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      • February 2021
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      Yellow Digital Retailers, Ltd.: Providing Solar Electricity to Transform Rural Africa

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, Frank V. Cespedes and Michael Norris
      In 2020, Mike Heyink and Maya Stewart, co-founders of the Pay-as-you-Go Solar company Yellow were considering how to grow their startup. They had achieved some success in their first market, Malawi, and had recently entered Uganda, where business was slower. What did...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Developing Countries And Economies; Alternative energy; renewable energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Green Technology; Salesforce Management; Diversification; Expansion; energy Industry; Africa; South Africa; Malawi; Uganda
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      Applegate, Lynda M., Frank V. Cespedes, and Michael Norris. "Yellow Digital Retailers, Ltd.: Providing Solar Electricity to Transform Rural Africa." Harvard Business School Case 821-041, February 2021.
      • November 2020
      • Case

      Holaluz: Taking on the Spanish Energy Market

      By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini, Oded Koenigsberg, Elena Corsi and Emer Moloney
      In 2020, the three cofounders of Holaluz, a newcomer to Spain’s electricity retail market, are preparing to launch a new offering: installing and managing solar panels on households' roofs at no extra cost for the consumer, who would still benefit from the energy...  View Details
      Keywords: Electricity; Solar Power; Subscription Business; renewable energy; Entrepreneurship; Service Delivery; Business Model; Product Launch; Marketing; energy Industry; Spain
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      Ofek, Elie, Marco Bertini, Oded Koenigsberg, Elena Corsi, and Emer Moloney. "Holaluz: Taking on the Spanish Energy Market." Harvard Business School Case 521-045, November 2020.
      • September 2020 (Revised November 2020)
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      d.light

      By: Michael Chu, Krishna G. Palepu and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha
      Kenyan off-grid-solar pioneer d.light can power entire homes in rural Africa but must now decide how to fund the growth of its asset-heavy business model. Ned Tozun and Sam Goldman founded d.light in 2006 to transform lives through solar solutions enabling access to...  View Details
      Keywords: Alternative energy; Business Model; Capital; Emerging Markets; Expansion; Financial Strategy; renewable energy; Strategy; Social Entrepreneurship; energy Industry; Africa; Kenya; India
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      Chu, Michael, Krishna G. Palepu, and Dilyana Karadzhova Botha. "d.light." Harvard Business School Case 321-069, September 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
      • September 2020
      • Case

      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.
      • July 2020
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      CSL Capital Management: Patriot Proppants (A)

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Yury Kapko
      This two-part case series follows CSL Capital’s 2009 investment in the greenfield manufacturing company, Patriot Proppants. CSL, a recently established investment firm, employs a unique investment model, funding new ("green field") energy service businesses that serve...  View Details
      Keywords: Investment; renewable energy; Business Model; Decision Making
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Yury Kapko. "CSL Capital Management: Patriot Proppants (A)." Harvard Business School Case 220-094, July 2020.
      • July 2020
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      CSL Capital Management: Patriot Proppants (B)

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Yury Kapko
      This two-part case series follows CSL Capital’s 2009 investment in the greenfield manufacturing company, Patriot Proppants. CSL, a recently established investment firm, employs a unique investment model, funding new ("greenfield") energy service businesses that serve...  View Details
      Keywords: Investment; renewable energy; Decision Making
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Yury Kapko. "CSL Capital Management: Patriot Proppants (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 221-007, July 2020.
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      Who's Afraid of 100%?

      By: Jurgen Weiss
      The articles describes 100% renewable/clean energy systems and argues that they may be less costly and easier to achieve than is often argued in the industry.  View Details
      Keywords: renewable energy; Green Technology; Green Technology Industry; energy Industry
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      Weiss, Jurgen. "Who's Afraid of 100%?" Opinion. Utility Dive (February 6, 2020).
      • February 2020 (Revised March 2020)
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      Prime Coalition: Catalytic Capital for Climate Innovation

      By: Ramana Nanda, Benjamin N. Roth and Olivia Hull
      With long development timelines and high risk, new energy technologies were often left to languish in the “valley of death,” unable to raise enough funds to bring a product to market. In 2014, Sarah Kearney founded the nonprofit Prime Coalition to solve this problem....  View Details
      Keywords: energy Conservation; renewable energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Innovation And Invention; Technological Innovation; Mission And Purpose; Science-based Business; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Enterprise; energy Industry; Technology Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States
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      Nanda, Ramana, Benjamin N. Roth, and Olivia Hull. "Prime Coalition: Catalytic Capital for Climate Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 820-007, February 2020. (Revised March 2020.)
      • January 2020
      • Background Note

      Climate Change in 2020: Implications for Business

      By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Sophus A. Reinert and Mariana Oseguera
      This note provides general information about climate change and its implications for business. Included is an overview of climate change science and a number of its impacts, including rising sea levels, changing weather patterns and extreme weather, pressure on water...  View Details
      Keywords: Climate Change; Environmental Accounting; Agribusiness; Economic Growth; energy Conservation; energy Generation; renewable energy; energy Sources; Non-renewable energy; Globalized Markets And Industries; National Security; Government Legislation; Operations; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Problems And Challenges; Risk And Uncertainty; Natural Disasters; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Science-based Business; Weather; Society; Technology
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      Henderson, Rebecca M., Sophus A. Reinert, and Mariana Oseguera. "Climate Change in 2020: Implications for Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 320-087, January 2020. (Click here for a complimentary copy on the Business & Environment Initiative’s site.)
      • 2 Dec 2019
      • Other Presentation

      Increasing Solar Power

      By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Abby Hopper
      Is increasing solar power the answer? Abby Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, and Professor Joe Lassiter discuss how to deliver reliable, clean, low cost power for people everywhere.  View Details
      Keywords: Solar Power; renewable energy; Service Delivery
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      "Increasing Solar Power." Climate Rising (podcast), Harvard Business School Business and Environment Initiative, December 2, 2019.
      • November 2019 (Revised June 2020)
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      Russia: A Drama In Three Acts

      By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella, Galit Goldstein and Sogomon Tarontsi
      The collapse of central authority in the Soviet Union in 1991 ushered in a period of revolutionary transformations for the states that emerged in its wake. The leaders of Russia, the USSR's successor, struggled to reestablish central authority while also seeking to...  View Details
      Keywords: Business & Government Relations; Developing Countries; Government Policy; Policy Change; Policy Making; Economic Systems; Economics; Globalization; Emerging Markets; Privatization; Non-renewable energy; Governance; Global Strategy; Corporate Governance; Policy; Business History; Lawfulness; Problems And Challenges; Business And Government Relations; Risk And Uncertainty; Strategy; Change Management; Russia; Moscow
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      Abdelal, Rawi, Rafael Di Tella, Galit Goldstein, and Sogomon Tarontsi. "Russia: A Drama In Three Acts." Harvard Business School Case 720-020, November 2019. (Revised June 2020.)
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      Decarbonizing Economy Requires Lot More Electricity: Big Ramp-ups in Solar, Wind Power Are Needed

      By: Jurgen Weiss
      The column summarizes the findings of a report prepared for the Coalition for Community Solar Access, which concludes that to achieve New England's 2050 economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions reductions goals would require increasing the annual deployments of new...  View Details
      Keywords: Decarbonization; Electricity; renewable energy; Green Technology; New England
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      Weiss, Jurgen. "Decarbonizing Economy Requires Lot More Electricity: Big Ramp-ups in Solar, Wind Power Are Needed." CommonWealth (October 19, 2019).
      • September 2019
      • Case

      Shell: A Company of Opportunity?

      By: Joseph B. Fuller and Emer Moloney
      The Opportunity Hub was a cloud-based platform that enabled managers to market projects they were working on and associated resourcing needs as “Opportunity Owners” and employees, or “Opportunity Seekers,” to browse these statements of need and engage when they had...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Divisions; Change Management; Competency And Skills; Experience And Expertise; Talent And Talent Management; energy; energy Sources; Non-renewable energy; renewable energy; Human Resources; Employees; Retention; Collaborative Innovation And Invention; Innovation And Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Jobs And Positions; Job Design And Levels; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge; Knowledge Use And Leverage; Labor; Human Capital; Labor Unions; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Performance Evaluation; Performance Productivity; Strategic Planning; Projects; Motivation And Incentives; Business Strategy; Social And Collaborative Networks; Technology Platform; Chemical Industry; energy Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United Kingdom; Netherlands
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      Fuller, Joseph B., and Emer Moloney. "Shell: A Company of Opportunity?" Harvard Business School Case 320-025, September 2019.
      • September 2019
      • Case

      Clean Energy for the Future

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Howaida Kamel
      This is an industry note on renewable energy – wind, solar, governmental incentives and storage. It covers the recent history of both the wind and solar industries, an extensive look at governmental policies in the United States, including the Green New Deal, and...  View Details
      Keywords: Green New Deal; Government Incentives; renewable energy; Policy; Price; energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States
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      Vietor, Richard H.K., and Howaida Kamel. "Clean Energy for the Future." Harvard Business School Case 720-003, September 2019.
      • July 2019 (Revised January 2021)
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      Acelerex

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      In early 2019, Randell Johnson, Founder and Chief Executive of Acelerex, was reflecting on the company’s first year of rapid growth and the challenges of scaling the business that lay ahead. Acelerex was riding the waves of change taking place in electrical power grids...  View Details
      Keywords: energy; energy Sources; Growth Management; Expansion; Global Strategy; Cash Flow; energy Industry; Web Services Industry; Consulting Industry
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Acelerex." Harvard Business School Case 720-360, July 2019. (Revised January 2021.)
      • May 2019
      • Case

      Elon Musk's Big Bets Update, 2019

      By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
      This short case provides an update to Elon Musk's strategy and tactical moves with Tesla, Solar City, and SpaceX from 2016-2019.  View Details
      Keywords: Electric Vehicles; Batteries; Solar Power; Execution; Space Flight; Tesla; Solarcity; Spacex; Elon Musk; Technology; Risk And Uncertainty; Expansion; renewable energy; Strategy; Investment; Manufacturing Industry; Green Technology Industry; Auto Industry; Aerospace Industry; Battery Industry
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      Yoffie, David B., and Daniel Fisher. "Elon Musk's Big Bets Update, 2019." Harvard Business School Case 719-512, May 2019.
      • January 2019 (Revised December 2019)
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      CrossBoundary Energy

      By: John Macomber
      Almost 500 million people are without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. Governments and public utilities are challenged to bring generation and distribution to most of them. Considerable promise exists in “off-grid” or “mini-grid” technologies, notably using renewable...  View Details
      Keywords: Energy Investing; Economic Development; renewable energy; Business Growth And Maturation; Developing Countries And Economies; Project Finance; Emerging Markets; Industry Structures; Infrastructure; Segmentation; Private Equity; Decision Choices And Conditions; energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Africa; Tanzania; Ghana
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      Macomber, John. "CrossBoundary Energy." Harvard Business School Case 219-089, January 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
      • December 2018
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      Good Energy Group PLC

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      Founded at the end of 1999 by Juliet Davenport and Martin Edwards, Good Energy was the number-two renewable-energy seller in the United Kingdom at the end of 2016, supplying over 71,000 of the country’s 27 million households and small businesses with 100% renewable...  View Details
      Keywords: Power/energy; Green Energy; Renewables; Wind Power; Electricity; Power; Strategy Development; Electric Vehicles; Customer Service; Energy Policy; Barriers To Entry; renewable energy; Growth And Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Business And Government Relations; Problems And Challenges; Strategy; energy Industry; United Kingdom
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Good Energy Group PLC." Harvard Business School Case 719-439, December 2018.
      • December 2018 (Revised January 2021)
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      Bulb 2015: Foundation

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      This is the first case in a three-case series on Bulb Energy Ltd. It is followed by “Bulb 2017: Launch” (719-441) and “Bulb 2018: Rapid Growth” (719-442). It describes the foundation of Bulb, a renewable energy supplier entering the highly competitive UK market in...  View Details
      Keywords: Green Energy; Start-up; Launch; Customer Acquisition; Customer Churn; Customer Engagement; Electricity; Resources; Growth Strategy; B-corp; renewable energy; Business Startups; Business Plan; Business Model; Working Capital; Customers; Growth And Development Strategy; United Kingdom
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Bulb 2015: Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 719-440, December 2018. (Revised January 2021.)
      • December 2018 (Revised January 2021)
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      Bulb 2017: Launch

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      This is the second case in a three-case series on Bulb Energy Ltd. It comes after “Bulb 2015: Foundation” (719-440) and is followed by “Bulb 2018: Rapid Growth” (719-442). It describes the launch of Bulb, a renewable energy supplier entering the highly competitive UK...  View Details
      Keywords: Green Energy; Start-up; Launch; Customer Acquisition; Customer Churn; Customer Engagement; Electricity; Resources; Growth Strategy; B-corp; renewable energy; Business Startups; Growth And Development Strategy; Business Model; Working Capital; Product Launch; Customers; Growth Management; Business Plan; Decision Making; United Kingdom
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Bulb 2017: Launch." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-441, December 2018. (Revised January 2021.)
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