A solar-panel glass ceiling?
Women in PV: Its often said about the PV industry that its one where business is done differently. In terms of its people this could be more of a case of what it isnt, rather than what it is. PV in fact can be seen as pushing against the following energy industry stereotype: that its people are largely white and most definitely male. But does this mean that PV is an industry where women are automatically a part of the workforce? pv magazine investigates.
What women did you see at the most recent trade show or conference you attended? Were they the so-called “booth babes?” The glamour girls that you’d expect to see at auto shows rather than PV trade shows. In June 2011, Simon Rolland, the Secretary General of the Alliance for Rural Electrification felt compelled to ask, …
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