Hawaiian Electric Industries

Hawaiian Electric Industries (HEI) is pleased to support the C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium and honor those who are charting paths to move all of us toward a cleaner energy future. HEI supplies power to approximately 95% of Hawaii's population through its electric utility, Hawaiian Electric; provides a wide array of banking and other financial services to consumers and businesses through American Savings Bank, one of Hawaii's largest financial institutions; and helps advance Hawaii’s clean energy and sustainability goals through investments by its non-regulated subsidiary, Pacific Current. As the first state in the nation to set a 100% renewable energy goal, Hawai‘i’s clean energy future couldn’t be brighter. Hawaiian Electric Industries is leading the way as our companies transform to meet this ambitious goal, enabling our communities, businesses, and families to prosper and flourish. Together, we are working toward environmental sustainability and energy independence, building a strong local economy and a better tomorrow for all Hawaii.

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Idaho National Lab

Idaho National Laboratory is proud to be a Leading Sponsor of the 9th annual U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium and Awards.

One of INL’s primary objectives is to continue diversifying our workforce. Women scientists and engineers are critical to solving our nation’s pressing clean energy and national security challenges.

We are making progress. In Fiscal Year 2020, women made up 33% of our interns. This is significantly higher than our overall workforce and it marks progress toward our goal of doubling the number of women at our laboratory.

Much work remains at INL, and throughout our industry.

We need to inspire young women in far greater numbers to pursue STEM fields in school.

We need to eliminate the wage gap between men and women.

We need to increase opportunities for mid-career women and provide advancement pathways.

And we need to reward great work and outstanding leadership.

All these objectives are vital to our efforts to create a cleaner, safer, and more prosperous world.

INL is proud of its association with the C3E Initiative and to be a part of this important effort. Resolving our greatest challenges—and fulfilling INL’s important energy and security missions—requires a range of perspectives, experiences, and ideas.

We need everyone at the table, empowered and engaged, something the U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium recognizes and facilitates.

We look forward to participating in these important discussions, and to the relationship-building that will take place during the symposium.

We are grateful to the U.S. Department of Energy, MIT Energy Initiative, Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy, and Texas A&M Energy Institute for this important energy, education, and empowerment initiative.

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Shell

Today’s world is changing fast. Society needs inventors, different ways of working and people who make a difference more than ever—and especially when faced with a global pandemic and the longer-term challenge of climate change.

This is just as crucial for Shell, as it is for wider society. Shell has a long been an innovator and encourages innovation through a variety of initiatives and investments. In a time of change, we want to learn, make the most of our strengths and find the best ways of working.

Over recent decades, we have developed four innovation vehicles. These combine the entrepreneurial spirit of reaching out, working differently and moving faster, with the drive for innovation: learning from each other, adapting existing technologies and creating new ones. The vehicles range from joint research and development, to teaming up with start-up businesses.

The four innovation vehicles seek to foster innovation that can then be applied within Shell. These are technologies that aim to advance energy production, reduce emissions and increase safety.

We work with leading academics, scientists and researchers on research and development through Shell Research Alliance. We learn from their expertise—and we give them the chance to apply their work in the real world, such as in our operations. In 2019, our collaborative efforts meant that we embarked on 223 research and development projects world-wide.

We also work with businesses that are just starting up through Shell GameChanger. This team helps to foster start-up ideas and the technology they are working on. In turn, the companies bring new approaches and new thinking to Shell and the broader energy sector.

We also invest in more mature start-ups and enterprises, through Shell Ventures, our corporate venture capital arm. The strategic collaboration with Shell Ventures is attractive for businesses because it offers more than funding. It gives them the opportunity to grow by deploying their technology across Shell’s assets, which increases both scale and application.

Another program, Shell TechWorks, is based at our center in Boston, Massachusetts in the USA. It brings together an innovation team with backgrounds outside the energy industry. These specialists come from industries such as health care, robotics, consumer goods, defense and aerospace, and explore which technologies might be applied in our own.

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Arizona Public Service

Arizona Public Service (APS) provides clean, reliable and affordable energy for 1.3 million homes and businesses in Arizona. We are committed to providing 100% clean energy to customers by 2050. As owner and operator of Palo Verde Generating Station, the nation’s largest producer of carbon-free electricity, and with one of the country’s most substantial renewable energy portfolios, our current energy mix is 50% clean. Our 6,200 dedicated employees are focused on serving our customers and communities and creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona. With headquarters in Phoenix, APS is the principal subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

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Chevron

Meeting a growing demand for energy requires a broad mix of energy sources and unprecedented advances in technology. Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) helps make that happen. We identify technology advances that strengthen Chevron’s core operations and lead the company to new opportunities for growth. We scan the globe for companies with pioneering technologies that can yield strategic and financial value, and champion those that can enhance the way Chevron produces and delivers safe, affordable, reliable and ever-cleaner energy. By helping gifted entrepreneurs realize their vision, CTV is shaping the future of Chevron and the future of energy.

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CPS Energy

Established in 1860, CPS Energy is the nation’s largest public power, natural gas and electric company, providing safe, reliable, and competitively-priced service to customers in San Antonio and portions of seven adjoining counties. Our customers’ combined energy bills rank among the lowest of the nation’s 20 largest cities—while generating $7 billion in revenue for the City of San Antonio for more than seven decades. As a trusted community partner, we continuously focus on job creation, economic development and educational investment. 

CPS Energy’s guiding pillars of reliability, customer affordability, security, safety, environmental responsibility, and resiliency are at the basis of its flexible path strategy and all the utility’s decision-making processes. True to our people-first philosophy, we are powered by our skilled workforce, whose commitment to the community is demonstrated through our employees’ volunteerism in giving back to our city and programs aimed at bringing value to our customers.

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Division of Research at Texas A&M University

The Division of Research at Texas A&M University is committed to a truly comprehensive university where students, researchers, and inventors bring scholarship and innovation to bear for the benefit of the community, the state, and the nation. The Vice President for Research, through the Division of Research, provides leadership and coordination to deliver strategic support to further Texas A&M’s research mission by supporting faculty, as individuals or in groups; growing federal funding by encouraging interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary collaborations; strengthening the research infrastructure; promoting the value of research; and ensuring compliance with research standards established by the federal government, the state of Texas, Texas A&M, and the Texas A&M University System.

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DLA Piper

In a world where the demands for energy are growing exponentially, those operating in the clean energy sector are looking to their lawyers to provide more than legal skill; they are also seeking in-depth sector know-how and innovative solutions to the challenges they face. DLA Piper's clean energy lawyers deliver to our clients the focused, innovative sector advice they need, wherever in the world they need it. And we do it as a team of diverse and talented professionals, working within a culture that embraces, values, and incorporates diversity and inclusion in its everyday culture. We are proud to sponsor the C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium and Awards and join the accomplished women who are agents of change for a cleaner future.

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Edison Electric Institute

EEI is the association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies. Our members provide electricity for more than 220 million Americans, and operate in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. As a whole, the electric power industry supports more than 7 million jobs in communities across the United States. In addition to our U.S. members, EEI has more than ​65 international electric companies, with operations in more than 90 countries, as International Members, and hundreds of industry suppliers and related organizations as Associate Members.

EEI proudly supports the U.S. C3E Initiative, Symposium, and Awards, and congratulates the outstanding honorees—present and past—for their demonstrated leadership, accomplishments and contributions in the clean energy field.

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Engineering Experiment Station at Texas A&M University

As an engineering research agency of Texas, TEES performs quality research driven by world problems; strengthens and expands the state’s workforce through educational partnerships and training; and develops and transfers technology to industry. TEES partners with academic institutions, governmental agencies, industries and communities to solve problems to help improve the quality of life, promote economic development and enhance educational systems.

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Excelsior Energy Capital

Excelsior Energy Capital is a pure-play renewable energy infrastructure fund focused on long-term investments in construction-stage and operating wind, solar, and ancillary storage power plants in North America. The Excelsior team brings a comprehensive set of financial, legal, strategic, and operational expertise—making Excelsior Energy Capital a valuable partner for developers and operators, and a trusted manager for investors.

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Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) is a state economic development agency dedicated to accelerating the growth of the clean energy sector across the Commonwealth to spur job creation, deliver statewide environmental benefits and to secure long-term economic growth for the people of Massachusetts. MassCEC works to increase the adoption of clean energy while driving down costs and delivering financial, environmental, and economic development benefits to energy users and utility customers across the state. MassCEC fosters collaboration among the industry, state government, research universities and the financial sector to advance the state’s clean energy economy.

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National Grid

National Grid is an electricity, natural gas and clean energy delivery company serving more than 20 million people throughout New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. National Grid is transforming electricity and natural gas networks with smarter, cleaner, and more resilient energy solutions. The company has an ambition to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 across its U.S. and UK businesses.

The company is also working to accelerate decarbonization through its competitive, unregulated unit, National Grid Ventures, which has a diverse portfolio of low-carbon and renewable energy businesses. National Grid Partners, the corporate investment arm, invests in disruptive technologies in order to future-proof National Grid.

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NREL

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), is a Department of Energy National Laboratory that focuses on creative answers to today’s energy challenges. From breakthroughs in fundamental science to new clean technologies to integrated energy systems that power our lives, NREL researchers are transforming the way the nation and the world use energy. NREL’s world-class research delivers foundational knowledge and innovations to advance the next generations of technology for renewable power, sustainable transportation, and energy efficiency. The research at NREL will also increase the security, resiliency, and reliability of electricity grids and enable advanced energy technologies to be integrated and operated effectively in infrastructure at all scales. NREL has been a proud sponsor of C3E since its inception and believes in the importance of promoting female leadership and workforce opportunities in a supportive and inclusive environment.

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Trident Winds

Trident Winds Inc. was established in 2015 to capitalize on development of deep-water offshore wind projects, which became possible with the founder’s prior permitting expertise in the marine environment and maturing floating offshore wind technology. The company is realizing the future of offshore wind through the development of a floating offshore wind farms in the USA. Traditional offshore wind utilizes technology that are limited by the water depth, as it requires wind turbine generators to be installed on the ocean floor. Floating offshore wind, on the other hand, opens new frontiers allowing offshore wind to tap into stronger wind resource further offshore as it is depth independent. Trident Winds has initiated its first project in Morro Bay, California.

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Coalition for Green Capital

The Coalition for Green Capital (CGC) is a leading expert, advocate and creator of green banks, mission-driven clean energy finance organizations. A 501c3 non-profit, CGC partners with governments, developers, and capital providers to create finance solutions that overcome market barriers to accelerate private investment in clean energy and climate infrastructure.

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The Energy Institute at Colorado State University

The Energy Institute at Colorado State University is an interdisciplinary hub for research that aims to develop innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing energy and climate challenges. More than 200 faculty and researchers at CSU are affiliated with the Energy Institute, representing nearly every academic discipline at CSU.

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Graduate and Professional Studies at Texas A&M University

Graduate and Professional Studies at Texas A&M University promotes the advancement of knowledge through research, teaching, and service. Drawing from a commitment to enhancing diversity and supporting research and engagement that changes the world, we provide a superior graduate and professional education that develops all students into global citizens.

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Quantum New Energy

Quantum New Energy is a Houston-based woman owned technology company. We believe that the future of energy is human. Everyone can contribute towards a more sustainable future. Our science-based sustainability platform EnerWisely empowers everyone with personalized intelligence to make smart energy choices that save energy, reduce costs, and cut carbon emissions.

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Sabancı University

IICEC is an independent Center at Sabancı University that produces energy policy research and has convening power at the energy crossroad of the world.

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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

As the leading law firm to innovative technology companies, Wilson Sonsini is positioned at the forefront of clean technology. Our strategic, integrated practice is designed to meet the novel and interconnected needs of clients throughout the clean energy sector. Wilson Sonsini represents more than 400 energy and clean technology clients.

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