Description:
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located in beautiful Golden, Colorado, is a leader in the U.S. Department of Energy’s effort to secure an energy future for the nation that is environmentally and economically sustainable. Our mission is to develop renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and practices, advance related science and engineering and transfer knowledge and innovations to address the nation’s energy and environmental goals.
Solar Technology Market & Policy Analyst
Requisition #109BR
Washington, D.C.
Job/Research Summary
This position will perform analyses related to the development and market adoption of solar energy technologies. The position requires an advanced knowledge of energy, policy, market, environment, and technology analysis areas. Results of analysis activities will support recommendations to national-level policies and decision makers.
Job Duties
The successful candidate will provide expertise and support to the following functions:
• Gathering and synthesizing data on a wide range of solar technology, policy, and market topics
• Working with modelers and technologist to improve the representation of solar technologies in models and to develop supporting data used in the models
• Writing clear, detailed reports and presentation materials on solar related issues to inform solar policy making and for dissemination of results to DOE, the administration, Congress, and the public
• Participating in collaborative activities with other national laboratories, universities, and organizations
• Performing innovative analyses and interpretations of solar technology related regulations and policies
• Publishing and presenting results of studies in technical reports, peer-reviewed journals, and at conferences, symposia, and review meetings.

Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
Master’s degree in economics, science, engineering or other relevant field or equivalent experience. 5 years of relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree in technology policy, energy policy, environmental policy, economics, business, or other related field, or equivalent relevant experience. Three years of related policy, market, or technology analysis experience as well. Knowledge of renewable energy, energy efficiency technologies, and market opportunities and barriers related to their use. Experience in analysis of energy/environmental/technology policies, impacts, and strategies. Demonstrated ability to work well within a team and independently with guidance from senior staff. Experience in managing projects and in direct client interaction and support. Excellent interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills.
Pre-employment drug testing required.
Submit Your Resume
Please visit our website for more information and to apply online:
www.nrel.gov/employment/
NREL is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and a drug-free workplace.

Relocation:
Negotiable

Location:
Washington, D.C.

Compensation:
N/A

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Description:

1. Attend site analysis sessions
2. Supervise installation team members
3. Maintain presence on-site during execution of installations
4. Employ safe and accepted methods in the installation and use of photovoltaic equipment
5. Listen and work to resolve customer concerns and problems
6. Seek and attend additional training and certifications pertaining to position
7. Ensure that the quality of work on projects meets or exceeds company and customer expectations
8. Work to facilitate accurate and timely completion of Installations
9. Other responsibilities as they arise
DUTIES:
1. Contact and communicate effectively with architects, engineers, city planning officials, and general contractors to obtain drawings or project related information
2. Submit permit paperwork to appropriate authorities
3. Other duties as they arise
REQUIREMENTS:
STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE:
1. Excellent customer service skills
2. Working knowledge of UBC and NEC regulations
3. Demonstrated cooperative attitude
4. Demonstrated ability to work unsupervised
5. Ability to organize time and effectively prioritize projects
6. Effective communication
Note: Please email resume with CV to hr@vista-solar.com. Please write the word “Installation Foreman” in your email’s subject heading. Emails from Recruiters will be discarded.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Vista Solar Inc encourages and supports a diverse workplace.
POSITION CLASSIFICATION: Exempt

Requirements

Company
Vista Solar is a newly formed and rapidly growing photovoltaic installation company. We perform installations on both residential and commercial facilities. However, our target market is large commercial installations.

Relocation:
None

Location:
Santa Clara, CA

Compensation:
Negotiable

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Nanosolar video

Silicon valley is quickly becoming the new “Valley of the Sun”. CNBC reports that Nanosolar has developed new panel technology that will replace the old silicon panels we are all familiar with. The new panels consist of a foil roll that is coated with a patented concoction of “metal glop” that utilizes nanotechnology to convert light into energy.

The treated foil rolls can be used in any number of applications, including but not limited to, weather stripping, roof tiles and slats and other general building materials.

So with the ever so technical ‘metal glop’ replacing those panels potentially, we might see silicon go back into making computer parts, semi conductors and glass sinks.

Description:
The Concentrator PV Solar Cell Design Engineer will develop unique epitaxial structures and processes compatible with the transfer printing technology, as well as design, fabricate and characterize high concentration solar cell prototypes and further optimization of the design to increase throughput, improve efficiency and reduce costs. The anticipated result is a highly manufacturable and scalable product. You will work with a dynamic team of Engineers and partners engaged in this exciting and multi-disciplinary field while reporting directly to the Vice President of Technology.
Benefits:
We value our employees’ time and efforts. Our commitment to your success is enhanced by our extensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and vision benefits and future growth opportunities within the company. Plus, we work to maintain the best possible environment for our employees, where people can learn and grow with the company. We strive to provide a collaborative, creative environment where each person feels encouraged to contribute to our processes, decisions, planning and culture.

Requirements
The ideal candidate must have an advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, Physics or equivalent and 5+ years of industry experience, as well as be technically strong and have experience developing processes and products intended for use in manufacture. Experience in the solar CPV industry highly desirable. In addition, the candidate must be a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills and a good team player.

Company
Headquartered near Research Triangle Park in Durham, North Carolina, Semprius, Inc. is commercializing an innovative process for printing high performance single crystal semiconductors on a wide range of substrates including glass, flexible or rigid plastic and other semiconductor materials. Our technology offers an unparalleled ability to create novel devices and systems by liberating the semiconductor from its traditional rigid substrate. We are developing capabilities suitable to a wide range of applications and are creating partnerships to bring novel products to market. Our mission is to make HCPV power generation competitive with fossil fuels which opens a multi-billion dollar market.
The solar industry is growing at an unprecedented rate and is demanding the highest performance solar modules at the lowest possible cost. Semprius has developed unique technology licensed from the University of Illinois which is capable of massively parallel transfer printing small solar cell chips onto a glass solar panel at very low cost. The technology enables the use of very high performance multi-junction III-V compound semiconductor solar cells. We are seeking a CPV Solar Cell Designer Engineer to join our team!

Location:
North Carolina

Compensation:
Competitive

Other Positions Available with Semprius

CPV Solar Cell Test, Characterization, and Reliability Engineer
Solar Cell Technician
CPV Solar Cell Design Engineer
Glass Scientist
Senior Displays Engineer

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Envision Solar has developed many new exciting solar options for both the home and business owner, including the new “Life Port System”. The system itself is quite impressive. With the ability to power a 3000 sq. ft. home, Life Port provides a stylish, eco-friendly and fiscally responsible outbuilding to your property in the form of a garage or carport.

In addition to its functionality, the Life Port system qualifies for a number of incentives not only to a green lifestyle, but also to the savvy consumer. With increasing energy costs, the time to go solar is now.

There are many exciting options out there right now, so why not explore the alternatives? Why not explore solar?

Break out some paper and some bic pens and list the reasons why you think that solar could help and or might be too difficult or expensive.  Many of us have a number of preconceptions that are rapidly being changed with new products, solutions, and prices.

Description:
The successful candidate will provide the necessary strategic focus for the entire business energy efficiency portfolio and ensure that the portfolio maintains its alignment with the California Energy Efficiency (EE) Strategic Plan. The position will also maintain a high level of involvement in the broader energy efficiency marketplace to ensure that the appropriate technologies are being integrated into SCE’s EE product and program offerings and that the program offerings are designed to use new and innovative delivery approaches. Typical responsibilities include: providing recommendations on enhancements to existing programs to ensure strategic objectives are being met; interfacing with the EE Program Planning group by representing Business program interests in the department and statewide strategic planning process; developing market/product requirements based on in-depth market and customer analysis that drives the creation of innovative product plans that help mainstream new technologies and ideas into the current business portfolio; interfacing with Emerging Technologies programs to provide a higher level of strategic focus to the product life cycle and minimize lost opportunities as technologies transition from innovation to adoption; managing and directing a team of product managers and analysts by prioritizing team activities, delegating and monitoring assignments, providing employee coaching and mentoring, and preparing and delivering PPAs, etc; interacting with senior management and executive level management at SCE, other California IOUs, CPUC, California Energy Commission and other market actors to discuss and gain support for various program strategies and broader technical issues; providing leadership on statewide program coordination activities by leading cross- functional teams of program managers from the California IOUs to ensure consistent program emphasis and delivery approaches; performing other duties as assigned.

Requirements
Basic Qualifications:
The successful candidate must possess seven years experience in energy engineering, energy efficiency, product/program management and or energy policy issues.
General Job Requirements:
The successful candidate must possess a Bachelors Degree in Business, Engineering, or a related technical discipline; or an equivalent combination of knowledge, skills and experience. Typically possesses 5 years of supervisory or project management experience. Demonstrated knowledge of California’s Energy Efficiency (EE) Strategic Plan. Demonstrated experience managing & implementing medium to large multidisciplinary projects, including identifying, maintaining, and/or adjusting the cost, scope, and resources, managing vendors, and overseeing the formal planning, tracking, and reporting of project performance, as well as experience managing cross-functional teams. Demonstrated experience with consulting with clients, including independently identifying client needs, developing action plans, identifying deliverables, and presenting results. Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills, and be customer focused, to appropriately identify and respond to client’s business needs and facilitate the presentation of recommendations. Demonstrated ability to accurately analyze information, integrate people processes, systems, and technologies, and make strategic decisions regarding project scope, impact, policy, development, and implementation. Demonstrated ability to interface effectively with clients, peers, contractors, regulatory agencies and all levels of management to develop solutions and ensure stakeholder buy-in. Demonstrated ability to take initiative and accountability for results. Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Visio.
Preferred Skills:
Master Degree in Business, Engineering or related technical discipline; proficiency in Visio.

Company
Southern California Edison (SCE) is one of the nation’s largest investor-owned, regulated electric utilities, and the largest subsidiary of Edison International. On an average day, SCE provides power for 11 million individuals, 800 communities and cities, 5,000 large businesses, and 280,000 small businesses in central, coastal and Southern California. Delivering that power takes 16 utility interconnections, 4,900 transmission and distribution circuits, 365 transmission and distribution crews, the days and nights more than 14,000 employees, and over a century of experience.
Our heritage at SCE is based on reliability, and our history is defined by a proud tradition of service performed by generations of diverse, dedicated, inspired individuals.
Starting with the certainty that our greatest asset is the quality and capabilities of our employees, we strive to attract, retain, develop, nurture and advance a diverse and talented workforce.

Location:
Irwindale, CA

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Australia is caught up in a tangle of out of date politics that is making it difficult for the country to leap forward as a Solar Energy power house. The country is positioned in a way that makes it very easy to claim a good amount of energy from the sun, but state legislation currently is blocking growth in solar power adoption, acceptance and leadership.

Ms Miller a representative from BP Solar recently indicated that Australian states are their own worst enemy when it comes to Solar Power adoption. So far there is only a single state in Australia that has adopted legislation that is remotely friendly to consumers and companies that want to invest in solar energy in Australia.

Ms Miller told the third international Solar Cities Congress in Adelaide what was needed now was action from governments around Australia to adopt feed-in legislation, to make switching to solar power more economical for individuals and companies.

So far, South Australia is the only state to have moved on the issue by last week introducing into parliament feed-in laws which will allow consumers to sell back electricity they produce in their homes or businesses to the grid at a profit.
If approved, the SA laws would allow consumers to be paid twice as much for any electricity they return as they would be charged for it.

States ’standing in way of solar nation’

This is by no means just an Australian problem. It is actually very common throughout much of the world. Local politics, especially at a state or province level often blocks the adoption of solar power or blocks the ability for electricity producers to sell electricity back to the grid when they have excess.

Australia is considered one of the countries with a very low carbon footprint when you look at the amount of energy they use and how they produce that energy.

Critics suggest that the percentages in Australia are actually stacked because the country has not built out the infrastructure to use electricity and electric appliances at levels similar to those seen in the US or even Europe. This skews Australia making them look more progressive in alternative energy than they really are. When in fact, they just do not use a great deal of energy.

Note. This Article was initially targeted for publication in February of 2008.  It was lost somewhere in the editing shuffle, probably back during the winter when our editors were spending too much time playing xbox 360 instead of doing their jobs. Our Publisher has officially cracked the whip and the editors have gotten back to work. 

Description:
As the Glass Scientist, you will be responsible for the R&D associated with the glass components associated with the high concentration photovoltaic solar cell module including the backplane, top panel and all optical elements. The candidate will work with a dynamic team of Engineers and partners engaged in this exciting and multi-disciplinary field and will report directly to the Vice President of Technology.
Benefits:
We value our employees’ time and efforts. Our commitment to your success is enhanced by our extensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and vision benefits and future growth opportunities within the company. Plus, we work to maintain the best possible environment for our employees, where people can learn and grow with the company. We strive to provide a collaborative, creative environment where each person feels encouraged to contribute to our processes, decisions, planning and culture.

Requirements
This highly motivated team player will possess an advanced degree in Materials Science, Chemistry, Physics or equivalent and 5+ years of industry experience with flat panel glass products. The individual must be technically strong and have experience developing processes or products intended for use in manufacturing. Experience in the flat panel display or equivalent industry is highly desirable. Strong communication skills required.

Company
Headquartered near Research Triangle Park in Durham, North Carolina, Semprius, Inc. is commercializing an innovative process for printing high performance single crystal semiconductors on a wide range of substrates including glass, flexible or rigid plastic and other semiconductor materials. Our technology offers an unparalleled ability to create novel devices and systems by liberating the semiconductor from its traditional rigid substrate. We are developing capabilities suitable to a wide range of applications and are creating partnerships to bring novel products to market. Our mission is to make HCPV power generation competitive with fossil fuels which opens a multi-billion dollar market.
The solar industry is growing at an unprecedented rate and is demanding the highest performance solar modules at the lowest possible cost. Semprius has developed unique technology licensed from the University of Illinois which is capable of massively parallel transfer printing small solar cell chips onto a glass solar panel at very low cost. The technology enables the use of very high performance multi-junction III-V compound semiconductor solar cells. We are seeking a Glass Scientist to join our team!

Relocation:
Negotiable

Location:
Raleigh, NC

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As the Solar Cell Technician, you will be responsible for assisting other Engineers in the development of high concentration photovoltaic solar cells and modules. You will also test and characterize prototype solar cells and modules, as well as work with a dynamic team of Engineers and partners engaged in this exciting and multi-disciplinary field and will report directly to the Vice President of Technology.
Benefits:
We value our employees’ time and efforts. Our commitment to your success is enhanced by our extensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and vision benefits and future growth opportunities within the company. Plus, we work to maintain the best possible environment for our employees, where people can learn and grow with the company. We strive to provide a collaborative, creative environment where each person feels encouraged to contribute to our processes, decisions, planning and culture.

Requirements
This highly motivated team player will possess an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in a related field along with 3+ years of industry experience. Flexibility, eagerness to learn and hard working are essential attributes. Experience with optoelectronics, microelectronics and/or solar technology is highly desirable. In addition, this enthusiastic team player must be a highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills.

Company
Headquartered near Research Triangle Park in Durham, North Carolina, Semprius, Inc. is commercializing an innovative process for printing high performance single crystal semiconductors on a wide range of substrates including glass, flexible or rigid plastic and other semiconductor materials. Our technology offers an unparalleled ability to create novel devices and systems by liberating the semiconductor from its traditional rigid substrate. We are developing capabilities suitable to a wide range of applications and are creating partnerships to bring novel products to market. Our mission is to make HCPV power generation competitive with fossil fuels which opens a multi-billion dollar market.
The solar industry is growing at an unprecedented rate and is demanding the highest performance solar modules at the lowest possible cost. Semprius has developed unique technology licensed from the University of Illinois which is capable of massively parallel transfer printing small solar cell chips onto a glass solar panel at very low cost. The technology enables the use of very high performance multi-junction III-V compound semiconductor solar cells. We are seeking a Solar Cell Technician to join our team!

Category:
R&D

Relocation:
Negotiable

Location:
Raleigh-Durham, NC

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