by Dan Shugar | Feb 28, 2022 | Shug Speaks
Big news: we just announced a $500 million investment with the transformational TPG RISE Climate fund which at $13 billion assets under management is the world’s largest private equity impact investing platform, bringing capital to portfolio companies like Nextracker...
by Dan Shugar | Feb 28, 2022 | Shug Speaks
Converting residential gas water heaters to electric heat pumps saves customers thousands over the appliance life, improves indoor and outdoor air quality, and avoids burning about half the gas used in a typical home. Hearty thank you for ongoing leadership by...
by Dan Shugar | Feb 28, 2022 | Shug Speaks
Tough questions regarding solar power plants.: 1. How do you protect a PV plant from hail damage upon loss of utility power? 2. How do hail and wind risks compare? 3. What is the impact energy difference between mono-facial PV vs bifacial modules for cell breakage,...
by Kristan Kirsh | Feb 28, 2022 | Blog
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) play an important role in Nextracker’s growth strategy as well as our leadership efforts in the clean energy sector. Admittedly, we recognize the continuing lack of diversity and issues around gender and racial equality in the...
by Kristan Kirsh | Feb 17, 2022 | Blog
Over the past two years, the solar community has made significant progress in our understanding of the impact of extreme weather on large solar plants—the number-one source of PV insurance claims. At the same time, the methods of mitigating the potential damage from...
by Dan Shugar | Feb 16, 2022 | Shug Speaks
Welcome Howard Wenger to Nextracker Inc. as President, to help us continue scaling and further advance the leading power plant platform for solar and software optimization. Nextracker will be the 4th company since 1989 I have worked with Howard to accelerate...
by Pallavi Singla | Feb 16, 2022 | Press Release
Solar leader joins Nextracker to support company’s next phase of growth. FREMONT, CALIF. USA, February 16, 2022 — Nextracker™ today announced the appointment of solar industry veteran Howard Wenger to the position as the company’s President. Mr. Wenger will...
by Kristan Kirsh | Jan 31, 2022 | Blog
Fazer parte do mercado de geração solar no Brasil hoje é um privilégio. O Brasil fechou 2021 com um mais de 13 GW operacionais – o que quase equivale a quase uma Itapu em termos de potência. Só de geração centralizada, foram 4,6 GW, 50% a mais do que em 2020. É uma...
by Dan Shugar | Jan 27, 2022 | Shug Speaks
Coal plant retirements accelerate to the benefit of the environment and saving customers money on uneconomic plants while renewable power and clean energy jobs continue growing. “The rule will reduce the discharge of pollutants into the nation’s waterways by...
by Dan Shugar | Jan 27, 2022 | Shug Speaks
20 years ago today, Marco Miller started working at a small PV startup in Berkeley. Three years later, Marco would make solar history by project managing the world’s first 10 MW plant (Bavaria Solar1, in background). Today, we at Nextracker Inc. are delighted to...
by Dan Shugar | Jan 27, 2022 | Shug Speaks
The announcement today that Portugal’s one remaining coal plant is closing 2 years early is inspiring, and bodes for what is to come in many places now that renewable energy is often below the marginal generating cost of coal. In 2005, with my former colleagues...
by Dan Shugar | Jan 26, 2022 | Shug Speaks
Generally TV news stories covering solar projects leave much to be desired. Pleasantly surprised to see this informative piece on Canada’s largest solar project, Travers, developed by Greengate and financed Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners with expert EPC...
by Dan Shugar | Jan 26, 2022 | Shug Speaks
Great to see Toyota back with electric vehicles. My 1st EV, over 20 years ago, was a Toyota RAV4 EV. At that time they promised 50k miles on the battery but I got 93k. This new model offers V2home capabilities like the Ford Lightning 150. That and V2G functionality...
by Dan Shugar | Jan 26, 2022 | Shug Speaks
Congratulations Jigar Shah and advanced thank you for your upcoming service to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) running the clean tech loan program. This is a proven, effective, and prudent policy approach to stimulate US jobs. I can’t think of a more...
by Dan Shugar | Jan 26, 2022 | Shug Speaks
Rivian received gushing review of their new EV truck slated for production in coming months. It’s great to see new EV truck manufacturers and models coming to market and I hope they are incredibly successful. But Rivian’s reported $80B with a B valuation...
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