Patrick O'Rourke

Energy and Climate Policy | Opinions are my own

[Patrick O'Rourke @Pat__ORourke]

Excited to share our new paper where we explore #hydrogen supply & demand within energy transition scenarios limiting warming to 2°C and 1.5°C

https://t.co/9TKD3Jt95k

Special thanks to co-authors Mignone, Kyle, Chapman, Fuhrman, @PaulWolfram2, and @HMcJeon

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[Center for Global Sustainability @CtrGlobSust]

New research on EPA’s finalized power plant greenhouse gas standards📣
A new nine-model study in @ScienceMagazine found the @EPA's power plant rules could reduce U.S. power sector carbon emissions by 73-86% by 2040, compared to 60-83% without the rules: https://t.co/JPm8EwMki5

[John Bistline @JEBistline]

What role could carbon management play in reaching net-zero emissions?

Our new multi-model paper looks at carbon capture and carbon removal in U.S. net-zero CO2 by 2050 scenarios.

[Center for Global Sustainability @CtrGlobSust]

A new @CtrGlobSust-led study in @sciencedirect finds that meeting net-zero CO2 targets by 2050 will require rapid and deep changes to the U.S. energy system, with the power sector needing to expand by up to 190 GW/year in the 2040s. https://t.co/Yi5HW6eNlZ

[Patrick O'Rourke @Pat__ORourke]

@HMcJeon @nworbmot I’ll swiftly inform Chick-Fil-A and Five Guys of your response

[Patrick O'Rourke @Pat__ORourke]

@HMcJeon @nworbmot Not where you were going with this, but couldn’t resist…

[Yueming (Lucy) Qiu @lucy_qiu_]

Our new Nature Communications paper is out
@NatureComms with @natehultman @Xingchi_Shen. Power supply disruptions deter electric vehicle adoption in cities in China. @UMDResearch @UMDPublicPolicy @CtrGlobSust

[Kalyn Dorheim @krdorheim]

Hector V3.2.0!

https://t.co/gxsTEoulDN

[Center for Global Sustainability @CtrGlobSust]

We are hiring 📢
Are you passionate about land use and climate mitigation? 
Apply for our Summer Program to support state-of-the-art research of forests, agriculture, waters, and all natural-working lands!
Apply now! https://t.co/iPBpEeUOcU

[Paul Wolfram @PaulWolfram2]

We can achieve #netzero #CO2 #emissions with or without hydrogen. But did you know? It'll be A LOT cheaper (up to 22%) with #hydrogen! Read more in the latest issue of @OneEarth_CP: https://t.co/of19sLIAZU @Pat__ORourke, @HMcJeon, Jay Fuhrmann, Page Kyle

[@hmcjeon.bsky.social @HMcJeon]

🌏NEW PAPER🌏
“The hydrogen economy can reduce costs of climate change mitigation by up to 22%” published today in One Earth.

Led by @PaulWolfram2
In collaboration with PKyle, JFuhrman, @Pat__ORourke and yours truly.

📄https://t.co/GQa9LiDyiG

🧵https://t.co/9GJBfXSkKd

[@hmcjeon.bsky.social @HMcJeon]

🌎 New paper🌎
Finally, the paper you've all been waiting for: for once, GCAM modeling scenarios NOT relying heavily on CO2 removal, and instead reducing emissions everywhere else.

👇Thread by lead author Jay Fuhrman
https://t.co/rj9lWDz6WH

👇Paper
https://t.co/kNXlID6nwz

[Allen Fawcett @aafawcett]

🚨Job Alert!🚨

Come work with me as part of the Joint Global Change Research Institute leadership team!

https://t.co/Ia12w241KV

[@hmcjeon.bsky.social @HMcJeon]

I have been pretty silent on #AmmoniaFuel bashing lately..

In this new paper, the lead author @PaulWolfram2 convinced me that turning natural gas to ammonia and shipping it to Korea is not the WORST idea. (It is still a pretty BAD idea.)

Read his post👇
https://t.co/2trb98yLCK

[Paul Wolfram @PaulWolfram2]

🚨New paper alert! https://t.co/w1ArBRqtbL
How to decarbonize international #shipping ?🌍🛳
#hydrogen and ammonia are regarded as promising alternatives to current fuels. Turns out that their #decarbonization potential is highly uncertain though!❓🤷‍♀️Strict monitoring is key!🔑

[Yang Ou @YangOu363]

🌍 Thread 1/8: Open Source Milestone 🚀
Exciting announcement: GCAM-China is now open source at https://t.co/ODx8NcdDtJ, a groundbreaking development in the IAM community, jointly supported by @PKU1898, @Tsinghua_Uni, UMD’s @CtrGlobSust. #OpenScience #ClimateAction #GCAM_Empire

[Xin Zhao @realXinZhao]

New paper: Trade-offs in land-based carbon removal measures under 1.5 °C and 2 °C futures The amount and type of CDR and the market-mediated implications are sensitive to the strength and scope (sectoral coverage) of land-based mitigation policies.

https://t.co/K0WFHr07kT

[@hmcjeon.bsky.social @HMcJeon]

🌏KAIST GGGS is hiring THREE new faculty members in climate and sustainability field! 🌏

Come work with me and teach our bright students! And enjoy as much K-pop and K-food as you want!

https://t.co/ptyhWY6498

[@hmcjeon.bsky.social @HMcJeon]

Out for a field work counting whale CDR and brainstorming the new year’s new paper idea.

@hausfath @Peters_Glen @Pat__ORourke @JayFuhrmanClimate: the meeting was supposed to be *in person* this year.

[Patrick O'Rourke @Pat__ORourke]

@HMcJeon You can call them “bridge” fuels for sale if you’d like

[Patrick O'Rourke @Pat__ORourke]

@HMcJeon For those that do think ammonia is clean, we’ve got liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs) to sell you