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- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
his family and his small North Carolina town after a nuclear electromagnetic-pulse attack wipes out America’s electrical infrastructure. The book struck a chord with Popik (MBA 1988), who was a captain in the US Air Force before attending... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
An Electrifying Tale
Prior to earning her MBA, Maryanne Cataldo (MBA ’92) decided to leave Washington, D.C., and her job as an economist in order to plug into a different career. She moved to Boston and joined an electrical workers union as an apprentice. “I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Research Brief: Weatherproofing Renewables
blackouts and lead to higher prices. “What we really need are new storage technologies that can store electricity without the polluting effects,” Tamayo adds. Although they have been expensive to develop, storage technologies like... View Details
- 22 Feb 2017
- News
Funding Solar’s Future
SolarCity, Vivint and their ilk install individual solar projects on commercial and residential roofs, Barcott and McCready wanted to address the financing needs of the utility-scale solar developers, which provide power directly to the View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Delivering the Power to Dream Big
technology will not only increase solar adoption in the United States, but help people in the developing world as well. In industrialized countries, "you can imagine the impact on portable electronics—it can give you freedom from the View Details
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Into the Light
dinner and do other household chores before darkness falls. Lack of electricity is also a health concern. Poindexter recalls hearing of a baby in need of urgent care in the middle of the night. The clinic had no electricity. As the doctor... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
(Photo courtesy of KDC Solar) Launched in 2011, QE solar is an operations and maintenance company focused on servicing large-scale, commercial solar energy structures—the kind typically owned by large utility companies. The company is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Powering Up
tossed into landfills. So Eric Giler (MBA ’82) is working on a better plan: wireless technology in which devices are powered by electricity from remote energy-emitting coils. “It’s not electricity going... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
she says, noting that Brazil offers incentives in the form of discounted transmission rates for biomass-generated electricity. (Brazil is almost entirely independent of fossil fuels, relying primarily on hydroelectric energy for its grid View Details
Philip Sporn
Sporn was one of the foremost contributors to the growth in the consumption and dissemination of electric power. A tireless advocate for the industry, Sporn’s efforts were aimed at greater efficiency of operations through technological... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Wind Shift
the island of Vinalhaven, Maine. The $15 million project is the largest community-owned wind facility on the East Coast. Standing nearly 400 feet tall, the structures will fill the electricity needs of the several thousand year-round and... 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
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
Energy Efficiency as a Common Purpose
Duane Highley (AMP 177, 2009) is president and CEO for the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. In this interview, he explains how the organization is united behind a common purpose—the concept of energy efficiency as a benefit to... View Details
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
If you ask any given environmentalist to identify the biggest threat to the planet, you may expect to hear about man-made climate change, consumerism, or overpopulation. But if you ask Harvard Business School's Joseph B. Lassiter, he'll toss in another: single-issue... View Details
- 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... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details
- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Pulling the Plug
Eric Giler by Francis Storrs Standing on the stage of TEDGlobal in Oxford, England, WiTricity CEO Eric Giler (MBA 1982) is nervous. It's July 2009, and he's about to show how his company's technology can beam electricity through the air... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs; 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
James L. Broadhead
Broadhead reshaped the FPL Group to be more competitive through a major streamlining program. He eliminated 80% of the corporate procedures and shortened the remaining 20%. Under Broadhead's tenure, FPL’s customers bought their electric... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
HBS alumnus Philip Rettger on partnering with the Harvard endowment
Philip Rettger (MBA 1985) has focused his career on renewable and sustainable energy. "While none of us knows what the future will offer for investment returns, I am pleased that the charitable remainder trust that I established several years ago is being invested by... View Details
Gerard Swope
Though GE was highly successful in the market for heavy electrical machinery and engineering systems, Swope was determined to diversify the company into “public” products. Swope steered GE towards smaller electronic appliances, giving the... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods