Jeff Horowitz on Bringing Transparent Solar Power to the Built Environment

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Jeff Horowitz, Director of Business Development and Partnerships at NEXT Energy Technologies.Jeff is a seasoned market strategy professional with 10 years of experience scaling new businesses in the areas of solar project finance and clean energy. Jeff has negotiated millions of dollars worth of business venture agreements between U.S. and Chinese clean-tech companies and supported the closing of >30MW of distributed solar energy across the country. He and Ted discuss his background, growing up in Irvine, CA, attending Claremont McKenna College for his undergraduate degree, and going on to University of California San Diego for his masters degree in Global Policy and Strategy. Jeff also earned a LEED AP certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.Jeff shares his experiences around traveling and working in China, before diving into his works in the solar industry. He highlights his work at NEXT Energy Technologies developing transparent energy harvesting window technology that allows architects and building owners to transform windows and glass facades into producers of low-cost, on-site, renewable energy producing assets. NEXT's technology is enabled by proprietary organic semiconducting materials that are earth-abundant, low-cost, and are coated as an ink-enabling buildings to power themselves and reduce overall energy consumption.