• CERAWeek
  • March 18 - 22, 2024

John Berger

Sunnova Energy International, Inc.

Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Berger founded Sunnova in 2012 and has since then served as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board. With more than two decades of experience in the electric power industry, Mr. Berger is an energy entrepreneur who has always supported free market competition, consumer choice and the advancement of energy technology to power energy independence. Before Sunnova, Mr. Berger served as Founder and Chief Executive Officer at SunCap Financial, a residential solar service provider. He also founded Standard Renewable Energy, a provider and installer of renewable energy and energy-efficient products and services. Mr. Berger received his Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and graduated cum laude from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering.

Sessions With John Berger

Thursday, 14 March

  • 10:30am - 11:15am (CST) / -

    Urban Resilience in a Changing Climate

    Panel Technology/Innovation Climate/Environment/Sustainability

    Recent tragic events have focused great attention on building more resilient cities. Climate change will have implications for cities of the future, including protecting against sea level rise, weather-related risks, and fires. What does this mean for future energy infrastructure? What innovative building materials, new construction methods and technologies will lead the way in urban development? What can be learned from recent disasters for future best practices?

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm (CST) / -

    Global Solar: Shifting the focus from cost to value

    Panel Power Climate/Environment/Sustainability

    Solar has witnessed a very rapid deployment globally, becoming the most installed source of new power generation, with over 40% of total capacity additions in 2017. Dramatic cost reductions have been driving this rapid deployment and, in some geographies, PV is already the cheapest source of generation on an LCOE basis. However, future development is challenged by the gradual phase out of direct subsidies across the world, the increased exposure of solar assets to market risks, and price cannibalization in more mature markets. As the penetration and market exposure of solar continues to rapidly increase, the questions around the value of intermittent generation, the role of flexibility and batteries, technology, and emerging business models become more pressing.