Energy Storage - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 2022
Technical Note

Risks and Opportunities from the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy: A Business Analysis Framework

The transition to a low carbon economy introduces many risks and opportunities for businesses. Risks emerge from regulatory actions, such as carbon taxes and cap and trade systems, technological innovation that develop alternatives for customers making existing... View Details

Keywords: Risk Assessment; Opportunities; Environmental Sustainability; Carbon Footprint; Risk Management; Competitive Dynamics; Business Analysis; Climate Change; Accounting; Finance; Valuation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Technological Innovation; Transition; Product Positioning; Renewable Energy; Analysis

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25 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 25, 2008

Amazon.com, Inc., specializing in the provision of web-based storage and computing services to web developers. The case focuses on the issues facing Andy Jassy, the head of AWS, in 2008 as AWS faces increased competition from established... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Faculty & Research

customer segment. HBS 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... View Details

June 2009 (Revised June 2009)
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VidaGas: VillageReach - The Mozambican Foundation for Community Development Joint Venture

This case describes the evolution of a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) distributor start-up, incubated by two not-for-profit NGOs to help improve the vaccine cold chain in Northern Mozambique. These NGOs must face the decision whether and how to sell their participation in... View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Supply Chain; Health Care and Treatment; Investment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Mozambique

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S.p.A. Anomaly Capital Management Antelope Anterra Capital Anthos Capital Anthropic Antora Energy Apeiron Labs Apollo Global Management Inc. Apple Inc. Applied Intuition Applied Ventures LLC Aquamarine Capital Ara Partners Arado Arcellx,... View Details

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Podcast - Business & Environment

Rising Logan Ward, Deputy Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, joins host Mike Toffel to discuss how AI is transforming the discovery process for new materials in grid-scale batteries. Logan explains Argonne’s research on improving View Details

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

Berger and William J. "John" Berger (MBA 2003) in honor of John's 15th Reunion. The gift also honors John and Kristen's shared passion for supporting entrepreneurs and for their home state of Texas. John is founder and CEO of Sunnova View Details

15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15

in achieving greater energy efficiency and reduced carbon emissions, the firm is looking for other ways to expand its sustainability initiatives, such as in its supply chain and incorporating sustainability into its due diligence and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Sep 2023
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2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

joining HBS. Audrey Atencio (MBA 2024, Section G), Summer Internship: Summer Associate, Piva Capital Piva is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm ($500mm AUM) investing in visionary entrepreneurs who are solving the world's critical problems in the industrial and... View Details

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

energy storage startup. In 2022, Colson was competitively selected as a Breakthrough Energy Fellow, and she is a member of the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 View Details

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

fortunate to have a front-row seat seeing how investing to accelerate net-zero enables us to do well, do good, and do right. In addition to an internal carbon price across our investments, we are harnessing three key levers. Investing in decarbonization technologies,... View Details

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Electricity - Business & Environment

that the renewable energy market represents a $16 trillion investment opportunity by 2040. [20] Challenge One of the biggest shifts needed to respond to climate change is rapidly transitioning from fossil fuel-based electricity generation... View Details

17 Jul 2023
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Sustainability Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

about energy storage or carbon dioxide removal? Or perhaps the circular economy or changing consumer behavior is better aligned with your interests. Get to know the space, get to know yourself, and enjoy the... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

investment advisory firm. Mr. Dauten is also the former CEO and President of HIMSCORP, Inc., a medical records storage and retrieval company that he successfully merged with Iron Mountain in 1997. Mr. Dauten currently serves on the Board... View Details

11 Apr 2023
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BTG Bioliquids: Creating Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from Biomass Residue Streams

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... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

"Residential Battery Storage - Reshaping the Way We Do Electricity" with Serguei Netessine. Christian Kaps : Winner of the 2024 People’s Choice Flash Talk Award at the INFORMS Early-Career Sustainable Operations Workshop for “Power vs.... View Details

13 Mar 2023
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Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01

worked in consulting between Dubai and Paris where I helped utilities and infrastructure funds on their energy transition. I got to experience the evolution of Europe towards clean energy. After a few years, I decided it was time for a... View Details

08 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

anywhere from 30 percent to 300 percent more electricity and allow for greater energy storage than the current overburdened system. "We're trying to reduce the peak demand because it's very expensive.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Energy; Energy

01 Jun 2022
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Research Brief: Weatherproofing Renewables

energy, and already 70 to 80 percent of its power comes from hydroelectric dams. But the volatility also means moments of scarcity, when renewable energy can’t be relied upon to keep the lights on. These fluctuations in the weather... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

03 Feb 2021
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Power Play

lasting environmental change. “Obviously, we think we can make money for our investors,” Graziano says, “but it’s also about really being able to change the electrical grid. This is the grid that I grew up with. Now, it can all be changed with View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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