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      • 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)
      • Case

      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.)
      • 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.
      • Guest Column

      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

      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.
      • January 2019 (Revised July 2019)
      • Case

      Jain Irrigation Systems Limited: Continuing a Legacy

      By: Forest Reinhardt, Gunnar Trumbull and Mahima Rao-Kachroo
      Founded in 1963 by Bhavarlal Jain (Bhau), who believed in “providing solutions for every problem,” Jain Irrigation in 2018 had a global footprint and $1.1 billion in revenue. Bhau had insisted that his business add value to farmers' lives and promote sustainable...  View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Mission And Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; Strategic Planning; India
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      Reinhardt, Forest, Gunnar Trumbull, and Mahima Rao-Kachroo. "Jain Irrigation Systems Limited: Continuing a Legacy." Harvard Business School Case 719-044, January 2019. (Revised July 2019.)
      • December 2018
      • Case

      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 2020)
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      Husk Power: Scaling the Venture

      By: Benjamin N. Roth, Joseph B. Lassiter III and Natalia Rigol
      In January 2018, Husk Power had just raised $20 million to scale operations for a second time. From 2007 through 2013, Husk built 80 biomass waste (primarily rice husk from rice mills) plants that provided electricity to 250,000 villagers and shop owners spread across...  View Details
      Keywords: Scaling; energy; Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Growth And Development; energy Industry; India
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      Roth, Benjamin N., Joseph B. Lassiter III, and Natalia Rigol. "Husk Power: Scaling the Venture." Harvard Business School Case 819-069, December 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
      • 2018
      • Book

      Varieties of Green Business: Industries, Nations and Time

      By: G. Jones
      Published at a time of ever-increasing warnings that the pace of climate change and other environmental changes risk making the Earth unsustainable within our own lifetimes, this book looks at the past of green business to identify lessons for the future. It provides...  View Details
      Keywords: Green Business; Sustainability; Business History; Eco-tourism; Organic Wine; Organic Food; Waste Management; Sustainable Finance; Ethics; Finance; History; Entrepreneurship; Accommodations Industry; Agriculture And Agribusiness Industry; Banking Industry; energy Industry; Food And Beverage Industry; Green Technology Industry; Tourism Industry; Europe; Asia; Latin America; North And Central America; New Zealand
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      Jones, G. Varieties of Green Business: Industries, Nations and Time. Northamption, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018.
      • 2018
      • Report

      The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study

      By: Joseph B. Lassiter III
      The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World study is the eighth in the MIT Energy Initiative’s "Future of" series, which aims to shed light on a range of complex and important issues involving energy and the environment. A central theme is...  View Details
      Keywords: Nuclear Energy; Carbon Emissions; Environment; Environmental Sustainability; energy; energy Policy; energy Sources
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      "The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study." "Future of" Series, MIT Energy Initiative, Cambridge, MA, 2018.
      • December 2017 (Revised November 2018)
      • Case

      Tesla: Merging with SolarCity

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
      In 2016, electric car manufacturer Tesla announced that it was making an offer to acquire solar panel manufacturer SolarCity in an all-stock offer worth $2.6 billion in Tesla stock. Tesla’s co-founder and CEO, Elon Musk, believed that the merger would generate...  View Details
      Keywords: M&a; M&a Valuation; Investing; Equities; Equity; Valuation; Mergers And Acquisitions; Auto Industry; energy Industry; United States
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah L. Abbott. "Tesla: Merging with SolarCity." Harvard Business School Case 218-038, December 2017. (Revised November 2018.)
      • November 2016 (Revised September 2018)
      • Case

      Elon Musk's Big Bets

      By: David B. Yoffie, Eric Baldwin and Brandon Kaufmann
      Between late 2014 and late 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk undertook several major, and risky, initiatives that would dramatically expand the scale and scope of Tesla’s business. In late 2014, Tesla began construction on a $5 billion “gigafactory” that would manufacture...  View Details
      Keywords: Electric Vehicles; Batteries; Solar Power; Renewable Energy; Strategy; Execution; Technology; Space Flight; Tesla; Solarcity; Spacex; Elon Musk; Technology; Risk And Uncertainty; Expansion; Renewable energy; Investment; Manufacturing Industry; Green Technology Industry; Auto Industry; Aerospace Industry; Battery Industry
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      Yoffie, David B., Eric Baldwin, and Brandon Kaufmann. "Elon Musk's Big Bets." Harvard Business School Case 717-431, November 2016. (Revised September 2018.)
      • 2016
      • Teaching Note

      Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek—Lighting Liberia

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
      Teaching Note for Case 313-032. After successful careers as lawyers and Fellows in Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative, Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek set out to tackle a large-scale infrastructure challenge in a complex environment by ultimately using advanced...  View Details
      Keywords: solar; Solar Power; Electricity; Clean Technology; Scaling-up; Economic Development; Partnerships; Sustainability; Innovation; Leadership Skills; Renewable energy; energy; Infrastructure; Technology; Economy; Partners And Partnerships; Distribution; Innovation Leadership; Leadership; Social Entrepreneurship; Change Management; energy Industry; Africa; Liberia
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., Tessa Natanay Hamilton, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek—Lighting Liberia." Harvard Business Publishing Teaching Note 316034, 2016.
      • March 2016
      • Teaching Note

      Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek – Lighting Liberia

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
      After successful careers as lawyers and Fellows in Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative, Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek set out to tackle a large-scale infrastructure challenge in a complex environment by ultimately using advanced leadership skills to increase...  View Details
      Keywords: energy
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, Tessa Natanay Hamilton, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek – Lighting Liberia." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 316-034, March 2016.
      • June 2012 (Revised February 2014)
      • Case

      Low-Carbon, Indigenous Innovation in China

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor
      For the past seven years or so, the Chinese government has been powering ahead with industrial policies to promote low-carbon energy technologies—wind, solar, electric batteries and vehicles, nuclear power, and even carbon capture and sequestration. In 2009, the...  View Details
      Keywords: energy; Renewables; Carbon; Environment; Industrial Policy; Competitiveness; Environmental Sustainability; Policy; Renewable energy; Competition; Globalized Markets And Industries; energy Industry; China
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      Vietor, Richard H.K. "Low-Carbon, Indigenous Innovation in China." Harvard Business School Case 712-061, June 2012. (Revised February 2014.)
      • 2012
      • Working Paper

      'Power from Sunshine': A Business History of Solar Energy

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Loubna Bouamane
      This working paper provides a longitudinal perspective on the business history of solar energy between the nineteenth century and the present day. It covers early attempts to develop solar energy, the use of passive solar in architecture before World War 2, and the...  View Details
      Keywords: Renewable energy; Business History; Policy; Entrepreneurship; Innovation And Invention; Business Model; energy Industry
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      Jones, Geoffrey, and Loubna Bouamane. "'Power from Sunshine': A Business History of Solar Energy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-105, May 2012.
      • 2001
      • Chapter

      Your Contribution Counts! An Empirical Analysis of the Decision to Support Solar Energy

      By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee
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      Oberholzer-Gee, Felix. "Your Contribution Counts! An Empirical Analysis of the Decision to Support Solar Energy." In Environmental Contracts: Comparative Approaches to Regulatory Innovation in the United States and Europe, edited by Eric Orts and Kurt Deketelaere, 425–434. London: Kluwer Law International, 2001.
      • 1981
      • Chapter

      The Diffusion of Residential Solar Equipment in California

      By: D. A. Leonard
      Keywords: Technology Adoption; Renewable energy; energy Industry; California
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      Leonard, D. A. "The Diffusion of Residential Solar Equipment in California." In Marketing Solar Energy Innovations, edited by A. Shama. New York: Praeger, 1981.
      • Research Summary

      A History of Green Entrepreneurship

      By: Geoffrey G. Jones
      This research recovers the history of the entrepreneurs and firms who developed green or “sustainable” businesses, identifies the multiple motivations behind their strategies, explores the clustering of green business in specific locations, and shows how the concept of...  View Details
      • 2012
      • Case

      Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek (A): Lighting Liberia

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Anne Arlinghaus
      After successful careers as lawyers Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek set out to tackle a large-scale infrastructure challenge in a complex environment by increasing Liberian citizens’ access to lighting solutions. They developed the Liberian Energy Network, which aimed...  View Details
      Keywords: solar; Solar Power; Electricity; Clean Technology; Scaling-up; Economic Development; Partnerships; Sustainability; Innovation; Leadership Skills; Renewable energy; energy; Infrastructure; Technology; Economy; Partners And Partnerships; Distribution; Innovation Leadership; Leadership; energy Industry; Africa; Liberia
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Anne Arlinghaus. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Richard Fahey and Robert Saudek (A): Lighting Liberia." Harvard Business School Case 313-032, 2012. (Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
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