Solar and Storage Summer Intern

Are you a student that's passionate about sustainable energy? Do you have an interest in understanding the intricacies of the North American power grid and what it will take to achieve a 100% renewable energy system? Are you excited to perform technical analyses on solar and/or energy storage projects and products? Are you really excited about how grid-scale batteries will support renewable energy integration into existing grid infrastructure? If any of these sounds appealing, this internship may be for you!

DNV - Energy Systems is seeking a Solar / Energy Storage Intern to join its Solar Finance and Technology Department or Energy and Emerging Technology Department. These teams specialize in supporting analysis and engineering related to solar and energy storage projects and products.

The Solar / Energy Storage Intern role will be a dynamic hybrid schedule where employees will typically spend three (3) days per week working from either the Medford (MA), New York City (NY), Oakland (CA), Chalfont (PA), Seattle (WA), Portland (OR), San Diego (CA), or Austin (TX) USA offices. Further details regarding role-specific requirements and location will be covered during the interview process.

Relocation assistance will not be provided for this role.

What You'll Do

• Working in a diverse, multi-disciplinary, collaborative team spanning the US and Canada
• Supporting solar or energy storage project developers and battery manufacturers by reviewing their products and projects
• Organizing customer provided data sets to support reporting and analysis
• Sifting through confidential technical specifications and contracts to extract meaningful insights for internal and external analysis and presentations
• Reviewing financial models of solar and energy storage projects to understand how they are financed
• Evaluating solar and energy storage product specifications and performance data for alignment with contractual requirements and industry expectations
• Assessing new solar and energy storage technologies for market viability
• Supporting production work, including, but not limited to writing reports, remote troubleshooting, and critical review
• Developing tools and processes to continuously improve quality and value of delivery
• Overall, we foster a learning-by-doing atmosphere and will develop a program tailored to your career ambitions! This is a paid internship, compensation may be discussed during the interview process