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Women in Energy: Talent, Opportunity, Leadership

By District Energy posted 03-28-2019 00:00

  

Nina Axelson, Ever-Green Energy

Summary

Industry demographics and the upward role of women in energy is a bit of a detour from our usual blog focus on advancing energy systems. However, March is Women’s History Month, so we are taking this moment to discuss women in energy and how integrating diverse perspectives is key to our future success.

When I started in this work 15 years ago, it was common to see more women represented in environmentally-directed forums on energy, but the utility and engineering spaces were mostly male. I once found myself as one of only six women at an industry conference with over 600 in attendance. Women were notably absent from most, if not all, of the technical and policy panels. My colleagues in this work were welcoming and for the most part, trying to be inclusive to me as a newcomer, but it was clear to me that there was something disconnecting women from being participatory in this sector.

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