About
Jigar Shah is currently a co-host of the Open Circuit podcast from Latitude Media. He is also a part-time Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute. Most recently, Jigar oversaw the reinvigoration of the Loan Programs Office at the U.S. Department of Energy, where he helped inspire hundreds of entrepreneurs and innovators choose to invest in the USA to onshore manufacturing, innovative project finance, and tribal energy. With more than 25 years of experience in clean energy, he is an expert in project finance, clean technology, and entrepreneurship, as well as a visionary leader and innovator in the field of sustainable infrastructure.
Prior to joining the DOE, Shah co-founded and served as the President of Generate Capital, the leading investment and operating platform for distributed energy storage, microgrids, fuel cells, electric vehicles, and organic waste management. He also founded SunEdison, the inventor of the modern solar-as-a-service industry and served as the founding CEO of the Carbon War Room, a global non-profit founded by Sir Richard Branson to help entrepreneurs address climate change. Shah is the author of Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking the Impact Economy, a book that outlines his mission to scale the transition to a global clean energy economy.
In 2024, Jigar was named to Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2024.
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There is a lot effort by the GOP controlled congress and the Trump DOE to try to show that the DOE LOAN PROGRAM under Jigar Shah was not KOSHER in…
There is a lot effort by the GOP controlled congress and the Trump DOE to try to show that the DOE LOAN PROGRAM under Jigar Shah was not KOSHER in…
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Anyone who knows me is aware that I'm all in on electrification. It's not a matter of if, but of when. For those who want a gateway into its…
Anyone who knows me is aware that I'm all in on electrification. It's not a matter of if, but of when. For those who want a gateway into its…
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Hey folks, anyone that is in DC at the Marriott Marquis for #NACTO2025 I am available to chat and talk about your city or business challenges &…
Hey folks, anyone that is in DC at the Marriott Marquis for #NACTO2025 I am available to chat and talk about your city or business challenges &…
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Education
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University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
MBA Finance, Strategy, Entrepreneurship
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Activities and Societies: Net Impact
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Sterling High School
High School Tennis, Scholastic Bowl, Drama
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Activities and Societies: Band, Choir, Tennis
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Retail Competition is back! Are utilities ready?
Energy Biz
I have co-authored this article with Jigar Shah – Founder SunEdison & Generate Capital. We believe that their is a new retail competition underway in utility industry and if policy makers, regulators, utilities, and industry entrepreneurs take the right steps in a time bound manner, the value of retail competition can be unlocked this time around!Hope you will enjoy this perspective. We would like to hear from you…
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Creating Climate Wealth
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Creating Climate Wealth is about driving $10 Trillion in investment dollars into deploying clean technologies. It is not about more research and development into clean technology. This book is not about new inventions to solve climate change issues, rather it is about the deployment of the existing inventions in energy supply (like solar), transportation, buildings, industry, forestry, waste, and agriculture.
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Reconsidering the Economics of Photovoltaic Power
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The paper, Reconsidering the Economics of Photovoltaic Power, looks at the implications of the sharpest falls in the prices of PV technology in recent memory. Average PV module prices have fallen by nearly 75% in the past three years, to the point where solar power is now competitive with daytime retail power prices in a number of countries. It also examines the metrics generally used to measure the economics of solar power against alternative power generating technologies, and finds they are…
The paper, Reconsidering the Economics of Photovoltaic Power, looks at the implications of the sharpest falls in the prices of PV technology in recent memory. Average PV module prices have fallen by nearly 75% in the past three years, to the point where solar power is now competitive with daytime retail power prices in a number of countries. It also examines the metrics generally used to measure the economics of solar power against alternative power generating technologies, and finds they are often inadequate, and may introduce bias against the deployment of PV technology.
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Honored to be recognized as one of Washingtonian Magazine's 500 Most Influential People Shaping Policy in Washington for 2025. This acknowledgment…
Honored to be recognized as one of Washingtonian Magazine's 500 Most Influential People Shaping Policy in Washington for 2025. This acknowledgment…
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The manufacturing renaissance that the Inflation Reduction Act created is one of the greatest stories in modern economics. For decades politicians…
The manufacturing renaissance that the Inflation Reduction Act created is one of the greatest stories in modern economics. For decades politicians…
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So much capacity hiding in plain sight! “Regardless of how it happens, Narayan thinks that Gridcare can unlock more than 100 gigawatts of capacity…
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For anyone interested in energy this a must-read. Jigar Shah has been ahead of the curve since I met him twenty plus years ago. He understands the…
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