Leading Executives in Solar and Alternative Energy Products
Mark R. Widmar
Chief Executive Officer, First Solar
Longtime leader of America’s largest thin‑film PV maker, steering the Series 7 CdTe expansion and multi‑GW U.S. factory build‑out since 2016.
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Mary Powell
Chief Executive Officer, Sunrun
Scaled the U.S. leader in residential solar+storage, pushing virtual power plants and surpassing the 1‑million‑customer milestone under her watch.
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Paul Mathews
President & Chief Executive Officer, Sunnova Energy International
Turnaround operator elevated to CEO on March 10, 2025 to drive profitable growth, cash generation and a strategic reset.
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John W. Ketchum
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, NextEra Energy
Leads America’s largest clean‑energy company and global renewables developer; a prominent voice on meeting AI‑driven load growth with renewables.
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Badri Kothandaraman
President & Chief Executive Officer, Enphase Energy
Engineer‑operator who revitalized Enphase and scaled its microinverter and IQ battery platform globally since 2017.
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Shuki Nir
Chief Executive Officer, SolarEdge Technologies
Appointed CEO on December 5, 2024 to lead SolarEdge’s recovery and next phase of smart‑energy strategy.
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Dan Shugar
Co‑founder & Chief Executive Officer, Nextracker
Solar‑tracker pioneer who built the category leader, reshoring U.S. manufacturing and surpassing 100+ GW of systems shipped.
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Kevin G. Hostetler
Chief Executive Officer, Array Technologies
Leading global solar‑tracker maker’s CEO since 2022, driving international expansion and operational excellence.
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Shawn (Xiaohua) Qu
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Solar
Founder who built Canadian Solar into a top‑tier global modules, storage, and project developer brand since 2001.
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Li Xiande (Xiande Li)
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, JinkoSolar
Co‑founder who led Jinko to the top tier of global PV shipments with deep vertical integration.
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Gao Jifan (Jifan Gao)
Chairman & General Manager, Trina Solar
Founder‑chair who helped standardize utility‑scale PV and now steers Trina’s cell/module tech roadmap and global expansion.
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Li Zhenguo
Founder & President, LONGi Green Energy
Founder who made mono wafers mainstream and is now refocusing on original PV innovation and BC cell tech amid industry turbulence.
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Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Reinert
Chief Executive Officer (Chairman of the Managing Board), SMA Solar Technology
Engineer‑CEO leading one of the world’s best‑known inverter brands through a systems‑solutions transformation.
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Hou Jinlong
Director; President, Digital Power Business Unit, Huawei Digital Power
Heads Huawei’s Digital Power BU spanning PV inverters, storage, EV charging and data‑center power—setting product and ecosystem strategy.
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Andy Marsh
Chief Executive Officer, Plug Power
Hydrogen‑economy evangelist building end‑to‑end green hydrogen production, fuel cell and fueling solutions at scale.
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KR Sridhar
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Bloom Energy
Ex‑NASA technologist who commercialized solid‑oxide fuel cells and electrolyzers for always‑on, low‑carbon power.
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Julian Nebreda
President & Chief Executive Officer, Fluence
Former AES regional chief now scaling one of the world’s leading grid‑scale energy‑storage technology platforms.
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Connor Teskey
President, Brookfield Asset Management; CEO, Renewable Power & Transition (CEO, Brookfield Renewable Partners), Brookfield Renewable (Brookfield Asset Management)
Runs Brookfield’s Renewable Power & Transition platform and BEP, backing multi‑GW decarbonization across hydro, wind, solar and storage.
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Joaquin Oliveira
Group Chief Executive Officer, Lightsource bp
Installed as Group CEO after bp took full ownership; tasked with scaling a global utility‑scale solar pipeline under a standalone model.
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Array Technologies leadership (for press/partnerships)
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Global tracker specialist enabling lower LCOE for utility solar with high‑reliability structures and software. (Company leadership reference.)
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