PROFESSOR STEPHEN LAWRENCE
LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSI NESS
UNI VERSI TY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER
RETool
for
Renewable Energy Jobs
Agenda
Topics
Renewable energy: Why now?
Business opportunities
Renewable energy jobs
Wind energy jobs
Solar energy jobs
Biofuel
jobs
Smart grid
jobs
Energy efficiency jobs
US stimulus funds for renewable energy
Observations & recommendations
Goal
: A go
-
forward path for a career in RE
3
Renewable Energy (RE)
WHY NOW?
Volatile Oil Prices
4
http://www.wtrg.com/daily/clspot.gif
Declining Fossil Fuel Supplies
5
Boyle,
Renewable Energy,
Oxford University Press (2004)
GeoPolitical
Concerns
6
Environmental Impacts (Power Gen)
7
Renewable Energy,
Directive 2001/77/EC, European Commission (27 September 2001),
CO
2
& Global
Warming
8
Wikipedia.org,
Climate Change, Global Warming
articles
Government Regulation
A Matter of Perspective…
Threat
Opportunity
11
Business Opportunities
Clean Energy Revenue Growth
12
Clean Energy Trends,
CleanEdge
, 2009
Global RE Investment (2008)
13
Clean Energy Trends,
CleanEdge
, 2009
Growth of Venture Investment
14
Clean Energy Trends,
CleanEdge
, 2009
Renewable Energy Job Growth
Indeed.com
Wind & Solar Job Growth
Clean Energy Trends,
CleanEdge
, 2009
Renewable Energy Job Types in 2030
Green Collar Jobs in the US and Colorado
, ASES, 2009
Wind Energy Jobs
Global Wind Capacity Growth
19
Energy Technology Perspectives, OECD/IEA 2008
Wind Energy Cost Trends
20
Energy Technology Perspectives, OECD/IEA 2008
US Utility Scale Wind Energy
Total
21,017
MW
as of 28
-
Sep
-
08
21
www.AWEA.org 2008
Jobs in Wind Energy
http://www.careersinwind.com/
Project Managers
Wind Turbine Sales
Tax Manager
Sales/Service Director
Contracts Director
Director of Real Estate
Construction Manager
Technical Director
Sr. VP Project Dev.
VP Marketing &
BusDev
Operations
Administrator
Commercial Analyst
General Manager
Wind Engineer
Wind Service Manager
Composite Engineer
Typical Job Wind Job Postings
http://www.careersinwind.com/
Some Colorado Wind Energy Companies
Solar Energy Jobs
PV Exponential Growth
Energy Technology Perspectives, OECD/IEA 2008
26
Grid Parity by 2010
–
2015
Challenges:
Reducing cost
Improving performance
and reliability
Maintaining balance
between supply and
demand (
polysilicon
supply, manufacturing
capacity, distribution/
installation networks)
Understanding and
acceptance by financial
sector, regulators, utilities
Integrating solar with
other systems (grid,
buildings)
27
Margolis,
Solar Energy: Rapidly Evolving Technologies, Markets, and Policies
, NREL/DOE 2008
US Solar Resource Map
http://www.seia.org/cs/about_solar_energy/myths_and_facts
28
Some Colorado Solar Companies
Biofuel
Jobs
Global Growth
of
BioDiesel
Capacity
BioDiesel
2020,
Emerging Markets Online, www.emerging
-
markets.com
IEA
Biofuel
Cost Projections
Energy Technology Perspectives,
IEA 2008
Some Colorado
Biofuel
Companies
Smart Grid Jobs
US Electric Transmission Grid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_power_transmission
Transmission System
1.
HV transmission
2.
Substation
3.
Main distribution
4.
Local distribution
Overhead
Underground
5.
Service lines
Overhead
Underground
Smart Grids
Marriage of electricity grids with information nets
Self
-
healing, resistant to attack (like the Internet)
Higher quality power; fewer outages
Time
-
of
-
day pricing (shape customer demand)
Accommodate renewable energy sources
Run efficiently and effectively
Better control of transmission and distribution
Provide customer choice and incentives
Smart Grid Positions
http://www.gridwise.org/kema.html
Colorado Smart Grid Players
Other Technologies
www.lookintoireland.com/marineturb.jpg
werievents.wordpress.com
www.theoildrum.com/node/5216
Other Technologies
Hydro energy
Small scale hydro dams
Pumped hydro
Geothermal energy
Natural steam
Hot rock cracking
Oceanic energy
Wave energy
Tidal energy
Ocean current energy
Carbon sequestration
Small scale wind & solar
Energy storage
Batteries, flywheels, super
capacitors, hydrogen, …
Distributed generation
Bio & electric vehicles
Exotic energy sources
Ship sails
Ocean chimneys
Zero point energy
Energy Efficiency
Energy Wedges for CO
2
Reduction
43
Kutchner
(
ed
),
Tackling Climate Change in the US
, American Solar Energy Society, January 2007
Energy
Efficiency
Costs & Benefits
–
Low Carbon Economy
Pathways to a Low
-
Carbon Economy,
McKinsey
, 2009
Energy Efficiency Jobs in 2030
Green Collar Jobs in the US and Colorado
, ASES, 2009
U.S.
CO
US RE Stimulation Funds
US 2009 Stimulus Package
http://www.recovery.gov/
RE Stimulus Expenditures
–
Categories
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
Geothermal
RE Training
RE Science
Transport
Carbon Capture
RE Loans
RE Tax Credits
Electric Grid
Efficiency
Millions of Dollars ($)
Chart by S.R. Lawrence from data on Recovery.gov
Observations &
Recommendations
Renewable Energy Value Chain
50
Pater,
A Framework for Evaluating the Total Value Proposition of Clean Energy Technologies,
NREL/TP
-
620
-
38597, Feb 2006
Observations and Recommendations
RE is
here to stay
RE is about
business
&
business skills
RE needs the skills
you
have
Identify and study a
single sector
Pick a technology or sector that fits you best; that you like
Play to
your strengths
Don’t start from zero
;
retool
the skills you already have
Network, network,
network!
Colorado Green Tech
Meetup
(
http://alternativeenergy.meetup.com/171/
)
Other organizations and trade groups
RE Industry Resources & References
Renewable Energy
NREL.gov
EERE.energy.gov
EIA.DOE.gov
IEA.org (international)
Wind Energy
AWEA.org
Windustry.org
GWEC.org
Biofuels
Biodiesel.org
EthanolRFA.org
NBB.org
Solar Energy
ASES.org
SEIA.org
COSEIA.org (Colorado)
SolarBuzz.com
Energy Efficiency
ASE.org
EEBA.org
ACEEE.org
General
Greenbiz.com
Cleantech.com
Online RE Job Postings
Monster.com
Indeed.com
RenewableEnergyJobs.net
GreenJobs.com
SustainableBusiness.com/Jobs
Jobs.Treehugger.com
Jobs.Greenbiz.com
SolarJobs.com
WindJobs.com
Ecojobs.com
NREL.gov/employment/job_openings.html
www1.eere.energy.gov/education/careers.html
RETool
Renewable Electricity Workshop
CU
Leeds School of Business & the CU Energy
Initiative
October 29
–
Thu
–
8:30
-
5:30 PM
Downtown Denver
Topics
Overview of renewable electricity
How much do they cost; how well do they work?
Business opportunities in renewable electricity
Key challenges for renewable electricity technologies
How do I break into this growing industry?
Panel
discussion with RE
entrepreneurs
Future workshops
Weds Nov 18: Energy efficiency
Weds Jan 20:
Smart grids
Visit
http://Leeds.colorado.edu/RETool
for details
PROFESSOR STEPHEN LAWRENCE
STEPHEN.LAWRENCE@COLORADO.EDU
Questions
?
Leeds
-
faculty.colorado.edu/Lawrence/
RETool
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