Ross Koningstein
@RossKoningstein
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Energy is vital to healthy economies and good standard of living. There is hope for a far better energy and climate future through research and development.
Joined November 2013
@tomfriedman In your talk at the Monterey Peninsula Country Club, you mentioned something like you would like to see a positive story about climate change for a change. I have written one. Can we connect?
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RT @Infra_VinayakCh: 👇 from FinExp of 2nd Aug. But why ? Reasons: Renewables (1) require high capacity buildup because of low PLF (2) larg…
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RT @caorilne: This. And then let's use it for ⚡️ instead of paying 💸💸💸 to store it! ♻️
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RT @AngelicaOung: The US: we are not building gigawatt-sized reactors because we're focusing on SMRs and advanced nuclear. US regulators:…
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@isabelleboemeke @TEDTalks Great point Isabelle. We should be looking to the future. There are so many ways r&d and deployments can make nuclear technology better and better.
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@mzjacobson @nytimes I've seen nuclear mostly decarbonize electricity in Ontario in just over a decade. That's pretty quick! I have yet to see solar and wind do so in an industrialized nation. So let's put bets on better versions of them all.
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RT @JesseJenkins: A new multi-national lab study explores the potential to repower recently retired or operating coal plants as nuclear pow…
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@KenCaldeira Looks like Ghana seeks nuclear energy as a way to provide 24x365 power and energy security. If the world bank could help them with this goal, then the climate wins, and Ghana wins.
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Couldn't be better timing for a movie that gets people to shift out of fear and think about how we want to power the word with more energy.
The premiere of Oliver Stone's NUCLEAR, looking at why we need to rethink nuclear energy, was well received at the Venice Film Festival. Could not be more excited to have been an Executive Producer! Some early reviews below.
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@berm_dan @JohnSmillie42 @mzjacobson @FrancisDLJr @GavinNewsom @AssemblyDems @cragop For starters you need to add the cost of making that solar replacement electricity work 24x365. Day/ night storage is expensive, and seasonal storage is an even larger problem.
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RT @isabelleboemeke: Want to fight climate change right now? Sign the petition to join 79 leading scientists who are calling on CA officia…
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Wow. What a stellar retort to hate and divisiveness.
Senator Lana Theis accused me by name of grooming and sexualizing children in an attempt to marginalize me for standing up against her marginalizing the LGBTQ community...in a fundraising email, for herself. Hate wins when people like me stand by and let it happen. I won't.
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Not only does Finland predict lower price, but also lower variability. A subtle point about LCOE and real-world economics: Black-Scholes pricing factors in both average and variability. This gives reliable 24/7 energy sources an edge in the market.
Finland starts its first nuclear reactor in four decades, which will reduce the nation’s reliance on power imports.
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@mark_lynas Be great to have some data here. How many months to power up idle German nuclear power plants? How many months or years and euros to get that the same amount of 24/7 electricity from renewables plus storage?
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@KenCaldeira Yes, people often confuse a transition to zero carbon with renewables. Many countries have already achieved low carbon electricity, but few with solar and wind. There are many ways to zero carbon, so let's encourage and improve on the ones most effective.
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@benthompson Agreed that Devanney doesn't cover all the bases, but given the chance, mass-manufactured advanced fission plants could demonstrate a path to safe cheap reliable power. Good for electricity decarbonization, even better for the bigger challenge of fuel decarbonization.
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@KenCaldeira @AndrewDessler @curryja @Camburnclimate @RARohde @KHayhoe @ClimateOfGavin @MichaelEMann @DrKateMarvel @coralsncaves @JacquelynGill @ed_hawkins @PeterGleick @GlobalEcoGuy @ClimateHuman Climate and energy are deep subjects with lots of subtlety, where some of our intuition can, surprisingly, be wrong. Getting past ideology, actively seeking new information, and building a solid intuition makes for much more productive dialog. Hard to do via tweets, this is.
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Proud to have worked on this project with a great team and great vision from our lead Ana Radovanovic. Carbon-intelligent computing can help tilt usage towards carbon-free sources like solar, wind, hydro, nuclear etc, which are better for the climate. #energy #EarthDay #climate
We’ve been carbon neutral since 2007 & matched our electricity usage w/ 100% renewable energy since 2017. A new carbon-intelligent computing platform in our data centers now shifts tasks to times of day when cleaner energy sources are plentiful. #EarthDay
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@GretaThunberg "Nature doesn't bargain and you can't make a deal with physics" is the simple truth. Greta, may I use your quote "Listen to what the scientists say" in my talk on Climate change: what it takes to win?
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