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Shugar: Texas hailstorm destroyed non-Nextracker solar project, costing over $70 million
“He had just had a major hail event happen on one of his projects in Texas. It was on a, not a NexTracker system, but a different system. But the upshot was they had to replace all the solar panels on the entire project. It cost over seventy million dollars.”
Dan Shugar Mar 26, 2025 ▶ 5:20 Nextracker's blueprint for 100 gigawatts of solar trackers
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Shugar: Nextracker has over 20 US manufacturers shipping finished goods
“Today, we have over 20 major manufacturers in the U.S. Shipping finished goods”
Dan Shugar Mar 26, 2025 ▶ 17:21 Nextracker's blueprint for 100 gigawatts of solar trackers
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Nextracker co-located manufacturing with JM Steel at Steel Dynamics' Texas mill
“For example two years ago, we announced a major manufacturing facility with our partner, JM Steel, physically on the campus of the newest steel mill in the United States, which is in Sinton, Texas. It's actually operated by Steel Dynamics. It's a three million…”
Dan Shugar Mar 26, 2025 ▶ 13:14 Nextracker's blueprint for 100 gigawatts of solar trackers
Assertion Partly supported
Shugar: Nextracker IPO'd after a 5-to-6-month market freeze
“When we went to go public, the market had been pretty much closed for five or six months. I don't think there was a single IPO, or certainly not a big one.”
Dan Shugar Mar 26, 2025 ▶ 25:30 Nextracker's blueprint for 100 gigawatts of solar trackers
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Shugar: COVID-19 doubled steel costs and tripled shipping costs within months
“We saw in about one to two quarters, steel roughly doubled, and logistics costs tripled in some corridors, shipping from point A to point B, in like four to six months.”
Dan Shugar Mar 26, 2025 ▶ 16:15 Nextracker's blueprint for 100 gigawatts of solar trackers
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