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Nepal’s disaster is an urgent wake-up call
World News Now Europe Faces Its Own Gen Z Revolt worldpoliticsreview.com - By: Judah Grunstein • 57m After toppling governments in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, and rattling others in India and Kenya, Gen Z protests seem to have come for Europe. … Natural Sciences 7 hours ago Gecko found on a night hike in Nepal is one of 5 species scientists identified kentucky.com - Aspen Pflughoeft, Irene Wright • 7h Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet.
Nepal’s disaster is an urgent wake-up call
On 26 August, an avalanche and massive flood swept through Nepal’s Rasuwa district. Thousands of lives were lost, homes were destroyed, roads and energy infrastructure were washed away, and trade and tourism were disrupted. Disaster early-warning systems can succeed — but collective action is needed This catastrophe should not be treated as just another disaster. It is the latest — and worst — in a series of exceptionally massive deluges of rock, ice and debris from mountains.
Hawai‘i Has Proven Solar Works. Now it Needs Speed
Community Voice Projects take too long to permit, interconnect and construct. Those delays carry real consequences. Projects take too long to permit, interconnect and construct. Those delays carry real consequences. Hawai‘i has long been an important proving ground for solar energy. Back in 1996, I was fortunate to work alongside many of the people who helped bring online one of the state’s first market-based solar PV systems at Mauna Lani — a 100 kilowatt project that was ambitious for its time.
Dan Shugar
For over 30 years, Dan Shugar has been a leading voice in business, technology and climate policy, advancing solar and climate technology solutions in the U.S. and around the globe. As founder and CEO of Nextpower (formerly Nextracker), Dan brings solar expertise and technology innovation together. Nextpower is based in Fremont, California, In Hawaii, its solar trackers support roughly one-third of the state’s utility-scale solar capacity.
A 481-meter-high landslide-tsunami in a cruise ship–frequented Alaska fjord
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Abstract Setting The landslide The tsunami Landslide-induced Seiche (LIS) Implications Acknowledgments Supplementary Materials References and Notes Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract Early in the morning of 10 August 2025, a >64 × 106 m3 landslide struck Tracy Arm fjord in Alaska. The landslide was preconditioned by glacial retreat caused by climate change.
By Magnús T. Gudmundsson, Banabir Pal, Martin Lebrat, Dan Shugar, Katherine R Barnhart, Mira Berdahl, Jacqueline Caplan-Auerbach, Göran Ekström, Aram Fathian, Marten Geertsema, Stephen Hicks, Bretwood Higman, Erin Jensen Verified, Ezgi Karasözen, Patrick J. Lynett, John Lyons, Thomas Joseph Monahan, Gerard H. Roe, Kristian Svennevig, Liam Toney, Maximillian Van Wyk de Vries, Michael West
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Debunking solar myths: What about all that land?
‘Uncle Bob’ is that proverbial character who shares at family gatherings all he believes to be true about solar and why it just isn’t a good idea. Dan Shugar, founder and CEO of Nextracker, has had this experience. Based on his 33 years in the solar industry, he offers short, fact-based responses to Uncle Bob’s assertions, which range from “solar is taking coal jobs” to “solar is unreliable.” In this part four of the series, Shugar debunks myths about solar using too much land.
Debunking solar myths: What about nuclear?
‘Uncle Bob’ is that proverbial character who shares at family gatherings all he believes to be true about solar and why it just isn’t a good idea. Dan Shugar, founder and CEO of Nextracker, has had this experience. Based on his 33 years in the solar industry, he offers short, fact-based responses to Uncle Bob’s assertions, which range from “solar is taking coal jobs” to “solar is unreliable”. In this part three of the series, Shugar debunks myths about nuclear energy.
Debunking solar myths: Solar is unreliable
‘Uncle Bob’ is that proverbial character who shares at family gatherings all he believes to be true about solar and why it just isn’t a good idea. Dan Shugar, founder and CEO of Nextracker, has had this experience. Based on his 33 years in the solar industry, he offers short, fact-based responses to Uncle Bob’s assertions, which range from “solar is taking coal jobs” to “solar is unreliable”. In this second in the series, Shugar debunks the myth that “solar is unreliable”.
Debunking solar myths: All panels come from China
‘Uncle Bob’ is that proverbial character who shares at family holidays all he believes to be true about solar and why it just isn’t a good idea. Dan Shugar, founder and CEO of Nextracker, has had this experience. Based on his 33 years in the solar industry, he offers short, fact-based responses to Uncle Bob’s assertions, which range from “solar is taking coal jobs to “solar is unreliable”. In this part one of the series, Shugar debunks the myth that “all those solar panels are made in China”.
Domestic manufacturing is the key to American energy leadership
OPINION: The U.S. is in the middle of a clean energy boom. Last year,nearly 80% of new energy capacity came from wind, solar, or batteries, and the benefits are many: good-paying jobs, affordable electricity, clean air and water, and reduced reliance on foreign governments, to name a few. To realize the full potential of this energy transition, we must look increasingly to leverage American manufacturing strength.
Domestic Manufacturing: Potential Asset for Community Acceptance
Guest post by Dan Shugar Founder and CEO, Nextracker In 2021 the COVID-19 pandemic threw global supply chains into disarray, making clear the need to build more resilient supply chains. America has the innovation, engineering expertise, and natural resources to revive our supply chain. But our industry needs to be able to perform no matter what the world throws at us, whether it’s some unseen supply chain crisis, a meltdown in global logistics, or commodity price shocks.
Impacts of Loss of Cryosphere in the High Mountains of Northwest North America
This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessReview by John J. Clague 1,* and Dan H. Shugar 2 1 Center for Natural Hazards Research, Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V6B 1R8, Canada 2 Water, Sediment, Hazards, and Earth-Surface Dynamics (waterSHED) Lab, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability - Nature Geoscience
Abstract Global warming-induced melting and thawing of the cryosphere are severely altering the volume and timing of water supplied from High Mountain Asia, adversely affecting downstream food and energy systems that are relied on by billions of people. The construction of more reservoirs designed to regulate streamflow and produce hydropower is a critical part of strategies for adapting to these changes.
Solar energy set to power GCC green recovery, decarbonisation strategy
A green recovery is far more than an ambition or even an opportunity. It’s an absolute imperative for a sustainable social and economic future in the post-pandemic world. That’s the most significant takeaway from Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2021. Government, business and civil society leaders across the globe are trying to anticipate significant social, geopolitical, economic and environmental shifts that will result from the global pandemic and there are many differing opinions.
Testimony of Dan Shugar Founder and CEO, Nextracker to House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Chairman Lowenthal, Ranking Member Gosar, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the invitation to be here today. My name is Dan Shugar and I am the founder and CEO of Nextracker, the largest manufacturer of structures and control systems for the solar power industry. We have 30% global market share and about half of the U.S. utility-scale solar market.
Rapid worldwide growth of glacial lakes since 1990
Abstract Glacial lakes are rapidly growing in response to climate change and glacier retreat. The role of these lakes as terrestrial storage for glacial meltwater is currently unknown and not accounted for in global sea level assessments. Here, we map glacier lakes around the world using 254,795 satellite images and use scaling relations to estimate that global glacier lake volume increased by around 48%, to 156.5 km3, between 1990 and 2018.
Loosening rules on coal plants is bad for the economy - and the planet
The EPA’s decision to loosen Obama-era coal power plant rules couldn’t come at a more peculiar time, as the business community and states move toward a sustainable, clean future fueled by renewable energy sources. It’s no longer a battle between economics and the environment. Technological innovations and consumer demand have driven down the cost of solar, wind and energy storage.
The 2015 landslide and tsunami in Taan Fiord, Alaska
Climate change is driving worldwide glacial retreat and thinning1 that can expose unstable hillslopes. The removal of glacial ice supporting steep slopes combined with the thawing of permafrost in alpine regions2 increases the likelihood of landslides3,4,5,6. Glaciers undercut slopes, priming them for failure by deepening and widening valley bottoms, and by producing steeper valley walls7.
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