Jigar Shah, DOE Loan Programs Office Director, as the US Department of Energy’s $215 billion Man

How is the Loan Programs Office providing unprecedented amounts of
capital for clean energy innovations? Listen to Jason Mitchell
discuss with Jigar Shah, US Department of Energy Loan Programs
Office Director, his $215 billion mandate in commercialising clean
energy innovations, how these technologies align with US energy
security goals and climate commitments, and what the multiplier
effect of LPO financing could mean for private sector investment.
Jigar Shah is the Director for the Loan Programs Office (LPO) at
the US Department of Energy where he leads and directs the
organisation's considerable loan authority within manufacturing,
innovative project finance, and tribal energy. With more than 25
years of experience in clean energy, he is an expert in project
finance, clean technology, and entrepreneurship, as well as a
visionary leader and innovator in the field of sustainable
infrastructure. Prior to joining the DOE, Jigar co-founded and
served as the President of Generate Capital, the leading investment
and operating platform for distributed energy storage, microgrids,
fuel cells, electric vehicles, and organic waste management. He
also founded SunEdison, the inventor of the modern
solar-as-a-service industry, and served as the founding CEO of the
Carbon War Room, a global non-profit founded by Sir Richard Branson
to help entrepreneurs address climate change. Jigar is the author
of Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking the Impact Economy, a book
that outlines his mission to scale the transition to a global clean
energy economy.