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Dan Shugar

Founder & CEO, Nextpower · 1 appearance on the record.

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Dan Shugar founded Nextracker, steering it to become the global market leader in utility-scale solar tracker systems and taking it public on Nasdaq in 2023. Over a four-decade cleantech career, he previously served as president of PowerLight Corporation and SunPower, as well as CEO of Solaria Corporation.

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2 assertions · 2 opinions · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 2 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Dan argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

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Assertion Supported
Over 100 new cleantech factory announcements have occurred nationwide
“We're seeing that not only at NextTracker, but throughout the solar and cleantech industries with over a hundred factory announcements that are happening, and we're seeing a ramp up Throughout the value chain.”
Dan Shugar Jul 17, 2024 ▶ 5:46 The reshoring of American solar trackers [partner content]

Everything Dan Shugar said on Catalyst that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion
The Inflation Reduction Act is the greatest jobs bill ever created
“I believe we'll look back and we'll be able to say that the IRA was really probably the greatest jobs bill that's ever been created.”
Dan Shugar Jul 17, 2024 ▶ 6:06 The reshoring of American solar trackers [partner content]
Opinion
Commercial fusion power still feels 25 years away, if ever
“In terms of things that have taken longer, I mean, when I was in engineering school back in the mid-eighties, people were talking about fusion power being available in about 25 years. That still feels like, you know, 25 years away, if ever.”
Dan Shugar Jul 17, 2024 ▶ 18:57 The reshoring of American solar trackers [partner content]
Assertion Supported
Over 100 new cleantech factory announcements have occurred nationwide
“We're seeing that not only at NextTracker, but throughout the solar and cleantech industries with over a hundred factory announcements that are happening, and we're seeing a ramp up Throughout the value chain.”
Dan Shugar Jul 17, 2024 ▶ 5:46 The reshoring of American solar trackers [partner content]
Assertion Supported
Dan Shugar: Most crystalline solar panels today are bifacial
“Today, most of the crystalline panels are bifacial.”
Dan Shugar Jul 17, 2024 ▶ 12:11 The reshoring of American solar trackers [partner content]

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Appearances (1)

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The reshoring of American solar trackers [partner content] Jul 17, 2024 15m
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