Jigar Shah
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clean energy entrepreneur
climate policy advocate
company
investor
nonprofit organization
person
podcast
sustainable infrastructure investment firm
Jigar Shah is a clean energy entrepreneur and investor best known as the founder of SunEdison and a prominent advocate for market-based climate solutions.
All labels observed (1)
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| Jigar Shah canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8800530 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jigar Shah Context triple: [Carbon War Room, hasKeyPerson, Jigar Shah]
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A.
Satish Shah
Satish Shah is an Indian actor best known for his comic roles in Hindi films and television, particularly in popular sitcoms like "Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi" and "Sarabhai vs Sarabhai."
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B.
Sunny Pawar
Sunny Pawar is an Indian child actor best known for his acclaimed breakout performance in the Oscar-nominated film "Lion."
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C.
Narhari Parikh
Narhari Parikh was an Indian freedom fighter, social worker, and close associate of Mahatma Gandhi who played a significant role in early Gandhian movements and rural reform.
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D.
Harish Salve
Harish Salve is a prominent Indian senior advocate and former Solicitor General of India, renowned for representing India in several high-profile cases before the Supreme Court and international tribunals.
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E.
Ajay Heble
Ajay Heble is a Canadian scholar, author, and arts organizer best known as the founding artistic director of the Guelph Jazz Festival and a leading figure in improvised music and cultural studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jigar Shah Target entity description: Jigar Shah is a clean energy entrepreneur and investor best known as the founder of SunEdison and a prominent advocate for market-based climate solutions.
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A.
Satish Shah
Satish Shah is an Indian actor best known for his comic roles in Hindi films and television, particularly in popular sitcoms like "Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi" and "Sarabhai vs Sarabhai."
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B.
Sunny Pawar
Sunny Pawar is an Indian child actor best known for his acclaimed breakout performance in the Oscar-nominated film "Lion."
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C.
Narhari Parikh
Narhari Parikh was an Indian freedom fighter, social worker, and close associate of Mahatma Gandhi who played a significant role in early Gandhian movements and rural reform.
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D.
Harish Salve
Harish Salve is a prominent Indian senior advocate and former Solicitor General of India, renowned for representing India in several high-profile cases before the Supreme Court and international tribunals.
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E.
Ajay Heble
Ajay Heble is a Canadian scholar, author, and arts organizer best known as the founding artistic director of the Guelph Jazz Festival and a leading figure in improvised music and cultural studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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clean energy entrepreneur ⓘ climate policy advocate ⓘ company ⓘ investor ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ person ⓘ podcast ⓘ sustainable infrastructure investment firm ⓘ |
| advocates |
deployment of proven clean energy technologies at scale
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policy frameworks that unlock private capital for climate solutions ⓘ use of project finance for clean energy ⓘ |
| almaMater |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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linked to:
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
University of Maryland, College Park ⓘ
linked to:
University of Maryland
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| appointedBy | Joe Biden ⓘ |
| author | Jigar Shah ⓘ |
| boardMembership | Generate Capital ⓘ |
| coFounded | Generate Capital ⓘ |
| degree |
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering
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MBA ⓘ |
| education |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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linked to:
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
University of Maryland, College Park ⓘ
linked to:
University of Maryland
|
| employer |
United States Department of Energy
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linked to:
U.S. Department of Energy
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| field |
clean energy
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climate finance ⓘ renewable energy ⓘ |
| focus | market-based climate solutions ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
de-risking clean energy investments
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scaling climate solutions through markets ⓘ |
| founded | SunEdison ⓘ |
| industry |
renewable energy
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solar energy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocating market-based climate solutions
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founding SunEdison ⓘ leadership in clean energy finance ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
clean energy entrepreneurship
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energy and cleantech ⓘ |
| mediaAppearance | co-host of The Energy Gang podcast ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork | Creating Climate Wealth ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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entrepreneur ⓘ investor ⓘ podcast co-host ⓘ |
| position | Director of the Loan Programs Office at the U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ |
| previousPosition |
CEO of the Carbon War Room
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President of Generate Capital ⓘ |
| speaksAt |
climate policy events
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energy conferences ⓘ |
| startPositionDate | 2021 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Jigar Shah Description of subject: Jigar Shah is a clean energy entrepreneur and investor best known as the founder of SunEdison and a prominent advocate for market-based climate solutions.
Referenced by (2)
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