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- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
fuzzy logic, and you have the makings of Nicholas Carr's article. Carr's examples of railroads and electric power played out over eighty years, (not forty, as he suggests), turning society, business organizations, and lifestyles inside... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
photo by Brandon Thibodeaux Chris Riley (MBA 2008) didn’t have any experience with renewable power when he cofounded Guzman Energy in 2013. Riley, who had spent most his career as an officer in the US Navy and then as director of... View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
districts in Texas. Let’s just say the outcome of the election was that I was the recipient of the silver medal!” he reveals with a rueful laugh. By all indications, the defeat did little to dampen Skelly’s idealism or entrepreneurial spirit. In a 2008 View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
Photo courtesy Clean Line Energy Partners “We’re kind of like the express line,” says Michael Skelly (MBA 1991). That’s how he likes to explain Houston-based Clean Line Energy Partners’ mission of developing high-voltage transmission lines that carry View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
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
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
depends on tidal currents just as wind farms depend on wind. Like wind and solar energy, tidal and other forms of marine power such as wave energy consume no fossil fuels and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
An Electrifying Tale
into an operation that now boasts 135 employees and anticipated 2003 revenues of $45 million. As Boston’s Big Dig, a prime revenue source, winds down, City Lights is expanding to other parts of the country. The company has also launched a... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Navigating the Future of Renewable Energy at Port Esbjerg
student essays that highlight their reflections. As part of our Immersive Field Course (IFC), we had the privilege of visiting Port Esbjerg, a key player in the offshore wind sector that has the largest capacity for offshore View Details
- 21 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Grundfos: Innovation & Inspiration for Sustainable Product Design
largest pump manufacturer in the world, headquartered in Bjerringbro, Denmark. Grundfos shared the same ecosystem of energy, material, and waste flows with other companies we visited. For example, Grundfos pumps installed in Denmark are View Details
- 22 Sep 2016
- News
Building a Green Energy Grid
megawatts of wind energy—enough to power more than one million homes—from the wind-rich Oklahoma Panhandle region to customers in Arkansas, Tennessee, and other states in the Mid-South and Southeast.... View Details
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Energy: A Future of Lower Energy Prices
hand, it creates all kinds of interesting opportunities for energy-intensive manufacturing. You will also see restructuring in the power generation sector, as low oil and natural gas prices reduce power... View Details
- Career Coach
Craig Husa
the CEO of multiple innovative, break-through companies including SuperCritical Technologies, a manufacturer of distributed power generation units, and 3TIER (acquired by Vaisala, NASDAQ OMX Helsinki). 3TIER’s big-data, weather analytics... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
A Wonderful Whirl
Mounted atop the Soldiers Field Park Garage, two wind turbines — 40-foot towers with 11.5-foot blades — represent Harvard’s biggest wind-energy project to date. Weighing more than 1,000 pounds each, the turbines are expected to supply 5... View Details
Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution
- 21 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax
India. As part of the course, we were tasked with researching the state of renewable energy - specifically solar and wind - development in India. Companies like CleanMax play a critical role in pushing deployment of clean energy in the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
Image by Digital Art/Corbis Related Links Listen to a podcast of Professors Rawi Abdelal, Forest Reinhardt, and Richard Vietor discussing the future of energy The catch-all “green” category covers a range of industries, from wind and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
Provides high tech products and services for building energy efficiency Jeffrey Brown (MBA 1983) Summit Power Group, LLC. Seattle, Washington Developer of electric power projects Michael Cavallo (MBA 1978)... View Details
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories
Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP. Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power Climate Stories Episode #8: The... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Leaning In to Gender Equity
and let opportunities for advancement pass them by—at least compared to their male peers. These observations are the real surprise thread winding through Lean In, and they have landed her in hot water with critics who prefer to pin most... View Details
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
and 2000, the global generating capacity of wind power grew from 13 megawatts to 17,400 megawatts, but two-thirds of that capacity was in Denmark, Germany, Spain, and the United States. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne