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- 02 Dec 2019
- News
Increasing Solar Power
- 01 Mar 2013
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Delivering the Power to Dream Big
lightweight, transparent solar panels, which can be integrated seamlessly into everyday objects, like windows or electronic displays. The technology's promise could lead to widespread adoption of solar View Details
- 18 Jun 2021
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The Dark Side of Solar Power
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
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
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
Their answers suggest that clean power will take off over the next decade or so, but hydrocarbon fuels will remain dominant. The E & E Club teamed up with the Business and Environment Initiative (BEI) to host the receptions—one in New... View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
- News
Power Play
Courtesy Rahul Advani, Sara Graziano, Chris Smith When Rahul Advani (MBA 2004) began his investment career in 1996, focused on the energy sector, he thought a future of accessible and affordable clean energy was a ways off. But as he watched innovations like battery... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
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Power Play
distributor, to fund large-scale battery storage and solar power in New York City as it works to reduce fossil-fuel pollution, upgrade aging infrastructure and systems, and move its electric grid to between... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Sep 2017
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Starting Lineup: Power Plays
Grana (MBA 2009) and Paul Gibbs (MBA 2011); Founded 2011 Its HelioScope software simplifies design and sales for solar systems—an energy source whose US installations doubled between 2015 and 2016. The software produced by the San... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
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Protecting the Power Grid
citizen petition to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). In addition to outlining the threat to spent fuel pools, the petition proposed technical fixes to ensure “walk-away” safety, such as solar panels to View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
housing, and safe drinking water. (One investment example includes d.light design, a company that provides solar lighting solutions to replace kerosene lanterns, which are more costly, dangerous, and unhealthy.) “Understanding the full... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 20 Jan 2017
- News
Bringing Power to the People
“What we do at Neoen is quite ambitious—we try to bring electricity to people who didn’t have it. “Neoen is a power producer. We produce electricity that comes from renewable energy sources, mostly solar and... View Details
- 21 May 2024
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A New Chapter
of instructional materials; and lack of electricity and basic infrastructure,” Wolf explains. The model is simple yet compelling: The nonprofit partners with national and local government, and hires and trains local employees. Primary schools are supplied tablets that... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order
EV charging stations are already common in many cities across the United States, increasing the number of urban dwellings powered by clean electricity is an important next step. “Developing the infrastructure needed to connect urban... 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
- 22 Feb 2017
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Funding Solar’s Future
and former Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers, who now advises the company. Altogether, Double Time has financed 36 solar energy projects, which collectively produce roughly 10% of North Carolina’s solar View Details
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Into the Light
of Energicity. “Modern life as we know it is impossible.” Poindexter has seen the struggles firsthand in rural Ghana, where her startup is working to bring solar power to communities where highly flammable... View Details
- 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... View Details
- 06 Aug 2008
- News
Caution to the Winds
the octogenarian billionaire oilman, says it’s time to throw caution to the winds — literally. A big investor in wind power (a special research interest of HBS professor Richard Vietor), Pickens says he’s too old and too rich to care... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
that seeming progress, the nonpartisan, nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) notes that wind and solar still only accounted for 2.9 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively, of total global power generation... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
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Forward Thinking
You can ask the internet anything, but getting an answer via generative artificial intelligence consumes about 10 times more electricity than a traditional Google search. Consequently, the data centers where AI tools are trained and run are guzzling more and more... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
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Savings and Loam
finding brands in every aisle that align with their values. An entire generation of these consumers expects their purchasing power to be deployed as a force for good, whether that means supporting humane working conditions or social or... View Details