"Getting to Point A"
Robyn Beavers, senior vice president and founder of Station A Group at NRG
Energy Seminar - March 30, 2015
Robyn started her career off as an energy efficiency consultant and then joined Google in 2004 as a direct report to the co-founders on strategic initiatives as they took the company public. With the founders’ support, Robyn went on to found Google’s Green Business and Operations Strategy Group, the first business unit focused on sustainability strategy at the company. During her 3 years in this role, she spearheaded the approval and installation of the 1.7 MW solar PV project on the rooftops of the Mountain View HQ, created progressive green building guidelines for global Google offices, kick-started the corporation’s renewable energy project finance strategy, and served as a sustainability advisor on Google products. In 2008, she returned to Stanford for graduate school, during which she served as a Recovery Act Fellow for the Department of Energy in 2009.
Robyn has since lived in Denmark, where she helped create a global NGO called WindMade on behalf of Vestas Wind Systems, and also served as Director of Commercialization for Distributed Power & Water products for Dean Kamen’s DEKA research. In 2013, Robyn joined NRG Energy to create the Station A Group, an internal innovation team focused on advancing microgrid strategy for NRG.
In 2012, Robyn was selected to be featured on Makers.Com: Women Who Make America, a PBS/AOL video archive showcasing the stories of women from a diverse set of experiences and professions. Robyn has served as a board member for GridAlternatives.org, the US chapter of UN Women organization, and also for the Carbon Lighthouse Foundation. She holds both a B.S. in Civil Engineering and an MBA from Stanford University.
