Your definitive intersolar 2025 recap and vibes check

How to sum up Intersolar and Energy Storage North America 2025 (IESNA). It was the best of vibes; it was the worst of vibes.

How to sum up Intersolar and Energy Storage North America 2025 (IESNA). It was the best of vibes; it was the worst of vibes.

Let’s start by acknowledging the bad vibes. Hesitancy in the solar market is very real right now. Residential folks continue to feel the effects of high interest rates, tighter financing terms, and lack of consumer confidence. On top of that, the illegal freezing of committed Solar For All Funds left several installers in the lurch. The EPA has since unfrozen those grants, but all of the unnecessary chaos has put solar businesses on edge. Larger-scale solar project timelines actually haven’t moved much yet, but everyone continues to wait and see what changes will be made to the investment tax credit and IRA.

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Chief Commercial Officer

Jenya Meydbray

Jenya is the Chief Commercial Officer of Nevados, prior to that he co-founded PVEL in 2010 and served as CEO for the past dozen years. 

He developed the first extended reliability and performance test protocols for the downstream PV industry as well as innovative methods of evaluating PV performance for power plant level risk assessment and mitigation. 

Prior to founding PVEL, Jenya was the Senior Quality and Reliability Engineer at SunPower where he designed accelerated test methods for high-efficiency solar cells and modules. Jenya began his career at NASA Ames Research Center’s hyper-gravity facilities. He also served as VP of Technology for Cypress Creek Renewables, a utility-scale project developer.

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

Rick Baldini

Rick has over 18 years of finance experience across several industries including financial services, insurance, real estate, and construction.  Rick is experienced in building, leading, and advising companies through complex restructurings, business expansion and product development.  

Prior to Nevados, Rick was the CFO for Link Real Estate & Urban Land Co, a real estate investment firm, that Rick led to become the fastest growing private company in Central Ohio.  Rick has also been successful in structuring a multi-million-dollar licensing deal with a public company while CFO at Global Administration Management, a boutique consulting firm in the insurance industry.

Rick is a graduate of the University of Arizona where he received a B.S. in Finance and Marketing.