The solar house is on fire, but Dean Solon is rushing back in
Published on July 7, 2025
Dean Solon stands out as one of the very few self-made billionaires to emerge from the U.S. solar industry, following the tremendous 2021 initial public offering on the Nasdaq of his solar-equipment firm Shoals. But a few weeks ago, as he and I found seats outside the Midwest Solar Expo in a far western suburb of…