The Electrostate: Helping Emerging Economies Reduce Their Dependence on Fossil Fuel Imports
- Sponsor
- Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
- Speaker
- Jigar Shah
- Contact
- Leon Liebenberg
- leonl@illinois.edu
Energy entrepreneur Jigar Shah will present a guest webinar, “The Electrostate: Helping Emerging Economies Reduce Their Dependence on Fossil Fuel Imports,” as part of a presentation for the Nuclear Plasma and Radiological Engineering 480 class.
Online via Zoom:
Meeting ID: 894 5028 9975
Password: 919590In Person:
Guests may join the viewing party in Everitt Lab, but seating is limited. Please email leonl@illinois.edu in advance to confirm space availability.About the Speaker
Jigar Shah is an internationally recognized energy entrepreneur, investor, and strategist, named to the TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people. He is Co-Managing Partner at Multiplier LLC and previously served as Director of the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office, where he led a major organizational transformation and oversaw $108 billion in financing for clean energy and advanced transportation projects across the United States.He is Co-Founder and former President of Generate Capital, Founder of Sun Edison, and the founding CEO of the global nonprofit Carbon War Room. He also co-hosts the widely followed Open Circuit podcast.
Shah holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from the University of Maryland.