A spectre is haunting the European energy system – the spectre of the Resource Man. He is transforming that system in its own image – that of “the male dominated industries of engineering, economics and computer science” (Strengers). The Resource Man is able to sustain this image, because in his endeavours to haul the system into the age of digital modernity and the post-fossil future, resource men from across those sectors flock to his aid, by signing up for pilot projects and pioneering the latest technologies. But is the Resource Man running up against the limits of his man’s world? (For a spoiler alert, cue in the
The gender of renewable energy
The gender of renewable energy
The gender of renewable energy
A spectre is haunting the European energy system – the spectre of the Resource Man. He is transforming that system in its own image – that of “the male dominated industries of engineering, economics and computer science” (Strengers). The Resource Man is able to sustain this image, because in his endeavours to haul the system into the age of digital modernity and the post-fossil future, resource men from across those sectors flock to his aid, by signing up for pilot projects and pioneering the latest technologies. But is the Resource Man running up against the limits of his man’s world? (For a spoiler alert, cue in the