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Highlights from the 2019 Duke University Energy Conference

The 11th annual Duke University Energy Conference brought 300 students, faculty, and industry executives together in November at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business to discuss the changing energy industry landscape. “Despite lots of debate and decades of inaction, we increasingly recognize that energy transition is essential,” said EDGE executive director Dan Vermeer in welcome remarks. […]

Statoil Energy Ventures’ Gareth Burns discusses investing in renewables

Gareth Burns, EDGE Chats video

Gareth Burns, VP and Managing Director of Statoil Energy Ventures, discusses why the Norwegian oil and gas company is investing in renewable energy and electric vehicle charging infrastructure technologies in this EDGE Chats video.   — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives    

Can an oil & gas company compete with utilities in clean power investments?

Paige Swofford

by Paige Swofford, MEM/MBA’18 This article was written in response to a seminar given by Gareth Burns, Vice President and Managing Director of Statoil Energy Ventures, in an EDGE Seminar on Oct. 11, 2017 at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. This article voices one student’s perspective and does not necessarily represent the views of […]

Patrick Doherty, Long Haul Capital Group, discusses investing in the future

EDGE Chats video - Patrick Doherty

Patrick Doherty, Co-Founder and President of Long Haul Capital Group and co-author of the book The New Grand Strategy: Restoring America’s Prosperity, Security and Sustainability in the 21st Century, talks about investing for a secure and sustainable future in this EDGE Chats video. — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives  

DOE’s Sanjiv Malhotra talks about clean energy investment

Video: Sanjiv Malhotra, US Department of Energy (DOE)

Sanjiv Malhotra, PhD, Director of the  Clean Energy Investment Center at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) talks about clean energy technology investment, why the center was founded, and the most promising areas of innovation in clean energy in this EDGE Chats video.                     — RELATED […]

Rising star Lisa Ganderson reflects on energy entrepreneurship

Lisa Huber Ganderson

Duke alumna Lisa (Huber) Ganderson, Senior Associate for Investments with GE Energy, was recently named to the prestigious Forbes “30 Under 30 in Energy” list.  Lisa graduated from Duke’s MEM/MBA joint degree program in 2014. We asked her to share her thoughts on energy technologies, entrepreneurship and her career in this Q&A. What got you […]

Video: “A Bright Future: MBA Career Options in the Energy Sector”

Video - Energy Careers

Executives from across the energy sector share their perspectives on MBA career prospects in a new video from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. “It’s a tremendously exciting place to work and develop a career,” says Rebecca Kujawa, a Duke alumna who is Vice President of Business Management at NextEra Energy Resources.  “The opportunity to […]

Yieldcos: Not a Ponzi scheme, but risky nonetheless

Myles Neumann

by Myles Neumann, MBA ’17 This article was written in response to a seminar given by Brian Bolster, Global Head of Power and Infrastructure Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs at Duke University in an EDGE Seminar on Nov. 18, 2015 at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. This article voices one student’s perspective and does not […]

Leadership in practice: Creating an entrepreneurial career in the oil and gas industry

Jason Rebrook, Hilcorp Energy

by Dan Vermeer, PhD and Sarah Hoyt, MEM/MBA ’16   How can MBAs build a consequential career in a volatile and technically complex industry like oil and gas? What does it take to become a leader? While leadership can take many forms, Fuqua alumnus Jason Rebrook (CCMBA ’02), Executive Vice President at Hilcorp Energy Company, […]