Editor's note: Dive headfirst into the new week with three quick things to catch up on in Houston's energy transition.
Events not to miss
Put these Houston-area energy-related events on your calendar.
- The Center for Houston's Future's Future of Global Energy Conference will be held on October 9 at the Hilton Americas-Houston.
- World Geothermal Energy Day will take place at Karbach Brewery on October 17.
- Energy Day, Houston’s largest free family festival showcasing exhibits focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, will take place in downtown on October 19.
- Greentown Houston's Climatetech Summit will take place at its Midtown location on October 22.
- Ally Energy's GRIT Awards will honor energy leaders and best workplaces on October 30.
Voices of energy: Ana Amicarella, CEO of EthosEnergy
Ana Amicarella, CEO of EthosEnergy, joins the Houston Innovators Podcast to discuss the company's growth amid the energy transition. Photo courtesy of EthosEnergy
For most of her career, Ana Amicarella has been the only person in the room who looks like her. But as CEO of Houston-based EthosEnergy, she's changing that.
"The energy sector for sure is highly dominated by men, but I think it's such an exciting environment," Amicarella says on the Houston Innovators Podcast. "What I try to do at every job that I go to is I try to increase representation — diverse representation and females in the company. And I measure that when I started and when I end. I want to be able to make a difference."
Amicarella joined EthosEnergy — which provides rotating equipment services and solutions to the power, oil and gas, and industrial markets — as CEO in 2019 a few years after it was in 2014 as a joint venture between John Wood Group PLC and Siemens Energy AG. Prior to her current role, she served in leadership roles at Aggreko an GE Oil and Gas. Continue reading.
Big bummer: Houston receives abysmal ranking on list of greenest cities in the US
Yikes, Houston is very far from being considered among the greenest cities in the country. Photo via Getty Images
Bad news, Houston. The Bayou City is the third worst metro when it comes to the country's greenest cities.
According to WalletHub's recently released Greenest Cities in America report, Houston is No. 98 out of 100 of the largest cities that were ranked in the study, which was based on information from the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, The Trust for Public Land, U.S. Department of Energy - The Alternative Fuels Data Center, and more.
Houston scored 36.88 points out of 100, and comes in dead last on the environment ranking. Here's how the city performs when it comes to the other metrics:
- No. 87 for transportation
- No. 52 for energy sources
- No. 61 for lifestyle and policy
- No. 91 for greenhouse-gas emissions per capita
- No. 30 for percent of green space
- No. 86 for median air quality index
- No. 97 for annual excess fuel consumption
- No. 56 for percent of commuters who drive
- No. 39 for walk score
- No. 33 for farmers markets per capita