ExxonMobil

Our commitment to energy innovation: R&D has been part of ExxonMobil’s DNA since our company began more than 135 years ago. Our innovations have helped provide the energy fundamental to modern life – from the clean, efficient fuels that power today’s transportation to the natural gas that provides light and heat to homes and businesses. Today, we are working to develop the next generation of energy solutions, including: advanced biofuels; carbon capture and storage; natural gas technologies; and new energy efficiency processes. In addition to our robust in-house capabilities, we collaborate with leading research and technology companies, national labs and universities, and others involved in breakthrough energy research. The world faces a dual challenge: meeting growing demand for energy while also reducing environmental impacts, including the risks of climate change. While all forms of energy are needed – including natural gas and renewables such as wind and solar – new technologies will be required to meet the world’s emissions-reduction goals. ExxonMobil is committed to doing our part. We are proud to be a sponsor of the U.S. Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Initiative and to help grow the role of women in addressing these challenges.

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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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Honeywell

Honeywell is a Fortune 100 technology company that delivers industry-specific solutions that include aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings and industry; and performance materials globally. Our technologies help everything from aircraft, buildings, manufacturing plants, supply chains, and workers become more connected to make our world smarter, safer, and more sustainable. The future is what we make it.

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Idaho National Lab

A primary emphasis at Idaho National Laboratory is to diversify our workforce and create an inclusive culture in which everyone is valued for who they are and what they bring to the table. Specifically, INL has a goal of doubling the number of women who work at the laboratory.

Progress is being made. Increasing numbers of women are joining our workforce and serving as interns. But we have a long way to go to reach that goal.

This is one reason INL is eager to participate in the 10th annual U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium and Awards. INL is proud to once again be a leading sponsor of this important event, and to be part of a movement that is helping create more diverse workforces, which is integral to producing the positive results our nation needs.

There is so much work to be done, at INL and throughout the energy industry.

We need to be active in our communities, inspiring more young women to pursue science, technology, mathematics, and engineering (STEM) subjects in school.

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

Women in the energy industry need more opportunities for advancement.

And we need to reward great work, outstanding results, and effective leadership.

These objectives are important components in our quest to develop the secure and clean energy needed to power the U.S. economy and protect our environment.

At INL, we are proud of our association with the C3E Initiative and our important clean energy and national security missions on behalf of the American people.

Fulfilling these missions and resolving the difficult challenges facing our nation require a range of perspectives, experiences, backgrounds, and ideas. We need everyone at the table, energized, engaged, and empowered, something the C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium prioritizes.

We look forward to participating in this important event and 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 initiative.

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Shell

The global energy system is changing largely because of two factors. A growing population with rising living standards needs more energy. At the same time, the world is seeking to address climate change by making the energy it uses cleaner, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality.

For Shell, these factors are equally important. The combination of more and cleaner energy is central to what Shell does today – and plans to do tomorrow. It is reflected in our purpose: to power progress together by providing more and cleaner energy. It is not a question of one or the other, we want to provide both.

One of the ways Shell does this is through technology. Shell is built on 125 years of technological innovation. Technology helps Shell to play its part in addressing climate change – and has been crucial in our response to unexpected global events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Over recent decades, Shell has developed four vehicles to foster innovation. These innovation vehicles are Shell Research Alliance, Shell GameChanger, Shell Ventures and Shell TechWorks. These vehicles combine the entrepreneurial spirit of learning from each other, adapting existing technologies and creating new ones.

Through Shell Research Alliance, we work with leading academics and scientists on research and development. In today’s competitive business environment, cross-sector collaboration can drive faster ideation and innovation by integrating knowledge and resources from non-traditional partners in academia, government and other research institutions to address the world’s key technology challenges. 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 alone, we embarked on 223 research and development projects world-wide.

We also work with early-stage start-ups through Shell GameChanger. The Shell GameChanger program works with start-ups and businesses on unproven early-stage ideas with the potential to impact the future of energy. We provide companies with support, expertise and seed funding, while they maintain the independence to make their own decisions.

We also invest in more mature start-ups and enterprises through Shell Ventures. Shell Ventures aims to accelerate the energy and mobility transformation by investing in companies that lower emissions, electrify our energy system, help us gain data-based insights and provide innovative consumer solutions.

Another program, Shell TechWorks, focuses on rapidly identifying, de-risking, and developing new technologies across the business. Our diverse group of technical experts and entrepreneurial business leaders from outside Oil & Gas help Shell find the right solutions to the right problems.

These innovation vehicles, projects and more show the key role of technology in providing more and cleaner energy. Technology is vital as Shell works to turn the challenges of today into the opportunities of tomorrow.

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Arizona Public Service

Arizona Public Service provides reliable, affordable and increasingly clean energy to more than 1.3 million homes and businesses in Arizona. Our diverse generation mix is 50% carbon free today, and we’re committed to provide 100% clean, carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050. Our dedicated employees are focused on delivering an excellent customer experience and creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona.

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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 $8 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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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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GTI Energy

GTI is an organization dedicated to advancing the economy-wide transformation needed to deeply decarbonize energy systems while supply the energy needed to support rising standards of living and economic growth worldwide.  GTI embraces a vison for integrated, low-carbon, low-cost energy systems that leverage gases, liquids, efficiency, and infrastructure to meet the urgent challenges presented by climate change and global energy access. With a team that includes some of the nation's top energy scientists, engineers, and thought leaders, we are helping deliver clean and resilient solutions to a growing world. GTI partners with organizations around the globe to operationalize the ambitious aspirations required for the global energy transition. GTI is inviting you to join us now as we seek to enable low-carbon, low-cost integrated energy systems that leverage gases, liquids, efficiency, and infrastructure.  To succeed requires ambition, innovation, scale, and collaboration. 

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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 greenhouse gas emissions to net zero across its U.S. and UK businesses. National Grid is a Principal Partner of COP26, the UN global climate summit.

 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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Sunnova

Sunnova Energy International Inc. (NYSE: NOVA) is a leading residential solar and energy storage service provider, with customers across the U.S. and its territories. Sunnova’s goal is to be the source of clean, affordable and reliable energy, with a simple mission: To power energy independence so that homeowners have the freedom to live life uninterrupted®

At Sunnova, we are committed to providing homeowners with clean, renewable solar energy when and how they need it. We strive to use our business as a powerful force for good—sustainable, environmental and social good—to change the way people energize their lives and help transform the world for the better.  

As an employer, we believe in achieving more by working together; our diverse workforce allows an inclusive and innovative culture to power our long-term growth. Our people focus on thinking beyond traditional limits – and to do that, we need the creativity and energy of every person.

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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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Texas A&M University - Graduate and Professional Studies

The Graduate and Professional School collaborates with graduate faculty, academic leaders, and staff throughout the University to advance academic excellence, champion equity, and support student success.

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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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