Jenya Meydbray

Jenya Meydbray

VP & General Manager @ Nextpower

About

I’ve been active in the solar industry for 20 years, with 17 of those focused on the PV module space. Over that time, I’ve fundraised and led a startup through to a successful exit, worked on module reliability and testing, and helped advance terrain-following solar trackers that minimize land disturbance—reducing grading, preserving hydrology, and improving community acceptance. My current focus is on advancing PV module designs and installation methods with steel module frames to strengthen supply chains and enable more sustainable, resilient solar projects. It’s a pivotal moment for our industry: steel frames are a uniquely enabling technology, influencing tracker and racking cost and design, domestic content calculations, automation, and the embodied carbon of modules. I believe the future of solar depends on the intelligent co-optimization of all major power plant inputs - modules, trackers, foundations, installation methods, and O&M—to deliver the most efficient, lowest-cost, and longest-lasting power plants possible.

Country

United States

City

San Francisco Bay Area

Industry

Renewables & Environment

Skill

Performance Testing, Solar Energy, Start-ups, Testing, Solar PV, Energy, Quality Assurance, Entrepreneurship, Electronics, Management, Photovoltaics, Renewable Energy, PV, Alternative Energy, Energy Efficiency, Wind Turbines, Business Development, Cleantech, Semiconductors, Product Development

Experience

Nextpower

VP & General Manager

Nextpower

LinkedIn
2025-10 - Present · 11 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Commercializing steel PV Module Frames to enable higher domestic content, better module durability through less deflection under mechanical load, faster installation options, and an order-of-magnitude reduction in embedded carbon compared to legacy aluminum frames.

Board and Advisory Roles

2015-11 - Present · 10 yrs 10 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

1. SolarCycle: Advisor. Solar module recycling gigafactory 2. Swift Solar: Advisor. Developing super high-efficiency Perovskite silicon tandems

Nevados

Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)

Nevados

LinkedIn
2023-1 - 2025-10 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Oakland, California, United States

Nevados provides solar trackers capable of operating on any site terrain without the need for site grading. With our proprietary systems, we help solar developers increase location site options, eliminate major costs of construction, and maximize power generation.

Kiwa PVEL

CEO

Kiwa PVEL

LinkedIn
2019-1 - 2022-10 · 3 yrs 10 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

PVEL is the leading performance and reliability testing lab for downstream solar project developers, financiers, and asset owners and operators around the world. With nearly ten years of experience and accumulated data, PVEL conducts performance and reliability testing that demonstrates solar technology bankability. Its trusted, independent reports replace assumptions about solar equipment performance with data-driven, quantifiable metrics that enable efficient solar project financing and development. The PVEL network connects all major PV and storage manufacturers with 300+ global downstream partners representing 30+ gigawatts of buying power. PVEL’s mission is to support the worldwide PV downstream buyer community by generating data that accelerates adoption of solar technology.

Cypress Creek Energy

VP of Solar Technology

Cypress Creek Energy

LinkedIn
2017-9 - 2018-12 · 1 yr 4 mos

San Francisco

Cypress Creek Renewables partners with local communities and utilities to provide widespread access to affordable, clean energy. Cypress Creek Renewables’ solar solutions produce energy at or below market costs, while our locally based development strategy allows us to deploy solar where the power is needed most. With well over $2 billion raised and invested and over 5 gigawatts of local solar farms deployed or in development, Cypress Creek Renewables is the largest and fastest-growing dedicated provider of local solar farms.

DNV

Vice President, Strategy & Business Development

DNV

LinkedIn
2015-8 - 2017-9 · 2 yrs 2 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

KEMA Labs

Head of Section - Qualification & Component Testing

KEMA Labs

LinkedIn
2014-3 - 2015-8 · 1 yr 6 mos

Berkeley, CA

As of 12 September 2013, DNV and GL have merged to form DNV GL. We now form the world’s largest ship and offshore classification society, the leading technical advisor to the global oil and gas industry, and a leading expert for the energy value chain including renewables and energy efficiency. We’ve also taken a position as one of the top three certification bodies in the world. 3000 energy experts in DNV GL deliver world-renowned testing and game changing expertise for the energy value chain, including renewables and energy efficiency. For companies developing photovoltaic products and projects, PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) provides secure, expert testing and performance validation services so you can be confident that you're making intelligent decisions based on the most reliable data. The PVEL team possesses unparalleled expertise in test and measurement techniques for semiconductor devices and photovoltaic modules. Our highly qualified technical staff is dedicated to serving the needs of the solar industry with a commitment to excellence in test quality and customer service. PVEL aims to collaborate with our clients throughout the development cycle. By working closely with you from start to finish, we ensure the highest quality product with a faster time to market. Our mission at PV Evolution Labs is to facilitate the dramatic growth of the global solar industry.

Kiwa PVEL

CEO

Kiwa PVEL

LinkedIn
2009-5 - 2014-3 · 4 yrs 11 mos

PV Evolution Labs is an independent solar panel lab headquartered in Berkeley, CA. We specialize in PV module reliability and performance evaluation and validation reports. In addition to the lab in Berkeley we manage PV-USA, a heavily instrumented grid-connected solar test center in Davis, CA where we offer 3rd party energy yield reports. We also offer unique system level partial shading performance analysis for distributed electronics in partnership with NREL. We provide services for project level quality assurance, PAN file generation and validation (in partnership with Black & Veatch), reliability demonstration testing for bankability and supplier qualification, warranty support, etc. We also provide calibrated solar reference cells for accurate irradiance monitoring in the field.

SunPower

Senior PV Quality Engineer (Solar Panel Testing)

SunPower

LinkedIn
2006-1 - 2009-11 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Education

Boston University

Boston University

LinkedIn

Electrical Engineering

2004 - 2005 · 1 yr
University of California, Santa Cruz

University of California, Santa Cruz

LinkedIn

Electrical Engineering

2001 - 2004 · 3 yrs

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