Meteorology Jobs in Renewable Energy

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I encourage you to visit my blog (danherr.com/2012/01/22/ams-renewable-energy-jobs/) for the true transcript of my presentation and the recorded video. Talk given by Daniel Herr on Job Opportunities for Meteorological Students in Clean Energy at the 2012 American Meteorological Society Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on Saturday the 21st of January, 2012. **Please be aware that some of the fonts changed the look of the slides during upload**

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METEOROLOGY JOBS INCLEAN ENERGY

Daniel Herr

Daniel Herr

Daniel Herr

MBA Program #4 in the Nation for part-time programs

Graduate Certificate in Renewable Energy

Home of Colin Kaepernick

Clean Tech you say?

RE:newable.energy

RE:newable.energy

GEOTHERMAL.energy

BIOMASS.energy

HYDRO.energy

SOLAR.energy

SOLAR.energy

SOLAR.energy

SOLAR.energy

SOLAR.energy NREL Redbook

SOLAR.energy

WIND.energy

WIND.energy Opportunities:

Research Resource Assessment

& Development Scheduling

research.WIND.energy

Where you’re needed

WIND.energy

development-needs.WIND.energy Prospecting

Wind rose Land acquisition

Wind characteristics Wind frequency

distribution Long-term mean Hub height wind speed

Modeling Spatial detail Model adjustments Wake modeling

Suitability Wind shear Turbulence Intensity Extreme wind

Energy trading/off-take Temporal distribution -

12x24 Forecasting

Financing Debt sizing (uncertainty) Operational support Power curve testing

assessment.WIND.energy

assessment.WIND.energy

assessment.WIND.energy

What do they have?

The Haves

Job Titles to Have Senior Vice President, Meteorology and Wind

Analysis, Wind Capital Group

Manager of Meteorology, Iberdrola Renewables

Manager, Wind Resource Department, GENIVAR Wind

Director, Wind Assessment, Acciona Energy

Working For

Job Titles to Have Director of Meteorology, TradeWind Energy

Wind Resource Manager, Shell WindEnergy, Inc.

Assistant Professor, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado – Boulder

Director of Asset Management and Meteorology, Noble Environmental Power

What you really care about

Getting a Job

BeTheGuerrilla

Getting a Job Get the right Perspective

Employers are Hiring 24.3M jobs filled from Sep ‘09 to Feb ‘10 2.6M jobs found no qualified applicant in Jan

’09

Where do you search for what you need? Outdated Newspaper Ads? Online Stores where you pay to shop? How about Google?

the

I’m Googling For You When I Google, are you a result?

Simple Boolean Search: “site:linkedin.com inurl:in meteorology

wind.energy MW”

Someone on LinkedIn with experience in Meteorology and Wind Energy at the MegaWatt Scale

Be Curious“When Daniel Herr was trying to get a job… he didn’t go banging on their door with his résumé…

“…He gently knocked, asking a few questions about them, just out of curiosity.

“…He learned about their work researching, designing and installing wind, solar and solar thermal systems.

“…Then, as people do in such conversations, they asked Herr about himself.”

Next Steps Get Informed

Read Renewable Energy World and Home Power Magazines

Start Knocking on the Door Network at an AWEA (American Wind

Energy Association) Meeting or Conference Get an Informational Interview with a

developer

be.unconventional

seek.truth

climb.on

EL FIN… QUESTIONS?Daniel Herr@DanHerr