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METEOROLOGY
JOBS IN
CLEAN 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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RE:newable.energy
Clean Tech you say?

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RE:newable.energy

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GEOTHERMAL.energy

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BIOMASS.energy

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HYDRO.energ
y

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SOLAR.energy

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SOLAR.energy

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SOLAR.ener
gy

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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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WIND.energy
Where you‟re needed

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development-
needs.WIND.energy
 Prospecting  Suitability
 Wind rose  Wind shear
 Land acquisition  Turbulence Intensity
 Wind characteristics  Extreme wind
 Wind frequency  Energy trading/off-take
distribution  Temporal distribution -
 Long-term mean 12x24
 Hub height wind speed  Forecasting
 Modeling  Financing
 Spatial detail  Debt sizing (uncertainty)
 Model adjustments  Operational support
 Wake modeling  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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The Haves
What do they have?

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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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Getting a Job
What you really care about

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Be
The
Guerrilla

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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?

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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.unconvention

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seek.truth

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climb.on

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EL FIN…
QUESTIONS?
Daniel Herr
@DanHerr