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- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
in the area of energy storage and green energy production, for example, including lithium ion batteries for cell phones and laptops, silicon solar cells, and power semiconductors for solar panels. As a... View Details
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment
Summer Internship: Graduate Summer Associate at Cypress Creek Renewables Cypress Creek Renewables believes solar energy makes the world safer, cleaner and better. With more than 3 gigawatts of solar energy... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
A Climate Change Optimist
says. Green America’s sustainable supply chain networks provide peer learning, support, and connections to innovations. “I love the market-solution focus of what we do,” says Gravitz, noting that, in recent big utility buys, solar and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photo by Seth Lowe
- 01 May 2013
- News
Michael F. Cronin, MBA 1977
Detroit, and even the student whose idea it was to put solar panels on the roof of Shad,” he notes. Cronin is the cofounder and managing partner of Weston Presidio, a private equity firm with offices on both US coasts and over $3 billion... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
develop a solid business model with value-added services. It’s difficult to have exclusivity for this type of marketplace, so retention is key. —Yishan Cao (MBA 2007) Case Study Update: QE Solar Three years ago, QE View Details
Keywords: April White
- 27 Apr 2015
- News
“A Unique Leadership Experience”
his mission ends in May. The GMP program, was “the best commander training I had,” he told the assembled crowd from some 220 miles above the Earth. Behind Virts, the sun reflected off the space station’s solar arrays, visible through two... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
Research and Analysis (CFRA) on companies in the solar industry with a focus on First Solar Inc. In 2009, CFRA was concerned that First Solar, like much of the solar industry,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Honoring a Legend
Atlanta Entrepreneurs Honor Nussey’s Impacts on Tech and Solar Catherine Cates (MBA 1983) & Bill Nussey (MBA 1996) Steve Kirschner (MBA 1986), Bill Nussey (MBA 1996), & John Yates (event host) Nussey presenting to HBS alumni Nussey and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Student-Profile
Rowan Clarke
development nonprofit, to research solar microenterprises in Rwanda. In partnership with IPA—and as a principal investigator on several projects—Rowan investigated the impact and efficacy of business development strategies in African... View Details
- 06 Aug 2008
- News
Caution to the Winds
campaign that argues that the United States must immediately get into wind and solar in a big way (http://pickensplan.com). Ironically, it was Pickens who helped bankroll the Swift Boat ads that in 2004 sank wind-surfing presidential... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 11 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork
evolution: “We’re not a training company anymore. We are a hiring company, connecting trade schools with clean energy companies.” Currently, Greenwork has some 500 job seekers on its platform and “tens of companies recruiting for more than 100 jobs.” The job categories... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
a ways off. But as he watched innovations like battery storage and solar drive sharp increases in demand, that clean-energy future didn’t seem so far away any longer. “We are moving off fossil fuels at a clip faster than anybody, even... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 15 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Kelly Ogiesoba
across pricing, revenue growth, strategy, and M&A (merger and acquisitions) deals. NextEra Energy, Project Manager, 30 months: Part of my work here was centered around the traditional work of a renewable developer as I worked to purchase land for View Details
- 19 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways
we might want India to replace coal capacity with renewable generation resources overnight, it is impossible for two reasons. First, most obviously, it is not realistic to build thousands of gigawatts of solar and wind plants quickly.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Good Day Sunshine
242f07dca21bab1cbbd0dd3faf4f40ca Thanks to second-year students Brian Robertson (at left) and Dan Cook, the roof of Shad Hall now boasts 192 solar panels, the second largest such installation in Boston. HBS, Harvard University, and the... View Details
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
the initiative's return on investment (from sales to social media engagement), whether they should continue the initiative for 2011, and whether Pepsi is the right brand for this kind of initiative. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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 produce no carbon emissions, yet they are far more reliable... View Details
- Profile
Domingo Garcia-Huidobro
Why did you choose this path at this point in time? I wanted to scale my solar startup back home, but I really didn’t understand how. I lacked a structured approach to entrepreneurship, tools, and connections. At HBS I have learned tons... View Details
- 10 May 2023
- News
Students Strive to Solve Climate Change
As part of the Business & Environment Initiative’s “Accelerating Climate Solutions” conference on May 10, 2023, four HBS MBA Class of 2023 students discuss their efforts toward solving climate challenges: Chidalu Onyenso founded EarthBond to link Nigerians with... View Details
Keywords: Carbon capture