{"id":363597,"date":"2017-03-21T02:30:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T06:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grist.org\/?post_type=grist-50-profiles&amp;p=363597"},"modified":"2017-03-21T02:30:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T06:30:36","slug":"cleantech-is-so-white-gilbert-campbell-is-making-renewable-energy-look-more-like-america","status":"publish","type":"grist-50-profiles","link":"https:\/\/grist.org\/grist-50\/profile\/cleantech-is-so-white-gilbert-campbell-is-making-renewable-energy-look-more-like-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleantech is so white. Gilbert Campbell is making renewable energy look more like America."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"g50-profile__stats-block profile__stats-block--profile-363597 \">Cofounder, Volt Energy<br \/>\nWashington, D.C.<br \/>\nAge: 37<\/aside>\n<p>Volt Energy does more than just finance and build green energy projects. A core tenet of Gilbert Campbell\u2019s company is to provide \u201cladders of opportunity\u201d in cleantech for people of color, who are drastically underrepresented in the field (last year, only <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesolarfoundation.org\/solar-accounts-1-50-new-u-s-jobs-2016\/\">7 percent<\/a> of solar workers were black). For Campbell and Volt, that means partnering with historically black colleges and universities, churches, and other black-owned businesses on clean energy installations and education initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>[pullquote share=&#8221;true&#8221; tweet=&#8221;\u201cWhen people with Gilbert&#8217;s acumen use their passion &amp; skills for good, we all win\u201d -@VanJones68&#8243; hashtag=&#8221;#Grist50&#8243; image=&#8221;363928&#8243; cite=&#8221;Van Jones, CNN commentator &amp; green jobs advocate&#8221; ]&#8221;When people with Gilbert&#8217;s business acumen use their passion and skills for good, all our communities win.&#8221;[\/pullquote]<\/p>\n<p>Take an ongoing Volt project at Howard University. In addition to working on the largest solar installation at a historically black college, Campbell and his team are offering a mix of workshops at the business, engineering, and communications schools, so the students get first-hand instruction on the ins and outs of the industry. As a result of this engagement, 27 Howard engineering students will now be attending the upcoming American Association of Blacks in Energy conference to network with energy executives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re equally excited engaging these students as we are with the business side,\u201d Campbell says. That ethos is apparent in all Volt projects. Installing the largest church solar project in D.C. wasn\u2019t enough, for example: Campbell\u2019s team also worked with the church to coordinate a green literacy program for congregation members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This entrepreneur is diversifying cleantech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57007830,"featured_media":490280,"menu_order":45,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"coauthors":[10],"class_list":["post-363597","grist-50-profiles","type-grist-50-profiles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","grist-50-energy","grist-50-13","grist-50-justice","grist-50-nominated"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cleantech is so white. 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