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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
Currently an adjunct associate professor at NYU’s Stern School, where he teaches about commercializing carbon-reduction technologies in the course Disruption, Entrepreneurship, and Social Impact, Carty points to the significant potential of mass transit and the View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
the worst global pandemics. We are likely facing one of the largest industrial transformations in our lifetime, from the massive deployment of clean energy and electrification of transport, to the shift to more sustainable agriculture and... View Details
Martin W. Clement
When Clement took the helm at Pennsylvania Railroad in 1935, the largest railway network in the world, operating revenues were $368 million. Clement grew revenues to a peak of over $1 billion in 1944. One of Clement’s major achievements, at a cost of $200 million, was... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 28 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Kicking Off Alumni in Climate Networking Series in Boston
and share ideas. Over 40 alumni and students came to campus to learn more about the local community of HBS MBAs who are making an impact on climate change. Entrepreneurs working on climate change education gaming apps mingled with those working in transportation View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- News
Bringing Power to the People
building a solar plant of 100 megawatts that will supply power to roughly 200,000 people. And it will be at the cheapest price ever in the region. “We are going to build a solar plant in Mozambique. The electrification rights of Africa is... View Details
- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
Agriculture”; and the latest conversation was on the case “Driving Decarbonization at BMW”, which describes BMW's electrification and decarbonization strategy and how the company measures carbon emissions throughout the life cycle of its... View Details
- 21 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
The Power of Business in the Energy Transition
goals. For example, Patricia noted National Grid’s energy assessment, which focused on three key levers to pull along the path to reduced emissions in the US Northeast – (1) continued utility power conversion to alternatives; (2) the View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
function. One important element will be time-based pricing that stimulates demand when renewables are producing abundant electricity. Additionally, electrification of whole new sectors such as transportation (through electric vehicles) or... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
mainstream consumers, not just environmentally conscious buyers and early adopters. Tesla’s forthcoming Model 3 boasts a 215-mile range and a $35,000 pre-incentive asking price. Virtually every major automaker now has an ambitious global View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
director Maureen Harrington (MBA 2001)—around how to respond to the government's insistent request, relatively late in the planning process, for increased community services in areas such as education, water and sanitation, and View Details
- 05 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact
toward smaller, younger companies that were still figuring things out. Can you tell us about where you ended up? One area of focus in my job search was companies working on the electrification of vehicles; currently I’m the operations... View Details
- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It was a beacon in the dark that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Smaller Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
B432 4 boxes, approx. 600 photographs Collection Guide The collection documents electric railway cars and lines in twenty-six states and in Washington, D.C. First introduced in the United States in the nineteenth century, electrification... View Details
- 07 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India
electrification of vehicles, including scooters and auto-rickshaws, has marked it as a trailblazer in clean energy alternatives. With a successful Series A funding round that drew powerhouse investors like Sequoia Surge and Exfinity... View Details
- 20 Mar 2019
- News
Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire
the technology know-how exists today to solve these problems was made clear by all speakers, as well as throughout the participant Q&A and roundtable discussions. NRDC’s Hwang cited energy efficiency; renewables; and electrification of... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
that having access to high-speed broadband is important. Now it is literally a lifeline. What the business community can do to help is provide greater access to connectivity. Just as electrification was seen as a priority for this country... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
positive publicity and substantive change over the last two quarters. Last November, the company was selected to “green” all 6,000 buildings in Ithaca, New York over the next 10 years. It was the first large-scale, city-wide View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
exciting thing they’ve seen in recent years, where you have the entire grid changing and the demand curve changing with the electrification of transportation. It’s also happening in rail and in other forms of transport. “I recommend a... View Details
- 22 Nov 2024
- News
Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone
about? Since May, the Club has hosted three social events and three programming events. We attended a private lecture by the Director of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) at The Ohio State University about the future of mobility, including the challenges of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society
study of climate resilience in developing countries With 20 years of experience researching water and energy technologies, Meeks plans to examine how the resilience of an electrification technology—specifically, mini grids—can be... View Details