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  • April 2021
  • Teaching Note

GreenFire Energy, 2020: Geothermal Innovation

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In June 2020, after ten years of effort, GreenFire Energy Inc. (GreenFire) demonstrated its new geothermal electricity generation technology, ECO2G™. While conventional geothermal electricity only supplied 0.5% of US demand, the new technology promised to increase this... View Details
Keywords: Green Energy; Geothermal; Entrepreneur; Renewables; Geothermal Electricity; Green Technology; Renewable Energy; Energy Generation; Technological Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Commercialization
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Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "GreenFire Energy, 2020: Geothermal Innovation." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 721-450, April 2021.
  • September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
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GreenFire Energy, 2020: Geothermal Innovation

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In June 2020, GreenFire Energy Inc. (GreenFire) presented its report to the California Energy Commission indicating that its proof of concept project to demonstrate its new geothermal electricity generation technology, ECO2G™, had been a success. While conventional... View Details
Keywords: Geothermal Electricity; Renewable Energy; Energy Generation; Technological Innovation; Commercialization; Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions
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Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "GreenFire Energy, 2020: Geothermal Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 721-392, September 2020. (Revised June 2021.)
  • 28 Apr 2016
  • Other Presentation

Unlocking the Potential of Geothermal Energy: Strategic Implications for Iceland, Other Nations and the International Community

By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
Professor Porter initiated the mapping of Iceland Geothermal Cluster Initiative in cooperation with the consulting company Gekon. He and his colleaque Dr. Christian Ketels introduced their findings in November 2010 at the first Iceland Geothermal Conference held in... View Details
Keywords: Iceland; Geothermal; Renewable; Competitiveness; Competition; Renewable Energy; Energy Industry; Iceland
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Porter, Michael E., and Christian H.M. Ketels. "Unlocking the Potential of Geothermal Energy: Strategic Implications for Iceland, Other Nations and the International Community." Iceland Geothermal Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, April 28, 2016.
  • 02 Nov 2010
  • News

Harvard Professor: Iceland Should Think Geothermal

  • August 2021 (Revised April 2023)
  • Case

Dandelion: Making Geothermal Heat Pumps a Real Option

By: Jurgen Weiss
Keywords: Electricity Distribution; Decarbonization; Geothermal Electricity; Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Weiss, Jurgen. "Dandelion: Making Geothermal Heat Pumps a Real Option." Harvard Business School Case 722-010, August 2021. (Revised April 2023.)
  • 1 Nov 2012
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Profile of the Icelandic Geothermal Cluster

By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
Profile of the Icelandic Geothermal Cluster View Details
Keywords: Industry Clusters; Economy; Energy Industry; Iceland
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Porter, Michael E., and Christian H.M. Ketels. "Profile of the Icelandic Geothermal Cluster." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Reykjavik, Iceland, November 1, 2012.
  • 2011
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Innovation and Regulative Ambiguities in the U.S. Geothermal Power Sector

By: Shon R. Hiatt
While prior institutional research has focused on institutional ambiguity as an exogenous condition under which organizations exercise agency, this study examines the state's exercise of agency in making legal institutions more or less ambiguous and its impact on... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Policy; Energy Sources; Innovation and Invention; Energy Industry; United States
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Hiatt, Shon R. "Innovation and Regulative Ambiguities in the U.S. Geothermal Power Sector." 2011.
  • 28 Jun 2011
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Opportunity in the Icelandic Geothermal Cluster

  • May 2022
  • Teaching Plan

Dandelion: Making Geothermal Heat Pumps a Real Option

By: Jurgen Weiss
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Weiss, Jurgen. "Dandelion: Making Geothermal Heat Pumps a Real Option." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 722-074, May 2022.
  • Aug 2011 - 2011
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Innovation and Regulative Ambiguities in the U.S. Geothermal Power Sector

By: Shon R. Hiatt
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Invention; United States
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Hiatt, Shon R. "Innovation and Regulative Ambiguities in the U.S. Geothermal Power Sector." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, August 2011.
  • 1 Nov 2010
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The Icelandic Geothermal Cluster: Enhancing Competitiveness and Creating a new Engine of Icelandic Growth

By: Michael E. Porter
Presentation on competitiveness and clusters View Details
Keywords: Economics; Iceland
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Porter, Michael E. "The Icelandic Geothermal Cluster: Enhancing Competitiveness and Creating a new Engine of Icelandic Growth." Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Reykjavik, Iceland, November 1, 2010.
  • 29 Jun 2011
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The Icelandic Geothermal Cluster: Banks, Universities, Ministries, Energy Companies and Aluminium Producers Join Forces

  • 16 May 2012
  • Conference Presentation

Constructing Institutional Ambiguity: Technology Definitions and Entrepreneurship in the U.S. Geothermal Power Sector

By: Shon R. Hiatt
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Hiatt, Shon R. "Constructing Institutional Ambiguity: Technology Definitions and Entrepreneurship in the U.S. Geothermal Power Sector." Paper presented at the 4th Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability Annual Research Conference, New Haven, CT, May 16, 2012.
  • 5 May 2012
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Construction of Ambiguous Technology Definitions and Entrepreneurship in The U.S. Geothermal Power Sector

By: Shon R. Hiatt
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Hiatt, Shon R. "Construction of Ambiguous Technology Definitions and Entrepreneurship in The U.S. Geothermal Power Sector." Paper presented at the Darden Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Conference, May 5, 2012.

    HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues

    Professor Shon Hiatt highlights the benefits of federalism in fostering state policy experimentation and explains the impact of these laws on innovation and entrepreneurship in the U.S. geothermal power sector. View Details
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    Globalization of Wind Power

    By: Richard H.K. Vietor
    Professor Vietor has been working to develop teaching materials on energy - especially renewable energy.  Towards this end, he has written cases on Cape Wind, Suzlon, Airtricity's Supergrid, and Sun Tech.  He is currently expanding this research into... View Details
    • August 2010 (Revised February 2011)
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    Highland Capital Partners: Investing in Cleantech

    By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and David Kiron
    One day during the summer of 2008, Paul Maeder, co-founder and general partner of Highland Capital Partners (HCP), was walking with his wife around Reykjavik, Iceland, marveling at how clean the city felt and at the widespread use of naturally occurring geothermal... View Details
    Keywords: Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Global Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Financial Services Industry; Green Technology Industry
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    Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and David Kiron. "Highland Capital Partners: Investing in Cleantech." Harvard Business School Case 811-009, August 2010. (Revised February 2011.)
    • Research Summary

    Professor Hiatt’s research is aimed at discovering how institutional factors can affect sector growth and technology development and adoption by mediating and moderating uncertainty. His work encompasses two related research questions:

    1) How can... View Details

    • 03 Nov 2023
    • News

    Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum

    an entrepreneur, investor and inventor who has been working with sustainable housing and renewable energy since 2007. She is the immediate past CEO of BrainHeart Energy, the largest geothermal group in Sweden. She’s also an inventor who... View Details
    Keywords: Margie Kelley
    • 06 May 2025
    • Blog Post

    The Incredible Land of Ice and Fire: Exploring Iceland's Renewable Energy Model for a Changing Planet

    needs met sustainably is the mission of Flúðaorka Power Plant, the geothermal facility that we visited—and that you can explore online here. Flúðaorka has 600 kW of installed capacity, which is sold to the grid, but it also produces... View Details
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