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The people behind the program.

A founder-led partnership spanning solar development, project finance, construction, operations, and commercial real estate, building the U.S. arm of a company with a ten-year head start.

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Josh Persaud
CEO & Founder

Founder and CEO of the Energy Economics group of companies, spanning both its construction and development divisions. Leads the platform across its markets and the Texas rooftop program, and structures the partnerships at the center of every deal.

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Andrew Jenkins
Chief Commercial Officer · Austin

Leads Texas commercial strategy, partnerships, and owner relationships. A founder-operator who has built and led teams of 50+ from startup to maturity, with deep experience founding, scaling, and exiting businesses. Austin-based.

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Jim Jacobsen
VP, Co-Founder & Partner

A founder of Energy Economics and Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Helped build the company into one of the most respected names in commercial solar.

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Sean Lipinski
Chief Operating Officer

Brings over 15 years of project-management experience across diverse industries to the operations of every Energy Economics project, from engineering through to commercial operation.

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Sam Mraiheen
VP, Major Business Development & Partner

Began his solar career in 2012 after a severe storm caused a three-day power outage. That was the spark for a focus on resilient, off-grid, and alternative energy that he now brings to large-scale development.

Who We Are

A proven platform, built for the Texas market.

Energy Economics Solar is the U.S. arm of the Energy Economics group: a certified solar developer and installer with 750+ projects, a utility-scale development corporation, and an integrated roofing company in its DNA.

We brought that platform to Austin because the demand, the program, and the rooftops all line up here. Same engineering, same financing discipline, same people, pointed at the next great American energy build-out.

  • Founded over a decade ago; first commercial project delivered in 2016.
  • 750+ installations across municipalities, institutions, and industry.
  • Development corporation launched 2024; roofing company acquired 2025.
  • Now in Austin, leasing commercial rooftops under Austin Energy's Standing Offer Program.
  • Talk to the people who'll run your project.

    Austin-based team · hello@energyeconomicssolar.com