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  • 18 Mar 2024
  • Research & Ideas

When It Comes to Climate Regulation, Energy Companies Take a More Nuanced View

Common wisdom holds that oil and gas companies, electric utilities, and other industries known for their large carbon emissions generally oppose clean energy policies. Now, a study of corporate advocacy spanning 30 years reveals that many companies are more flexible... View Details
Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Utilities
  • Fast Answer

Energy storage: market overview, technological trends

What is the market status of energy storage technologies? You may begin with multiple databases listed below for industry/market analysis including technological trends BCC Research  Frost &... View Details
  • 11 Jul 2024
  • Blog Post

Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure!

During a 3-day weekend this spring, Energy & Environment Club members went on a whirlwind trip to Iceland. Each day was packed with activities and learning planned by Lucy Oyer (MBA 2024), 2023-2024 E&E Club President, and Ian... View Details
  • March 2019
  • Article

Economics of Converting Renewable Power to Hydrogen

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein
The recent sharp decline in the cost of renewable energy suggests that the production of hydrogen from renewable power through a power-to-gas process might become more economical. Here we examine this alternative from the perspective of an investor who considers a... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Clean Technology; Renewable Energy; Energy Storage; Sustainability Management; Sustainable Business; Synergies; Green Hydrogen; Green Technology; Environment; Decarbonization; Carbon Emissions; Carbon Abatement; Energy; Accounting; Decision Making; Economics; Environmental Management; Growth and Development; Management; Operations; Science; Transportation; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; North and Central America; South America; Middle East
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  • 04 Feb 2022
  • Blog Post

Energy and Cleantech: Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

opportunity to represent HBS in markets around the world by building new relationships and connecting students with employment opportunities. More recently, the Energy and Cleantech industries were added to my employer relations and... View Details
  • 21 Nov 2017
  • News

Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy

manage people will not. Study interpersonal relations, finance, and change management.” Joseph Santo (MBA 2017) Business Development, Distributed Energy, NextEra Energy Resources “I work in distributed View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; solar power; wind power
  • 15 Aug 2024
  • Blog Post

Navigating the Future of Renewable Energy at Port Esbjerg

Carbon Capture and Storage We then visited INEOS Energy, a sustainable energy business conducting the Greensand Pilot Project, an INEOS-led consortium of 25 companies and institutions, for carbon capture and... View Details
  • 04 Mar 2022
  • Blog Post

Advice from My HBS Career Journey in Renewable Energy

our wind, solar, and battery storage development efforts in a few different regions. I got a lot of really amazing experience from an operator perspective, and I learned about how renewable energy projects... View Details
  • 14 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

from ~10,000 INR to ~400 INR, and they have up to 2 days’ worth of electricity in the battery storage units. In conclusion, SELCO’s last mile solar-powered energy solutions for rural India exemplifies a... View Details
  • Research Summary

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Dr. Crawford conducts research on innovation in the energy industry, with a special focus on emerging business models. She is developing several cases for the EC course, "21st Century Energy," that specifically examine innovations at the interface of IT and Energy — ... View Details
Keywords: Electricity; Prosumer; Smart Grid; Blockchain; Microgrid; Electric Vehicles; Batteries; Energy Storage; Ride-sharing; Smart Cities; Smart Buildings; Smart Meters; Demand Response; ＂GMOs,＂; Corporate Accountability; Responsibilities To Society; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Leadership & Corporate Accountability; Competitive Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Research and Development; Leadership; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Europe; Asia; United States
  • November 2019 (Revised April 2021)
  • Technical Note

Rechargeable Batteries, 2017: Gigafactory Wars in the Offing?

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2017, the global market for rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries was 126 gigawatt-hours (GWh) valued at $37 billion, growing by $10 billion in two years. Once confined largely to consumer electronics and appliances, the rapid increase in demand was spurred by... View Details
Keywords: Batteries; Rechargeable Batteries; Lithium-ion; Lithium-ion Batteries; Electric Vehicle; Electric Vehicles; Energy Entrepreneurship; Energy Markets; Energy Storage; Battery; Demand Uncertainty; Demand Forecasting; Supply ＆ Demand; Supply And Demand; Capacity Planning; Tesla; Technological And Scientific Innovation; Technological Change; Technology Change; Technology Commercialization; Policy Change; Subsidies; Power/Energy; Power Grid; Energy Policy; Developing Markets; Alevo; Samsung; LG Chem; CATL; Northvolt; General Motors; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Commercialization; Policy; Demand and Consumers; Forecasting and Prediction; Supply and Industry; Emerging Markets; Competitive Strategy; China
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    Christian Kaps

    Christian Kaps is an Assistant Professor of business administration in the Technology and Operations Management (TOM) Unit at Harvard Business School. Kaps' research focuses on emerging topics in renewable electricity generation and storage - notably how new... View Details

    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    When Batteries Meet Hydrogen: Dual-Storage Investments for Load-Shifting Purposes

    By: Christian Kaps and Simone Marinesi
    Power systems account for nearly 40% of global emissions. As the world tries to reduce emissions by increasing renewable penetration, storage technologies are playing an increasingly important role in matching variable renewable supply with demand. Batteries have... View Details
    Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Renewable Energy; Transition; Utilities Industry; Battery Industry
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    • November 2016 (Revised September 2018)
    • Case

    Elon Musk's Big Bets

    By: David B. Yoffie, Eric Baldwin and Brandon Kaufmann
    Between late 2014 and late 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk undertook several major, and risky, initiatives that would dramatically expand the scale and scope of Tesla’s business. In late 2014, Tesla began construction on a $5 billion “gigafactory” that would manufacture... View Details
    Keywords: Electric Vehicles; Batteries; Solar Power; Strategy; Execution; Technology; Space Flight; Tesla; SolarCity; SpaceX; Elon Musk; Information Technology; Risk and Uncertainty; Expansion; Renewable Energy; Investment; Manufacturing Industry; Green Technology Industry; Auto Industry; Aerospace Industry; Battery Industry
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    • 22 Feb 2022
    • News

    New Urban Order

    responsible for 40 percent of the country’s energy use and emissions.” “Our building sector today is responsible for 40 percent of the country’s energy use and emissions.” Expanded 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
    • January 2025
    • Case

    GE Appliances 2025: Energizing Change

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jacob A. Small
    At the turn of 2025, Kevin Nolan, CEO of GE Appliances following its acquisition by Chinese appliance giant Haier in 2016, is reviewing progress toward his net zero carbon vision for homes, which would otherwise exacerbate the global warming climate crisis. An... View Details
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    • July 2019 (Revised May 2021)
    • Case

    Acelerex

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    In early 2019, Randell Johnson, Founder and Chief Executive of Acelerex, was reflecting on the company’s first year of rapid growth and the challenges of scaling the business that lay ahead. Acelerex was riding the waves of change taking place in electrical power grids... View Details
    Keywords: Energy; Energy Sources; Growth Management; Expansion; Global Strategy; Cash Flow; Energy Industry; Web Services Industry; Consulting Industry
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    • 29 Sep 2015
    • HBS Seminar

    Kira Fabrizio, Boston University

    • 17 May 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: May 17

    http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16922 Historical Trajectories and Corporate Competences in Wind Energy Authors:Geoffrey Jones and Loubna Bouamane Abstract This working paper surveys the business history of the global wind View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • January 1990
    • Case

    Ashland Oil, Inc.: Trouble at Floreffe (A)

    This case series involves a crisis in business ethics and management decision making, when one of the company's diesel fuel storage tanks collapses, releasing nearly one million gallons of oil into the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers. Divided into four cases guiding the... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Crisis Management; Energy Sources; Energy Industry
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