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Posting Title
Graduate Internship: Renewable Energy Optimization Modeling & Analysis

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Location
CO - Golden

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Position Type
Intern (Fixed Term)

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Hours Per Week
40

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Working at NREL

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Job Description

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado, is the nation’s primary laboratory for research and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. The Integrated Applications Center (IAC) helps clients including federal agencies, state and local governments, communities, and the private sector to develop energy strategies, analyze opportunities, and implement an integrated portfolio of renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) technologies to meet energy goals.

NREL’s intern program provides a diverse opportunity for students and recent graduates. In addition to mentorship and real, hands-on experience, students and recent graduates will participate in professional development activities that will help strengthen their technical and professional skills.

The IAC is seeking a student intern to support technical analysis projects in the Modeling and Analysis Group. The internship commitment is 20-40 hours per week during the school year (depending on intern availability), and 40 hours per week during the summer.

In this internship, the student will use EE and RE analysis tools to assist NREL engineers in evaluating options for deployment of renewable energy, energy efficiency, storage, and conventional generation in buildings, campuses, or microgrids. This intern will contribute to development of the REopt modeling platform for energy systems integration and optimization. As part of the REopt team, the intern will perform analyses using REopt and contribute to its development. REopt is used to evaluate renewable energy, storage, and conventional energy options and recommend a mix of technologies and operating strategies that minimizes the lifecycle cost of energy for a site. REopt aggregates energy systems data including electric and thermal energy use, utility rates, incentives, and renewable energy resource data to inform technology and economic decisions.

Specific Job Duties include:

  • Evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects using EE and RE analysis tools such as REopt, SAM, HOMER
  • Work as a part of a software development team to develop and maintain models that analyze energy efficiency and renewable energy opportunities
  • Develop, test, and document code to model renewable energy technology generation and costs, process user data inputs, and present data outputs to the user
  • Research data inputs, collect information from various sources, reconcile discrepancies in data, and process it into model inputs
  • Correspond with clients regarding data provided, clarifications, goals, constraints, and assumptions of analysis
  • Present results to clients and revise results and reports in response to client comments

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Basic Qualifications Must be enrolled as a full-time student in a degree granting program, or graduated in the past 12 months from an accredited institution. Internship period cannot exceed 12 months past graduation. Minimum of a 3.0 cumulative grade point average. Please Note: Before interview selection, you will need to provide unofficial transcripts to verify GPA and full time enrollment.

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Additional Required Qualifications

  • Programming experience: fluency in Python and ability to quickly pick up other languages
  • Experience with energy system models
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills
  • Ability to collaborate with team members in a remote work environment
  • Ability to work independently
  • High standards of work quality, detail oriented
  • Smart, intellectually curious, analytical, and tenacious in finding solutions. Adaptable to a variety of roles and projects.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience using a wide range of EE/RE software tools such as REopt Lite, SAM, HOMER, and DER-CAM
  • Experience applying engineering skills to EE and RE problems.
  • Experience writing technical reports and/or academic papers
  • Xpress, Julia, or other optimization software experience
  • Basic knowledge of economics/ finance/cash flow analysis
  • Experience working with and managing large amounts of data
  • Experience using scripting languages for automating computer simulations

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Annual Salary Range (based on full-time 40 hours per week) Annual Salary Range: $45,700 - $73,000

Offers will typically be made in the bottom half of the listed range. NREL takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position's work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.

Benefits Summary Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match*; and sick leave (where required by law). NREL employees may be eligible for, but are not guaranteed, performance-, merit-, and achievement- based awards that include a monetary component. Some positions may be eligible for relocation expense reimbursement. Internships projected to be less than 20 hours per week are not eligible for medical, dental, or vision benefits.

  • Based on eligibility rules

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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is a leader in the U.S. Department of Energy’s effort to secure an environmentally and economically sustainable energy future. With locations in Golden and Boulder, Colorado, and a satellite office in Washington, D.C., NREL is the primary laboratory for research, development, and deployment of renewable energy technologies in the United States.

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