Jigar Shah

Director, Loan Programs Office at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Jigar Shah is one of the few people that have actually invented a whole new clean energy business model. In 2003 he founded Sun Edison which allowed people to get solar panels on their roofs on ‘pay-as-you-go’ basis, instead of paying upfront.

In 2009 he became the first CEO of Carbon War Room – a ‘global non-profit commitment to supporting global entrepreneurs scale their climate solutions’ founded by Richard Branson. His time at Carbon War Room inspired him to write a book called ‘Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking the Impact Economy’.

In 2014 Jigar co-founded Generate Capital and has been running it ever since, investing in climate energy projects and opportunities.

He’s a fellow podcaster, a co-host of the ‘Energy Gang’ with Stephen Lacey and Katherine Hamilton, covers energy, cleantech and the environment. Jigar is a mechanical engineer by education and he holds MBA from the University of Maryland.