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**TRANSCRIPT
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METEOROLOGY JOBS INCLEAN ENERGY
Daniel Herr
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Daniel Herr
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Daniel Herr
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MBA Program #4 in the Nation for part-time programs
Graduate Certificate in Renewable Energy
Home of Colin Kaepernick
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Clean Tech you say?
RE:newable.energy
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RE:newable.energy
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GEOTHERMAL.energy
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BIOMASS.energy
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HYDRO.energy
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SOLAR.energy
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SOLAR.energy
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SOLAR.energy
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SOLAR.energy
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SOLAR.energy NREL Redbook
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SOLAR.energy
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WIND.energy
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WIND.energy Opportunities:
Research Resource Assessment
& Development Scheduling
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research.WIND.energy
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Where you’re needed
WIND.energy
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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
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assessment.WIND.energy
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assessment.WIND.energy
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assessment.WIND.energy
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What do they have?
The Haves
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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
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Working For
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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
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What you really care about
Getting a Job
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BeTheGuerrilla
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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
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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
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Be Curious“When Daniel Herr was trying to get a job… he didn’t go banging on their door with his résumé…
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“…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.
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“…Then, as people do in such conversations, they asked Herr about himself.”
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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
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be.unconventional
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seek.truth
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climb.on
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EL FIN… QUESTIONS?Daniel Herr@DanHerr