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- 27 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
HBS Alumni and Students Take On the Climate Crisis
of algae biofuel, both a clean energy source for heavy transportation modules (trucks, planes, trains, and ships) and a carbon-catching technology. A MARKET-BASED APPROACH TO SOLVING THE WORLD’S WATER CRISISJennifer Tisdel Schorsch (MBA...
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- 03 Oct 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
is one of energy and that however you slice it, we’re going to run out of energy. Today you could cover the entire Nevada desert with solar cells and you could take care of all the View Details
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
profitability in the name of sustainability? It remains to be seen whether this initiative is overblown, representing little more than solar panels on the roof of corporate headquarters. This topic comes at a time when an interesting...
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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The New Venture Competition Crowns a New Crop
platform, delivering qualified workers in 24 hours. Alumna: Vera Makarov, MBA 2010 Region: Latin America FreeFlow Medical Devices LLC: Maker of medical devices that solve clotting, infection, and clogging issues. Alumnus: Andrew Jones, MBA 1997 Region: Mid-Atlantic US...
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Dan Morrell
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
in wind and solar power generation and is committed to driving the transition to a decarbonized energy future. As one of the top five largest capital deployers in the U.S., NextEra has been a driving force...
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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
Stobaugh suggests the problem is U.S. dependence on foreign oil; the most promising approaches to achieving a more balanced energy menu, he thought, would be largely through increased energy efficiency and...
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- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
projects like in-stream hydro, wind power, solar and bio-mass. CleanvilleJakob Blomqvist, MBA 2022CleanVille democratizes energy. We empower retail investors to access renewable energy and CleanTech...
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John Nordin
important person in my life. That's where environmental issues became important to me." So important, in fact, that a year before John entered HBS, he founded his own company, Flipswitch, a web application for solar companies that...
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- 19 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways
emissions is to shut it down. That is a difficult proposition in the context of India’s rapidly expanding economy where demand for stable, uninterrupted power is growing. Mumbai, like much of India, has a fast-growing population with increasing View Details
- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
world trade system founders it's going to founder in food." Other options were also discussed: moving out of California and buying land in more politically, geographically, and economically friendly countries; planting less thirsty crops; and giving up farming...
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
New Jersey–based company, which services large-scale, commercial solar energy structures, expand to California and other potentially lucrative but geographically distant markets? “We’ve been hesitant to take...
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April White
- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
maintenance and repair with specific curriculum focused to get a workforce up and running within weeks. Urban Energy - this Brooklyn-based company installs solar panels with the goal of accelerating clean...
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Joseph Abel
helped me understand the breadth of the challenge – just putting solar panels on wealthy people’s homes is not the answer.” As his overall thinking about climate and energy has become more strategic, Joe is...
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- 08 May 2019
- News
Fellowships Fuel a Passion to Help Underserved Communities
coursework, Asamoah has served as a student consultant for the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she analyzed how Grand Rapids, Michigan, could increase workforce diversity. As a summer intern at a View Details
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Impact Stories - Business & Environment
MBA 2009 | Funding Solar’s Future "Altogether, Double Time has financed 36 solar energy projects, which collectively produce roughly 10% of North Carolina’s solar power and...
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- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
We are in a unique moment in time, where the United States’ chance to make a difference on climate is greater – and more necessary – than ever. With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August, business leaders have a nearly $370 billion opportunity to...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
panelists were collectively bullish on solar energy, electric drive technology that powers hybrid and electric cars, and biofuels (including ethanol). By contrast, they were cautiously optimistic about clean coal, nuclear power, and...
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- 17 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures
genetic insights. Watch Crop Diagnostix at the 2024 New Venture Competition. 2024 Social Enterprise Track Winner: Solara - Rea Savla (MBA 2024), Vishesh Mehta - Providing an on-demand solar irrigation service to Indian farmers, increasing...
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- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new...
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- 08 Jan 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
later, as an analyst at Fidelity and a portfolio manager at SAC Capital. “I spent 15 years researching and trading in the food and energy space,” says Tiller. “In the course of doing my research, I developed views not just on what was...
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