by Kristan Kirsh | Feb 27, 2019 | Shug Speaks
By Gwen Brown | February 27, 2019 Dan Shugar, founder and CEO of solar tracking company Nextracker, has had an illustrious career. Despite the tumultuousness of the solar industry, Shugar has led numerous companies to great success — across sectors as diverse as...
by Kristan Kirsh | Feb 20, 2019 | Shug Speaks
In this #Solar100 Interview, Richard Matsui, Founder & CEO of kWh Analytics, speaks with Dan Shugar, Founder & CEO of Nextracker. As the Founder and CEO of Nextracker and as the lead guitarist for Groovity (a crowd-favorite at the annual solar ‘Battle of the...
by Sagehaus Admin | Feb 6, 2019 | Resources, Case Study
by Dan Shugar | Feb 6, 2019 | Shug Speaks
Enter Shug Speaks here. Dear Renewable Energy Colleagues, We are excited to launch a new channel on the Nextracker website: Shug Speaks. On this platform, we’ll be sharing our latest thinking about energy policy, clean technologies and business practices, and...
by Dan Shugar | Jan 28, 2019 | Shug Speaks
I’ve been talking about bifacial for over twenty years. Some may even call it a love affair, if you will, which began with the proving out of the technology concept a decade ago in the landmark Nellis AFB project and continues to this day. In 2007, 14 MW Nellis Air...
by Dan Shugar | Jan 25, 2019 | Shug Speaks
Photo Courtesy of Fotolis/Reinhard Tiburzy and pv magazine Great news comes from Europe as Germany moves forward with a definitive plan to close all 84 of its coal-fired power plants by 2038 to meet its international commitments in the fight against climate change –...
by Kristan Kirsh | Jan 24, 2019 | Blog
Photo Courtesy of Middle East Solar Industry Association, 2019 ABU DHABI—We’ve been hearing about the vast potential for solar power in the Middle East and North Africa for awhile now, but this year’s World Future Energy Summit (WFES) may have coincided with a real...
by Kristan Kirsh | Jan 16, 2019 | White Paper, Resources
Solar-Plus-Storage Solutions for Universities The Design Decisions Behind the MUM Solar Power Plant DOWNLOAD HERE Download Ideal Energy’s white paper to learn more about how educational institutions can use solar and storage to optimize energy production &...
by Kristan Kirsh | Dec 19, 2018 | Blog
SAN FRANCISCO — The energy storage industry is excited about the growth prospects for 2019 and even more bullish about what lies ahead in 2021 and beyond, if the sentiment at the recent GTM Energy Storage Summit is any indication. But that optimism is somewhat couched...
by Kristan Kirsh | Dec 17, 2018 | In The News
Ideal Energy has installed a single-axis tracker, 1.1 MW DC solar plant with NexTracker’s largest flow battery project to date: a 35 unit, 350 kW / 1.1 MWh Avalon Battery vanadium flow system. DECEMBER 17, 2018 | JOHN WEAVER Flow batteries have a few key advantages...
by Kristan Kirsh | Dec 11, 2018 | White Paper, Resources
California DC-Coupled Solar-Plus-Storage Net Metering Ruling: A Technology and Policy Review DOWNLOAD HERE Author: Josh Weiner, CEO of SepiSolar and Consultant for Nextracker A SepiSolar white paper reveals the financial benefits of a revision to California’s net...
by Dan Shugar | Dec 9, 2018 | Shug Speaks
Photo Courtesy of 8 minutenergy Renewables 800 MWdc. That’s the remarkable size of the Mount Signal cluster in Calexico, California. Nextracker salutes our customers and project partners for completion and commercial operation of 328 MW Mount Signal 3 Solar Farm, one...
by Dan Shugar | Nov 28, 2018 | Shug Speaks
Oakey Solar Farm, Southeast Queensland, Australia. NX Horizon, After Severe Storm, Oct 2018. Colleagues, Nextracker is honored to be selected by Decmil for one of the largest PV systems in Australia, the 255 MW Sunraysia, which is pioneering in both size and off-take...
by Kristan Kirsh | Nov 28, 2018 | Press Release
Sunraysia, one of the largest solar farms in Australia, is among the first projects structured with long-term offtake to an end user FREMONT, Calif. USA, November 28, 2018 — Nextracker™, a Flex company, announced it has been selected by Decmil, an Engineering,...
by Dan Shugar | Nov 26, 2018 | Shug Speaks
How are the broad U.S. steel tariffs working out? They are exactly the wrong medicine to improve U.S. competitiveness. Tariffs are bad economic policy but have even worse economic implications when applied to raw materials. We’ve analyzed historical information in...
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