We’re talking to Anna Berka, a Massey University lecturer with an interest in community energy.

She was responsible for the incredible New Zealand Aotearoa Community Energy Dataset, a register of all NZ local or community owned renewable energy initiatives.

 I thought I’d see if I understood the links with economic development and capital formation – and just as well I checked.

She was responsible for the incredible New Zealand Aotearoa Community Energy Dataset, is a register of all the country's local or community owned renewable energy initiatives, covering everything from consumer trust owned networks to community and Iwi-owned renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

To help ensure we understand what “community energy” is, I tried to clarify a bunch of things that I didn’t think qualified.  It turns out I’m not the expert I thought I was.

Well, I learned quite a bit here

We’re talking to Anna Berka, a Massey University lecturer with an interest in Community Energy.

Anna’s been studying and supporting the development of NZ community energy for many years.

Before we got stuck in, I thought I’d better check I actually understand what “community energy” is.  Turns out that I didn’t.

We’re talking to Anna Berka, a Massey University lecturer with an interest in community energy.

She was responsible for the incredible New Zealand Aotearoa Community Energy Dataset, a register of all NZ local or community owned renewable energy initiatives.

My second sceptical challenge to Anna was the effectiveness of community energy subsidies.  They aren’t always effective but they can be – and that’s important.

My guest Anna Berka  has been studying and supporting the development of NZ community energy for many years.

She was responsible for the incredible New Zealand Aotearoa Community Energy Dataset  - a register of all NZ local or community owned renewable energy initiatives – covering everything from consumer trust-owned networks to community- and Iwi-owned renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

We’re talking to Julie MacArthur who’s just returned to Canada as the Chair in Reimagining Capitalism at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia about her new research study: Transition Inequity: Trends and Impacts of Gendered Employment in New Zealand’s Energy Industries.

Last week, Julie talked about the trends that she’s identified in her research into gender balance in the New Zealand energy sector.  This week she talks about the future and how she expects to see the workforce change and why that matters … in case anyone was still wondering.

We’re talking to Julie MacArthur who’s just returned to Canada as the Chair in Reimagining Capitalism at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia about her new research study: Transition Inequity: Trends and Impacts of Gendered Employment in New Zealand’s Energy Industries.

Last week, Julie talked about the results of her research into gender balance in the New Zealand energy sector.  This week she talks about the trends that she’s identified.  Not all bad, but not brilliant either.

We’re talking to Julie MacArthur who’s just returned to Canada as the Chair in Reimagining Capitalism at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia about her new research study: Transition Inequity: Trends and Impacts of Gendered Employment in New Zealand’s Energy Industries.

Last week, Julie talked about systemic bias in New Zealand legislation.  This week she shares the results of her research into gender balance in the New Zealand energy sector.  It’s not all bad news (but a lot of it is).

We’re talking to Julie MacArthur who’s just returned to Canada as the Chair in Reimagining Capitalism at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia about her new research study: Transition Inequity: Trends and Impacts of Gendered Employment in New Zealand’s Energy Industries.

Last week, Julie explained what the global picture for gender balance in the sector looks like.  This week, she talks about her New Zealand research and what she expected to see.  It turns out we’re not as progressive as she’d expected – systemic bias is everywhere it seems – even in the legislation for a Just Transition?

We’re talking to Julie MacArthur who’s just returned to Canada as the Chair in Reimagining Capitalism at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia about her new research study on gendered employment in New Zealand's energy industries.

We  looked at some pretty reactionary comments from Energy News readers on the lack of diversity holding back the sector.

This week, Julie sets out her research project and what the picture for gender balance in the sector is like globally.  Not very balanced at all, it seems.