Statistics are showing an increase of professional women entering the energy sector
Energy CFO, business controller, and board advisor Paula Waggoner-Aguilar published a feature article demonstrating that in the last decade, there has been an increase of women pursuing careers in the energy sector. Data has shown that since the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of women finding jobs at energy companies is increasing, especially in renewables. Women working in affiliation with renewable energy make up 32 percent of positions globally. Of this percentage, 45 percent work in administration jobs over STEM related roles. In comparison, women represented 19 percent of the oil and gas workforce in 2021, which is a four percent improvement since its last study in 2018. In 2022, the Center for American Progress found that women represented 25 percent of the total energy workforce, an approximately 17.2 percent increase from PWC’s findings a little over a decade before.
Two Billion Euros to be Invested in future geothermal projects in the Netherlands
The Dutch geothermal sector is to receive a grant of 2 billion Euros, which will be made available for at least 18 new geothermal projects in the near future. Currently, the total number of realized and well-advanced geothermal energy projects in the Netherlands is 50. These projects are estimated to provide direct heating to roughly 7 percent of Dutch households, and that number is projected to rise to 25 percent in the coming years. Hans Bolscher, chairman of Geothermie Nederland commented: “You cannot heat the whole of the Netherlands sustainably with electricity. Fortunately, we are now seeing a clear change when it comes to attention for large-scale sustainable heat production.”
