Rewiring Solar: Daniel Dus on Speed, Software & the Future of Clean Energy

What if the biggest bottleneck in clean energy wasn’t technology or financing, but how we develop and deliver projects?

In this episode of Green Giants: Titans of Renewable Energy, host Wes Ashworth sits down with Daniel Dus, Founder & CEO of Cleantech Industry Resources (CIR) and a two-decade veteran of the solar sector, whose leadership spans over $1 billion in renewable energy projects across 23 states. Daniel is also the co-founder of Solar Fight Night, the solar industry’s most iconic, community-driven nonprofit fundraiser.

Now, with CIR, he’s building the first ever “development as a service” platform for clean energy, standardizing and commoditizing development workflows through radical software integration, global bandwidth, and real-time transparency. The goal? Cut project costs by up to 70%, slash timelines in half, and make gigawatts of clean infrastructure actually executable.

Wes and Daniel unpack:

• Why CIR is reimagining project execution from the ground up and how it's unlocking next level efficiency through AI, automation, and 24 hour global workflows
• The critical differences between CIR’s approach and traditional EPC or consulting models and how it’s changing how solar, storage, and EV infrastructure gets built
• How trade policy uncertainty is wreaking havoc on timelines and modeling and why investor trust in U.S. federal policy is on the line
• The real story behind Solar Fight Night—its Chatham House roots, cultural staying power, and why it's the “Met Gala” of the solar industry
• How transparency, access to IP, and CRM visibility became CIR’s strategic edge and what it reveals about broken norms in clean energy development
• Why “intermittency” is a myth, solar is the cheapest electron humanity has ever created, and AI will define the future of energy project delivery
• A deeply personal reflection on what legacy, entrepreneurship, and being on the right side of history really means in the fight for a clean energy future

If you’re a developer, financier, EPC, or innovator building the next chapter of clean energy, this episode will challenge your assumptions, reveal next gen strategies, and reignite your optimism.

Links:

Daniel Dus on LinkedIn

CIR's Website

CIR's Services

CIR - How it Works

Solar Fight Night

Wes Ashworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/weslgs/

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