Ron Pickett, KiNRG Chairman and CEO: “The key to green hydrogen is getting the cost down and KiNRG holds the key.”

KiNRG is a pioneering renewable energy company dedicated to transforming how the world generates electricity. Founded by Ron Pickett, who serves as Chairman and CEO, KiNRG was born out of a vision rooted in a decades-old pursuit by Israel’s Technion to develop energy solutions free from fossil fuel dependency. Inspired by this ambition and the rising global demand for sustainable power, Pickett and his team launched KiNRG with a mission to deliver groundbreaking clean energy technologies that are both effective and environmentally responsible.

At the heart of KiNRG’s innovation is the Downdraft Energy Tower (DET), the only hybrid solar-wind technology available on the market today. This unique system harnesses the power of sun-heated air and water evaporation to create a downdraft within a tall, hollow structure. As air descends through the tower, it drives turbines to generate electricity around the clock, 365 days a year. Unlike traditional solar or wind farms that rely on intermittent weather patterns, the DET is designed to operate continuously in suitable climates using just air and water as fuel. KiNRG is more than just a technology developer. It is an energy solutions provider with a business model built around global partnerships. The company collaborates with utilities, governments, and independent power producers to design, finance, build, and operate energy towers worldwide. In return, KiNRG receives development fees, licensing fees, royalties from power sales, and in some cases, equity participation. This model ensures that each project leverages local investment and expertise while benefiting from KiNRG’s proprietary technology and engineering support.

The company has a robust intellectual property portfolio with several patents that enhance the efficiency and scalability of its systems. KiNRG has assembled a team of seasoned professionals in engineering, science, and business to lead the commercialization of its technologies. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, with additional offices in Wilmington, North Carolina, and Annapolis, Maryland, the company is strategically positioned to serve domestic and international markets. The timing for KiNRG’s solution is ideal. As global emphasis on decarbonization intensifies, there is growing financial and political support for clean energy innovation. Investors such as Warren Buffett and major corporations like Google are increasingly directing capital into renewable infrastructure. Governments are offering incentives to accelerate the deployment of green technologies, creating fertile ground for breakthrough companies like KiNRG to thrive.

KiNRG’s towers will be constructed using standard materials and building techniques, ensuring ease of deployment and cost efficiency. Once operational, they will produce 100% carbon-free electricity suitable for high-energy applications including artificial intelligence, data centers, and heavy industrial use. In eco-industrial parks, KiNRG towers will power everything from steel and aluminum manufacturing to green hydrogen production, helping transition global industries to sustainable energy sources.

With its cutting-edge technology and scalable business model, KiNRG stands at the forefront of the renewable energy revolution, offering a bold, viable solution to the world’s growing electricity needs.

In conversation with Ron Pickett, Chairman and CEO of KiNRG

KING has secured multiple patents related to your energy technology. How do these patents contribute to your company's competitive edge and commitment to innovation?

KiNRG currently has been issued 6 patents and is working on more at this time. The Company has filed protection in the countries where the DET works efficiently.

The Yuma, Arizona project is a significant milestone for KiNRG. What were the key factors in selecting this location, and what impact do you anticipate it will have on the local and broader energy landscape?

Yuma was selected to “model” a Tower because it is the “hottest and driest” place in the USA and best suited to maximize the DET outputs. The Yuma project is “on hold” awaiting the final outcome of the IRA tax credits. The project is viable on its own but the tax credits, should they stay viable greatly enhance the financial benefits and totally alter the project structuring.

KiNRG aims to provide green electricity to various high-energy consumption industries. How does your technology cater to the specific needs of sectors like Al data centers, steel manufacturing, and green hydrogen production?

Unlike solar and wind, the KiNRG DET produces energy 24/7/365. Therefore, a base load can be dedicated to high energy consumers that require constant electricity. For example, in Yuma the Tower will support an AI data center with 200-400 megawatts of power “behind the meter.” The life of the Tower is 50-100 years vs 20-25 for solar and the coast of the Tower is for less than solar or wind for the same amount of annual production.

Environmental sustainability is at the core of KiNRG's mission. Can you discuss the measurable environmental benefits your technology offers compared to conventional energy sources?

The KiNRG Tower will save approximately 3 million tons of CO₂ annually compared to fossil fuel energy production for the equivalent number of annual megawatt hours.

What does the future hold for your company and its customers? Are exciting things on the way?

We believe KiNRG represents the “Future of Energy”. In addition to support AI centers and green steel, when the Tower is dedicated to green hydrogen, 70% of its output can be used to efficiently run electrolyzers 24/7 vs 20% of solar farms output for 10 hours/day. The key to green hydrogen is getting the cost down and KiNRG holds the key.

Meet the leader behind the success of KiNRG

Ron Pickett founded the Company in July 2010 as the sole initial investor. He has remained Chairman and CEO since January 2011. Prior to this experience, Ron Pickett served as Youth Advisor to President Johnson until January 1969. After leaving the Johnson Administration in 1969 he consulted for the Frouge Corporation and its partner Gulf Oil, obtaining a Title 10 loan agreement for a large real estate development in San Francisco Bay area. He then consulted Madison Square Garden Corporation liquidating assets from its real estate portfolio after its acquisition of control by Phil Levin.

After the passing of Levin, Pickett and a group of the Levin "team" formed a new development group led by Pickett developing multiple projects in Maryland, Florida and NYC. After selling that operation (late 1975) Pickett developed over 200 units in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. Pickett held a real estate brokers license for 30 years as well as an Unlimited Contractors License. In 1980 he founded Medical Advisory Systems, the first company to commercialize and institute an international program for telemedicine for vessels at sea, also F&E Resource Systems (FERS) the largest composting/recycling facility in the USA, processing over 3000 tons per day and reclaiming 92% of the waste stream while creating and innovating the entire system, and Telkonet (TKO) the first company to commercialize broadband over powerlines, creating the ability to encrypt and send data over the existing electrical infrastructure of commercial and industrial buildings, as well as military vessels.

“The KiNRG Tower will save approximately 3 million tons of CO₂ annually compared to fossil fuel energy production for the equivalent number of annual megawatt hours.”