SEIA Elects New Board Chair, Board Members to Guide Organizational and Industrial Priorities in 2026 - CleanTechnica

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has elected Scott Moskowitz of Qcells as its new board chair, succeeding Darren Van’t Hof, who stepped down after becoming interim president and CEO. Moskowitz’s leadership highlights SEIA’s focus on maintaining American-made solar and storage as dominant sources of new power. Ingmar Ritzenhofen, chief commercial officer at RWE Clean Energy, was elected vice chair, bringing expertise in large-scale solar project development and grid integration. SEIA’s leadership transition comes as the solar and storage industry faces a pivotal year in 2026 marked by policy uncertainty and regulatory changes. Alongside the chair and vice chair elections, SEIA appointed three at-large board members and a new affiliate representative, as well as division chairs and vice chairs across its six membership divisions, covering distributed generation, utility-scale, energy storage, manufacturing, residential, and solar services. These appointments aim to guide SEIA’s efforts to advance bipartisan policies that accelerate solar deployment, strengthen U.S.