The CEO of one of the largest developers of wind and solar farms in the country is warning Congress not to “squander” an opportunity to boost his industry, which must scale rapidly to achieve domestic climate goals and catch competitors such as China.

Sheldon Kimber’s San Francisco-based Intersect Power is poised for growth after developing more than 1.7 gigawatts of solar projects across California and Texas in its first three years of existence. It is expanding into new markets enabled by cheap renewable power with another 2.4 gigawatts of projects planned to be developed by 2023, including green hydrogen and direct air capture.

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