Kit Kennedy

2 weeks ago | nrdc.org | Kit Kennedy |Dana Ammann |Sustainable FERC

Clean energy lowers electricity system costs—and fossil fuel power increases them One of the great strengths of clean power is that its fuel—the sun, the wind—is free and abundant. Zero-marginal cost renewables reduce wholesale power prices. When gas- and coal-powered plants run less often because of greater reliance on clean energy and energy efficiency, wholesale prices—the blended cost of all the plants that are operating—go down because fuel is the largest cost of fossil plants.

Mar 24, 2024 | longislandpress.com | Richard Schrader |Kit Kennedy |Michael Malaszczyk

Last week marked the completion of the South Fork offshore wind project off of Long Island, which is New York’s first offshore wind project and the third offshore wind project in the U.S. Also recently announced were state-awarded contracts for two offshore wind projects – Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind.

Mar 14, 2024 | nrdc.org | Kit Kennedy

I was honored to join New York Governor Kathy Hochul and U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland today—together with labor, community, and environmental partners—to celebrate the completion of New York’s first offshore wind project, South Fork Wind, located 35 miles off Montauk, New York, on Long Island’s East End. This is the third offshore wind project to be built in U.S. waters and the first utility-scale project. This is a significant milestone for New York and the United States.

Feb 15, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Michaela S. Bulloch |Long Huynh |Kit Kennedy |Julie E. Ralton

AbstractGlycophosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors are the predominant glycoconjugate in Plasmodium parasites, enabling modified proteins to associate with biological membranes. GPI biosynthesis commences with donation of a mannose residue held by dolichol-phosphate at the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. In Plasmodium dolichols are derived from isoprenoid precursors synthesised in the Plasmodium apicoplast, a relict plastid organelle of prokaryotic origin.

Feb 9, 2024 | sfbaytimes.com | Kit Kennedy

By Kit Kennedy–Love New, Love Old, Love RememberedLove never goes out of season, out of fashion. Now and in memory everything and everyone is touched by the blush of love. But how doa magnolia bud, swan, and two otters weigh inabout love? What’s more sensual than a magnolia budunfurling, breaking through its furry cap? Harbinger of Spring and Spring the epitomeof new life, new love. Go no further than  the elegant and graceful swan, reflecting inner beauty, transformation, commitment.