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Renewable Analytics LLC - Research Internship Positions (San Francisco, CA)

Renewable Analytics (www.renewableanalytics.com/) has internship positions available for MBA (or highly capable undergraduate finance) students that are still looking for a summer internship and would like to improve their skills in financial modeling, quantitative analysis, and forecasting. This position offers the opportunity to work with an emerging research firm founded by experienced analysts in the firm's San Francisco office. The primary focus will be the Solar PV industry. This role also offers the ability to learn the fundamental tools and techniques which are employed to gain an incremental level of insight.

Responsibilities:
- Modeling historical and future financials for key companies.
- Focusing on the analysis key metrics which often predict margins.
- Listening to webcasts of key industry events.

Ideal candidates are MBA students that are focused on finance and also renewables.

Necessary Qualifications:
- Excellent Skills in Excel.
- High level of motivation.
- Organized and a quick learner.
- Highly Quantitative and Analytical.

Pay is available for a highly qualified candidate. Write jobs@cleantechhc.com with "RENEW Internship" in the subject line.

Sol Focus Mission

The company's mission is to provide innovative solar energy solutions which are competitive with fossil fuels. To achieve this goal, SolFocus has developed new and leveraged existing technologies that will reduce the cost barriers to solar energy. SolFocus has an expanding portfolio of products and technologies including solar concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems, intelligent tracking systems for CPV and flat panel PV systems, and will be expanding into other solar technologies. Please contact Kevin at kevin_lee@solfocus.com for internship inquiries.

Key Responsibilities for Sol Focus Internship:

-Data Analysis

-Interpretation and communication of results

-Potential model building

-Support product marketing on wind, cost, and other analysis

-Other support as needed

Qualifications and Experience:

-College student/graduate

-Microsoft office expertise

-Knowledge of statistics

-Engineering, Science, or Math majors.

-Database (Access, SQL, or other) and Programming skills

The International Rivers South Asia Program is looking for an intern to help
with the new program focus on dam building in the Himalayas. The intern
would support the research on new trends in hydropower development in
Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bhutan. The internship would ideally start on
August 4, 2008 and last until September 30, 2008. The intern would work,
full-time or part-time, from International Rivers's head office in Berkeley,
California.

We are looking for an individual with strong research skills, knowledge
about water issues in South Asia as well as possibly some knowledge about
hydropower development.

We offer an international and stimulating working environment in the leading
non-profit organization campaigning on dams and rivers globally.

Please send your cover letter and CV via e-mail to

Ann-Kathrin Schneider
Director, South Asia Program
International Rivers
annkathrin@internationalrivrs.org

PAID SUMMER OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON GROUND-BREAKING CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY
POLICY AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF STATE GOVERNMENT RESUMES DUE BY JUNE 4

Do you want to spend the summer helping to craft California's climate change
program? Would you like to learn how to affect fundamental political change?
Do you want a crash course in one of the most exciting industries in the
world, while working for one of the most effective environmental agencies of
the last 30 years? Are you ready for the best internship you could ever hope
for?
The California Energy Commission is offering a limited-term, paid student
assistantship opportunity for a student to work directly with Commissioner
Karen Douglas on public policy and program development in the areas of
climate change, renewable energy and transportation. The position will
involve public policy analysis and development, legislative review,
stakeholder engagement and organizational management. The student will be in
a unique position to see first-hand how energy and climate policy is shaped
and to learn the skills and techniques needed to succeed in the new energy
policy landscape.
The Commissioner is looking for a student with excellent verbal and writing
skills, with a passion for public policy and environmental sustainability.
The student can come from any of a variety of disciplines but must be able
to provide high-quality analysis and work products. The position will be in
Sacramento, begin as soon as possible, and last until the student's fall
2008 term begins.
Interested students should review the Energy Commission's website for more
information on the Commission's activities and the Commission's brochure on
student assistants for more information on the general details of the
position. To express interest, contact Commissioner Douglas's Advisor Panama
Bartholomy at (916) 654-4896 and be prepared to provide a resume, a letter
of interest and a writing sample.