{"id":1578,"date":"2025-02-03T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T02:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2025-02-04T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T05:30:09","slug":"dr-shawn-qu-chairman-and-ceo-of-canadian-solar-recognized-as-an-innovator-on-the-time100-climate-2024-list%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/2025\/1578.html","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Shawn Qu, Chairman and CEO of Canadian Solar, Recognized as an Innovator on the TIME100 Climate 2024 List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KITCHENER, ON,\u00a0Jan. 28, 2025\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.canadiansolar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian Solar Inc.<\/a>\u00a0(the &#8220;Company&#8221; or &#8220;Canadian Solar&#8221;) (NASDAQ: CSIQ), a global leader in solar power and renewable energy solutions, is pleased to announce that its Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Dr.\u00a0Shawn Qu, has been named an Innovator\u00a0on the prestigious\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7172600\/shawn-qu\/\" target=\"_blank\">TIME100 Climate 2024 list<\/a>. This recognition celebrates his outstanding contributions to the renewable energy sector and his leadership in advancing solar and energy storage solutions worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The TIME100 Climate 2024 list recognizes 100 influential leaders who are driving successful and equitable climate solutions. This year&#8217;s honorees were selected based on measurable and scalable achievements, with an emphasis on recent action. Prominent figures on the list include\u00a0Ajay Banga, President of the\u00a0World Bank;\u00a0Bill Gates, Founder of Breakthrough Energy and TerraPower; and\u00a0Jennifer Granholm, former\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Secretary of Energy.<br><br>Since founding\u00a0Canadian Solar\u00a0in 2001,\u00a0Dr. Qu\u00a0has grown the company from a small startup into a global leader in solar and energy storage. Operating in 23 countries,\u00a0Canadian Solar\u00a0has delivered more than 142 GW of solar modules and 8 GWh of battery energy storage solutions worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>This honor from\u00a0<em>TIME Magazine<\/em>\u00a0follows\u00a0<em>Newsweek<\/em>\u00a0naming\u00a0Canadian Solar\u00a0the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/investors.canadiansolar.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/canadian-solar-ranked-1-energy-utilities-newsweeks-2024-worlds\" target=\"_blank\">World&#8217;s\u00a0Most Trustworthy Company<\/a>\u00a0in the Energy and Utilities sector, a global ranking which underscores\u00a0Canadian Solar&#8217;s\u00a0commitment to transparency, reliability, and sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><strong>Dr.\u00a0Shawn Qu, Chairman and CEO of\u00a0Canadian Solar,<\/strong>\u00a0commented, &#8220;I am overwhelmed and deeply honored by the recognitions from TIME and Newsweek. Today&#8217;s\u00a0Canadian Solar\u00a0is more than just a climate company. We are a comprehensive energy solutions provider, leveraging cutting-edge solar, lithium battery energy storage, and even wind power when needed to meet the world&#8217;s evolving energy demands.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>For the full TIME100 Climate 2024 list, visit the TIME website\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/time100-climate-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KITCHENER, ON,\u00a0Jan. 28, 2025\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Canadian Solar Inc.\u00a0(the &#8220;Company&#8221; or &#8220;Can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1578"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1584,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1578\/revisions\/1584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadiansolar-energy.co.jp\/en\/news_release\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}