be acting as CCP proxies.
Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
The ERCOT generator interconnection* queue has over 175 GW of energy storage in it.
*not all the in queue gets built (but still wow)
Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
📸: @ACORE's @krorourke at the Association of Defense Communities Installation Innovation Forum
Kevin spoke on a panel about why transmission policy matters to communities that live around and support U.S. military bases, focusing his remarks on state commission engagement.
Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
Adding wires to the grid adds more electrons
Making the existing wires on the grid bigger adds more electrons
Adding Generators or Storage adds energy but it does not add more electrons
Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
A 350 mile 2.1 GW underground HVDC line in railroad rights of way got its last needed approval.
With a 10' corridor, the project ... is eligible for the Army Corps’ Nationwide Permit program, which has a 6 to 9 month permit review process, Rajan said.
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Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
People need to understand why many South Koreans view what happened in Georgia as a betrayal.
In the past, South Korea hedged between the U.S. and China (U.S. for security, China for economy). But at a certain point, Seoul stopped hedging, and it chose a side. It chose the U.S.
Firms will hesitate to invest in US after raid - S Korea president bbc.com/news/articles/cly0e4…
Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
The ERCOT interconnection queue is still showing a strong preference for solar + storage
Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
Whatever one thinks about wind energy, this was a mistake to halt this project. It was $6B project & 80% complete, w/ thousands of jobs at stake. It was also going to lower energy costs for two states. Businesses and workers deserve predictability. cnn.com/2025/09/04/climate/t…
Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
America can't wait that long to build out AI.
China will get too far ahead.
We need solar.
Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
Oil and gas pipelines use 50x more land than solar.
Golf courses use almost 4x as much👀
Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
What do real landowners and local officials think about wind and solar projects? We asked them in our last report that focused on Texas:
txrenewables.net/
See below for what they said.
Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
RENEWABLES counterpunch in ME: Trump blames rising power prices on wind/solar, but industry is pushing back — and bringing data to fore. “This problem is pretty easy to fix. All the administration has to do is to stop obstructing deployment of clean power," @JasonGrumet told us
Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
There are a total of 6 wind turbines in the state of New Jersey, generating 9 MW of power, or roughly .03% of NJ’s total electricity generation. Prices are rising in NJ because demand is outpacing supply. We must embrace all forms of electric power – particularly those that are available today.
Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
What do @FERChatterjee and @Rich_Glick agree on? "We must maximize the use of the existing system through Advanced Transmission Technologies."
As former chairs of the @FERC, Republican and Democrat, they see opportunities for state regulators to encourage ATTs.
Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
Please read and circulate this opinion piece I co-authored with my former @FERC colleague Chairman @Rich_Glick
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Kevin O'Rourke retweeted
Taking electrons off the grid is just as fundamentally misguided as keeping energy in the ground.
We need it all, and our policies must reflect that.
