Solar - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Dec 2019
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Study says solar cheaper than TVA

18 Jun 2021
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Rust Belt Turns ‘Sun Belt’ with Solar

true for the “green economy” movement: aged or unused factories in the Midwest being refurbished and turned into solar energy manufacturing plants. But Tom Tiller (MBA ’91) is really making it happen, the Indianapolis Star reported... View Details

Keywords: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Mar 2013
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Delivering the Power to Dream Big

Bart Howe (MBA 2011) envisions a time when tablet computers are self-charging and when buildings will generate their own power. Ubiquitous Energy, a company he cofounded that is creating a new generation of solar cells, puts these... View Details

Keywords: solar power; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

21 Nov 2017
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Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy

and costs. I don’t know what our energy system will look like in the future, but the future will be better than we can imagine because technology is going to improve, and the rate of improvement is going to be faster than anything we’ve experienced in the past. View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; solar power; wind power

15 Mar 2018
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Regeneron Talent Search Winners Cure Pessimism

15 Feb 2013
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Five myths about manufacturing jobs

12 May 2023
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Students Strive to Solve Climate Change

04 Dec 2012
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Use Street Strategy to Build New Ventures

09 Dec 2015
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The US advantage at Paris climate talks

12 Nov 2013
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Cities, startups tap the wisdom of crowds for sustainability

30 Oct 2021
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What’s Behind the Great British Battery Bonanza?

13 Sep 2021
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Can a Green-Economy Boom Town Be Built to Last?

11 Oct 2016
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Capitalism Behaving Badly

30 Apr 2020
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Leading Your Team Past the Peak of a Crisis

01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal

she is installing hundreds of communal composting receptacles across the city. Known as Smart Bins, these high-tech containers are locked to prevent people from using them as garbage cans, accessed via smartphone app, and solar powered.... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

21 May 2024
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A New Chapter

Joe Wolf (MBA 1999), cofounder and co-CEO of Imagine Worldwide, wants to provide educational opportunity where it is needed most. “In the next 30 years, half of the world’s youth will be sub-Saharan African,” says Wolf. “Right now, the World Bank reports that only one... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; photo by Cayce Clifford

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

percent of cars from the city. We also completed a significant recapitalization of Altus Power, a market-leading solar power company that provides clean electricity to clients across the United States. We know that every sector of our... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order

surface, a green roof, or supporting solar panels or wind turbines when possible,” Carty says. “And building wastewater can be treated and reused for flushing toilets and watering plants, for example, which has the added benefit of... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

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