Energy and Climate Modeling Student Employee
About The Position
This student internship opportunity is with the Energy Systems and Climate Analysis (ESCA) Group at EPRI, a team of leading earth scientists, climate economists, and energy system analysts. In this role, you will contribute to two teams within ESCA. With the Energy Systems Analysis team, you will support a literature review and comparison of recent modeling studies assessing the system-level impacts of 24/7 carbon-free electricity (CFE) procurement relative to business-as-usual approaches. You will use your knowledge of energy systems models to compare outputs between models including emissions, system costs, and technology deployment, and support the preparation of a technical report/peer reviewed paper. With the Climate Resilience Analysis team, you will support research on robust planning against climate extremes, exploring alternative planning and decision approaches that take deep uncertainties into account regarding future climate risk and power system evolution. This student internship is designed for an advanced graduate student with demonstrated energy modeling and coding skills with applied experience with weather and climate data products. The ESCA team offers the opportunity to work with established experts in a stimulating and innovative research environment to tackle some of today’s most pressing societal challenges – energy and climate change – in collaboration with electric companies and government entities. You can choose to work remote, in one of EPRI’s offices, or a mix of the two. Internship timeframe is flexible with a target of at least 3 months duration. Hours can be flexibly arranged around coursework or teaching loads, ranging from 10 hours (part-time) to 40 hours (full-time) per week.
Requirements
- Graduate student in climate sciences, environmental engineering, energy resources, or a related field; preference for current PhD students.
- Experience coding and using electricity capacity expansion models and multi-sector energy economy models
- Excellent research and writing skills; strong oral communications skills; ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner.
- A positive attitude, comfortable working both collaboratively and independently.
Nice To Haves
- Applied experience with weather and climate data products.
Responsibilities
- Support a literature review and comparison of recent modeling studies assessing the system-level impacts of 24/7 carbon-free electricity (CFE) procurement relative to business-as-usual approaches.
- Use knowledge of energy systems models to compare outputs between models including emissions, system costs, and technology deployment.
- Support the preparation of a technical report/peer reviewed paper.
- Support research on robust planning against climate extremes, exploring alternative planning and decision approaches that take deep uncertainties into account regarding future climate risk and power system evolution.
Benefits
- Eligible for the benefits of Social Security, State Disability Insurance, and Workers’ Compensation Insurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
