The Top Clean Energy and Sustainability Networking Opportunities in 2024

Whether you’re looking to start your career in climate tech or expand your network, it can be challenging to find the best ways to meet more people in the fields you’re interested in. Dylan Green speaks with thousands of clean energy and sustainability professionals every month, and one of the top questions we consistently receive is where and how job seekers can network within these industries. From affinity networking groups to conferences, we’ve highlighted the top opportunities for building your network below.

Women-Focused Networking Groups 

• Women of Renewable Industries & Sustainable Energy (WRISE). Chapters in ~40 U.S. & Canadian cities. Find a chapter here. Learn more about WRISE through this Green Light podcast episode. 
• Women in Cleantech & Sustainability (WCS). Chapters in: 
  • Los Angeles
  • San Francisco
• Women in Climate Investing & Finance 
• Women of Color Collective in Sustainability (WOCCS).  Learn more about WOCCS through this Green Light podcast episode. 
• C3E Women in Clean Energy
• New England Women in Energy & the Environment (NEWIEE)
• Women of EVs
• EcoWomen
• Association of Women in Water, Energy & Environment (AWWEE)
• Women & Climate, a 501(c)(3)
• Women’s Energy Network Global. 24 Chapters and over 7,000 members.
• Women in Energy Network
• Women’s Council on Energy & the Environment
• Women+ in Climate Tech Global Network

Additional Affinity Networking Groups

• American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE)
• BlackOak Collective.  Learn more about BlackOak Collective through this Green Light podcast episode. 
• Black Owners of Solar Services (BOSS)
• Hispanics in Energy
• Out in Energy
• Veterans Advanced Energy Project 
• Asians in Energy
• Latinxs in Sustainability 
• Clean Energy Pride 
• Out in Climate
• Young Professionals in Energy (YPE). Chapters in:
  • San Francisco Bay Area
  • San Diego
  • Houston
  • New York City

General Networking Groups

• Cleantech Leaders Roundtable (CTLR). Learn more about CTLR through this Green Light podcast episode. 
• Green Drinks. Founded in the U.K. around 1989, Green Drinks is an international organization with more than 400 chapters around the world bringing people together over the environment. Here are some of its chapters:
  • Green Drinks DC
  • San Diego Green Drinks
  • East Bay (SF) Green Drinks
  • Los Angeles Green Drinks
• Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI). Learn more about CELI through this Green Light podcast episode. 
• Advanced Energy Group
• Building Energy Exchange 
• San Diego Climate-Tech Professionals (SDCP)

Conferences

• RE+ (formerly Solar Power International or SPI). Next event: September 9 – 12, 2024 in Anaheim, CA
• RE+ regional & topic-specific events 
  • RE+ Community Energy. Next Event: January 10 – 11, 2024 in San Diego, CA
  • RE+ Hawaii. Next event: January 22 – 23, 2024 in Honolulu, HI
  • RE+ Northeast. Next event: February 13 – 14, 2024 in Boston, MA
  • RE+ Northern California. Next event: March 12 – 13, 2024 in Santa Clara, CA
  • RE+ Southeast. Next event: April 17 – 18, 2024 in Atlanta, GA
  • RE+ Texas. Next event: May 14 – 15, 2024 in Houston, TX
  • RE+ Mid-Atlantic. Next event: July 18 – 19, 2024 in Philadelphia, PA
  • RE+ Midwest. Next event: November 7 – 8, 2024 in Chicago, IL
• Intersolar North America (ISNA) & Energy Storage North America (ESNA). Next event: January 17 – January 19, 2024 in San Diego, CA
• SF Climate Week. Next event: April 21 – 27, 2024
• WRISE Leadership Forum. Next event: location and date to be determined.

Dynamo Energy Hub

Dynamo Energy Hub is a global network that brings together traditional energy companies, climate tech innovators, investors, policymakers and thought leaders to facilitate the energy transition and shape the future of energy. Dynamo has U.S. hubs located in: 

• San Francisco, CA
• Boulder, CO
• Denver, CO
• Austin, TX
• Dallas, TX
• Houston, TX
• Chicago, IL 
• Portsmouth, VA
• Boston, MA
• New York, NY
• Washington D.C.

Learn more about Dynamo through their site or this Green Light podcast episode. 

With the above list of networking groups, conferences and hubs in mind, you should be well equipped to begin expanding your clean energy and sustainability network. If you’re looking for your next role in clean energy, take a look at our industry-leading clients’ latest job openings: bit.ly/dg_jobs. If you’re a clean energy employer and need help scaling your workforce efficiently with top tier candidates, send Catherine McLean or Aimee Bigwood at Dylan Green a message on LinkedIn.