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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado, is the nation’s primary laboratory for research and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. The Water Power Deployment and Commercialization group within the Energy Conversion and Storage Systems (ECaSS) Center works on alleviating market barriers and enabling commercialization for marine energy and hydropower systems. Staff in Water Power Deployment and Commercialization have broad expertise in policy and regulatory analysis, STEM and workforce development, stakeholder engagement, and industry network development.
Water Power Deployment and Commercialization is looking for a full-time Water Power Policy and Engagement Analyst, who will work closely with teams in NREL’s crosscutting hydropower and marine energy programs to implement policy and market analysis, as well as stakeholder engagement for hydropower, marine energy, and hybrid systems. The candidate will be responsible for leading and contributing to collaborative research projects that support the analysis of enabling policies and market scenarios for hydropower and marine energy systems, particularly low impact hydropower and offshore energy systems for both grid and off-grid applications in small, community, and grid-scale demonstration and deployment opportunities.
Previous examples of some of the work in this area are Hydropower Supply Chain Gap Analysis (https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy24osti/88798.pdf) and Hydropower Investment and Public-Private Ecosystem Assessment (https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy24osti/88798.pdf) .
The specific activities that the researcher will work on include, but are not limited to:
To successfully support these activities, the ideal candidate should have experience researching and working with communities to integrate renewable energy systems that balance community needs with the sustainable energy systems within broader community ecosystems. Accomplishing the initiative objectives will require interactions between systems within the community ecosystem, including energy, economic, environmental, and social systems and considerations are balanced and addressed in any proposed solutions.
The ideal candidate will also have explicit familiarity with the barriers to market adoption for hydropower and marine energy systems. In addition, a proven history of successful project management, proposal development and engagement with tribal, local, and state government, as well as interest groups is required.
The researcher will perform the following activities:
A Researcher IV will be expected to lead the activities listed above with minimal supervision and be able to delegate tasks appropriately to other team members. They should have in-depth expertise within the area of hydropower and/or marine energy research and substantial project leadership experience.
A Researcher III will be expected to contribute to the activities listed above with some supervision and be able to collaborate effectively with a broad group of interdisciplinary staff to achieve deliverables. They should have knowledge within the area of hydropower/and or marine energy research and some project leadership experience.
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* Must meet educational requirements prior to employment start date.
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* Based on eligibility rules
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