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- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
electrified transportation, waste/recycling and food/ag, we’re thrilled with the IRA. We’ve already seen the economics shift for a number of startups in battery development, battery recycling, carbon... View Details
Marty Blue
Electric Vehicle’s battery health. Marty is a Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group where she is working with companies in the Automotive Sector. She is currently an Expert at the Harvard Innovation Labs and is a former... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
technologies, industries, and organizations. He has also conducted extensive research on the watch industry. Raffaelli weighs in below on everything from battery life to the Apple Watch's implications for the health care industry. Read an... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
We’ve already seen the economics shift for a number of startups in battery development, battery recycling, carbon capture, solar development, and clean hydrogen. Within EVs, the IRA’s tax credit of 30... 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
- 05 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact
helped him move on to an operations management role at an early-stage battery startup. Tell us a bit about your background before you came to HBS. I studied industrial engineering as an undergrad, and ended up doing a master’s degree in... View Details
- 27 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
HBS Alumni and Students Take On the Climate Crisis
solar power to communities where highly flammable kerosene and expensive flashlight batteries are the primary sources of light. CAN FARMING SAVE THE PLANET?Don Wiviott (MBA 1984) is cofounder and partner of Sustainable Farm Partners... View Details
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
KineticsEkhi Muniategui, MBA 2009With virtually unlimited power in a singular design, the DKS radioisotopic battery solution offers an unprecedented, technological offering — an ultra-light power solution that lasts for decades and goes... View Details
- 07 Nov 2024
- Blog Post
Exploring California’s Climate Frontier: E&E Club’s Bay Area Trek
it as a leader in manufacturing innovation itself. Next, we visited Antora Energy, a company tackling industrial emissions through thermal battery technology, converting renewable electricity into reliable, affordable heat for heavy... View Details
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
adviser. Intellectual property based on the science, which offered a radical way to construct lithium-ion batteries that promised higher energy densities, was licensed from MIT. The concept for the company was based on laboratory... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
This year is shaping up to be a critical one for electric vehicles—or EVs—say HBS alumni in the auto industry, with the newly released Chevy Bolt and Tesla’s own soon-to-be-released Model 3 promising to make EVs as affordable as conventional fuel-powered ones. Advances... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital: Hot Markets and Current Industry Trends
added. Neeraj Agrawal, Senior Associate, Battery Ventures, said he's interested in enterprise software and data center automation, but not so keen on customer relations management or wireless. "The shine's off that apple." We're... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Turning Point: The Dark Season
eventually found my way. By the time I was done, some of the players—who had also faced adversity—were in tears. Two months later I was named team chaplain. + SKYDECK web-only content Wilkins describes what it’s like to lead football players in prayer and how he... View Details
Keywords: Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009)
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Scott C. Bolick
twice the 67 days usually needed to complete the arduous battery of simulated combat missions. The ordeal left Bolick 36 pounds lighter than when he started and further weakened by viral infections that required two overnight... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
this is beneficial. Further, being all electric and battery powered (not with overhead wires like AMTRAK electric trains), the buses also store energy so that the system can purchase from the grid off peak and deploy energy to turn wheels... View Details
- 01 Apr 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Miami
revolutionizing school bus systems across the country. By converting regularly scheduled school buses to electric vehicles, Highland has created a dual-purpose solution – these buses not only transport children safely but also return to depots where they serve as... View Details
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
collaborative tasks from writing assignments to playing digital instruments. At the same time it needed to address constraints such as the lack of electrical power in many remote rural areas—a problem it solves in several ways. Kids can recharge the View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Losing Our Competitive Edge
Business Review, how the United States has lost or is in the process of losing the ability to manufacture many of the cutting-edge products it invented. These include the batteries that power electric and hybrid cars, light-emitting... View Details
- 15 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Kelly Ogiesoba
execution of world largest solar and battery system (409MW, 2hr.) to test the ability of storage to replace an old fossil unit. Finally, I got exposure to EVs (electric vehicles) by helping to manage the execution of a utility scale EV... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
mobile one. Uber and other apps have made the mobile device a remote control for life (think of how distressing it is when your battery runs out!). The pace of innovation here makes it incredibly exciting to be a part of this industry.”... View Details