Do you want to work with high caliber professionals in a dynamic and growing company? Are you entrepreneurial, hard-working, and collegial? Are you committed to advancing the clean energy revolution? Join us at SB Energy, a leading company backed by SoftBank and Ares pairing cutting-edge innovation with best-in-class execution. Our Mission is to provide flexible renewable energy at scale, accelerating the global energy transition and benefiting our planet, customers, communities, and people.
SB Energy develops, builds, owns & operates some of the largest and most technically advanced renewable projects across the United States, with headquarters in Redwood City, CA. The company was launched in 2019 and has quickly become one of the largest solar and storage developer/IPPs in the U.S. With 3 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy projects in operation and a multi-GW development pipeline, SB Energy is building the renewable energy future – today. SB Energy also utilizes its strong culture of innovation to identify and incorporate new technology into our projects, including our AI-based digital platform, to deliver renewable energy that is local, reliable, and matched to load.
Come join us in accelerating the energy transition to cleaner, more sustainable sources of power!
Summer Internships at SB Energy!
Are you looking for an internship to jumpstart your career? If so, you have come to the right place! SB Energy has exciting internship opportunities. We are currently searching for students or alumni interested in gaining hands-on experience at a fast-paced and innovative renewable energy company. Our mission is to provide flexible renewable energy at scale, accelerating the global energy transition and benefiting our planet, customers, communities, and people. Our internships have a specific focus, but often get broader exposure to SB Energy's business, gaining insight into different areas of the company and the renewable energy industry.
Benefits Of a SB Energy Internship
- Apply skills and knowledge learned in the classroom to on-the-job experiences
- Comprehensive, value-added project(s)
- Work in teams and with cross-functional colleagues in a professional environment
- Develop technical skills specific to your major
- Gain opportunities for professional development by building relationships and learning from industry professionals in a live business environment
- Final project summary presentation to the team
In the Transmission and Interconnection Planning Internship you will assist with the project interconnection process of SBE Energy’s utility scale solar and energy storage projects. You will also provide multi-disciplinary support from prospecting through construction with various groups such as Development, Project Finance, Strategy & Investment, Operations and during Financing of the projects.
Responsibilities
- Work with Sr. Managers of Grid Integration during the interconnection process for SBE utility scale solar and energy storage plants.
- Supports early-stage/mid-stage analysis for greenfield/brownfield project development including market performance, available transmission capacity, network upgrade costs and allocations and deliverability.
- In conjunction with the appropriate support team, reviews and develops interconnection applications, study agreements, Interconnection agreements and associated drawings, specifications, and models.
- Performs competition analysis using the known queued projects, transmission capacity and market prices to determine relative strength of a queue position.
- Tracks transmission expansion plans and any changes to the interconnection process, affected system study process, market rules and their impacts on market prices, capacity, and competitiveness of a site.
- In ERCOT, assist in submitting RARF’s during lifecycle of the projects, obtain authorization to back feed, synchronize and COD from ERCOT and work closely with QSE, EPC contractor, SBE internal team and maintain the schedule of the project.
- Work closely with internal groups to submit and get approval for any design changes for the project such as inverter change, transformer change etc., Expedites projects through ISO interconnection queues, strategically timing queue entry and continually working with the ISO and TOs to minimize network upgrades and maintain project schedule.
Skills And Experience
- Currently pursuing/received a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering/Science, Power Systems, Renewable Energy, or related field.
- Related Power Systems or Electrical Engineering experience.
- Ability to work well with others in a collaborative team environment.
- Basic knowledge/experience running power flows either in PSS/E, TARA or PSLF or Power World.
- Basic knowledge of Python and SQL is desired.
- Requires advanced communication skills to ensure clear communication internally & externally.
- Intermediate Excel skills.
Location: Denver, CO. We have a hybrid office work set up.
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