Jess Honcoop

Communicator and storyteller

[Jess Honcoop @jesshoncoop]

@Seahawks Sam Darnold, you are good enough for Seattle.

[Jess Honcoop @jesshoncoop]

Very important to consider once the dust clears on the election: Why cleantech is booming in GOP-led states - Cipher

Cleantech will either need to convince national GOP to follow the states or national Ds to move blue states to unlock investment.

https://t.co/y8zi8mTur5

[Jess Honcoop @jesshoncoop]

Are we just not defending the outside flat ever? @cmikespinmove @mattyfbrown #seahawks

[Anna Edgerton @annaedge4]

Kicking off the Bloomberg Green Festival on such a glorious day in Seattle! @climate @BloombergLive #climate #Seattle #BBGGreenFestival

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Senator Hickenlooper is spot on here:

We need to be building transmission lines faster than ever and yet we’re getting slower each year.

Have to fix this with permitting reform ASAP.

[Jess Honcoop @jesshoncoop]

@GrantSlatton My daydream is that Seattle would use the opportunity of vacant buildings Downtown and in other neighborhoods to tear them down and make micro-streets like this with the zoning/permitting ability to locate small shops/restaurants in them. More Post Alleys

[Office of Nuclear Energy | US Department of Energy @GovNuclear]

Hundreds of the nation’s coal plants could be a good fit for advanced reactors – opening up new job opportunities for communities across the country. 

Here are 8 things you should know: https://t.co/aPIFBuCKrC

[Jess Honcoop @jesshoncoop]

“The issue is simple — the only way to stop burning carbon is to build new clean energy projects at an unprecedented scale and scope in every corner of Washington.”
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[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Spot on from the Washington Post editorial board:

Environmental review is being exploited to block clean energy projects.

“Nearly two-thirds of solar energy projects were litigated, as were 31 percent of transmission lines and 38 percent of wind energy projects.”

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

The American nuclear industry illustrates negative learning: the costs of plants have increased over time.

But this is not nuclear's fault. Almost everywhere else, the learning rate is positive: costs decline as the industry gains experience building!

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Consider France:

[Jess Honcoop @jesshoncoop]

"Taken together, the growing demand for electricity is eclipsing some of the climate benefits of the recent impressive growth in renewables..."

https://t.co/Wc9GZ7Xm0Q

[Jess Honcoop @jesshoncoop]

"...the primary challenge in scaling advanced solutions over the next decade does not lie in their technological feasibility. Rather, it lies in confidence in these solutions." https://t.co/LeqnxWjMbl