SolarKal is looking for a self-driven and motivated individual to join its project delivery team and support the company as it enters its next crucial growth phase. This is a rare opportunity to join a fast-growing solar energy company with a proven track record, established clients, and several accolades and awards under its belt. The intern will work closely with the company’s senior leadership and management team (SVP of Project, Directors of Project, Project Delivery Managers) to build out the company’s service offerings to clients. This would involve working on a variety of activities such as: PV system design, supporting project and sales team on client presentations, financial modeling, utility bills analysis, energy policy research and partnership development.
Founded in 2015, SolarKal is the leading marketplace for commercial solar in the US, connecting organizations to solar energy providers who compete for their business. Over the past 5 years, SolarKal has advised on over $150M of solar projects across 15 states, serving as the procurement advisors of businesses, commercial real estate owners, and non-profits, in their switch to solar. SolarKal’s proprietary, tech-driven solar procurement platform has over 150 solar providers that bid on projects from $200K-$20M, and compares dozens of variables in a simple apples-to-apples format for the client. By working with SolarKal, our clients get access to a vast network of vetted solar companies that have completed thousands of projects.
This is a paid role, and could be part-time (18 hours/week) or full-time (40 hours/week) based on the ideal applicant's schedule. Students located in New York and approved by NYSERDA. The intern will have a variety of responsibilities which include:
- Conducting analysis on customer energy data, utility rates, and the client site to determine financial and technical feasibility of solar.
- Supporting the sales team in analyzing client profiles and structuring project financing options that best fit the clients’ needs.
- Running financial models to illustrate 25-year cash flows of the solar project, highlighting the various value streams of solar to clients.
- Designing preliminary and simplified solar PV systems in Helioscope to estimate solar potential.
- Identifying key new markets and barriers through research of state and federal policies and programs.
- Participating in meetings with solar partners and supporting the onboarding process.
Candidates who qualify for this position will be ambitious, self-motivated and comfortable working in a start-up environment. If you possess the following, we’d like to hear from you:
- 1 year of experience in project finance, project management, solar development, electric utility, or energy related internships or class work is strongly preferred. Master’s Degree work is a plus.
- Self motivated with a go-getter mentality.
- Strong analytical, research and data analysis skills, including comfort with Excel.
- Ability to work with limited information and generate value independently.
- Basic understanding of solar design software a plus, with training in Helioscope available.
- Casual, entrepreneurial, comfortable, fun and proactive with an accountable, high performance, and results oriented work environment.
- Training and mentoring on the solar energy industry, incentives, tax issues, finance, prospecting, networking, sales, developing pipeline, closing, etc.
- Work on something exciting, changing rapidly, and ultimately helping the planet.