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Internship Spotlight: Department of Energy Corporate-Federal Career Intern Program

By Tracey de Morsella on June 8, 2009 1 Comment accounting, Albuquerque, Bachelors, biology, budget analysis, business administration, business management, chemistry, civil, computer engineering, computer science, contract managers, contracts, corporate training, D.C., Doctoral degree, DOE Career Intern Program, DOE Online Learning Center, economics, electrical, engineering, engineers, federal government, finance, information systems, information technology, internship, law, marketing, Masters, math, mechanical, National Nuclear Security Administration, NM, nuclear, Office of Environmental Management. Executive Order 13162, operations management, physical sciences, President Management Agenda, procurement, public administration, rotational assignments, scientific, scientist, security, social Sciences, statistics, technical, US Department of Energy Career Intern Program, veterans, Washington

US Department of Energy Career Intern Program is a 2-year career-entry and development program aimed at hiring entry-level employees into scientific, technical and business occupations in GS 5-9 grade levels within the Department of Energy. Participants receive: a comprehensive individual development plan with features acquiring job-related certifications, formal classroom and online training, and mentorship by renowned government leaders; rotational job assignments with opportunities to travel across the United States and possibly internationally; possible $5,000 to $7,000 Recruitment Signing Bonuses and up to $10,000 per year for student loan repayment; accelerated promotions and the opportunity to advance quickly within the organization and a comprehensive federal benefits package.

CleanTech Comes of Age – CleanTech Investments Have Reached Record Levels

By Tracey de Morsella on May 26, 2009 Comments Off on CleanTech Comes of Age – CleanTech Investments Have Reached Record Levels adoption rate of technologies, alternative enertgy, Bio-ethanol, capital investment, cash-for-equity investments, clean technology, cleantech, Cleantech Comes of Age, cleantech technologies, Climate Change, conserve energy, energy costs, environment, environmentally responsible, fossil fuels, green sub-sectors, greenhouse gas emissions, high investment level, investors, M&A market, MoneyTree Report, oil prices, power storage biofuels, PricewaterhouseCoopers, private emerging companies, public policy, renewable energy, security, solar;, transportation, VC funding, venture capital community, venture capital investment, venture-backed cleantech companies, weakening economy, wind

The report, entitled “Cleantech Comes of Age,” discusses the trends in clean technology from the impact of oil prices to the M&A market and includes data from the MoneyTree Report, a quarterly survey that tracks cash-for-equity investments by the professional venture capital community in private emerging companies in the United States.The increased venture capital investment into the Cleantech sector can be directly associated with the growing concerns about the environment, energy costs and security. Despite signs of a weakening economy, the high investment level and intensified adoption rate of technologies in this sector validates the expected growth predicted by industry experts.

SMART GRID ROUNDUP: Grants for National Smart Grid Announced, Hacking the Smart Grid; Wind and Solar Power Drives Need For Smart Grid

By Chris de Morsella on April 23, 2009 1 Comment Biden, code development, Commerce Secretary, Department of Energy, embedded devices, energy appliances, energy management products, energy storage, Gary Locke, grant, Grants, grid monitoring devices, hacking the smart grid, high voltage transmission, intelligence, IOActive, Jefferson, Joe Biden, Joshua Pennell, Mo., monitoring, National Smart Grid, National Smart Grid Grants, nationwide electrical smart grid, network security, network stack, power storage, security, Security Focus, security threats, smart grid, smart-grid industry, smart-grid technology deployment; deployment of grid monitoring devices, smart-grid technology development grants, solar power, solar;, stimulus funding, technology viability. smart-grid technology development grants, Vice President Joe Biden, wind, wind power, wireless networking standard, ZigBee

Quite a bit is happening in the smart grid sector. In this post I quickly look at the breaking announcement by Vice President Joe Biden of more than $3.3 billion in stimulus funding for grants to drive the rollout of a nationwide electrical smart grid.

I continue to follow the hacking of the grid story and try to give some various perspectives on this issue and what is being done about it.

Finally I post on how the growing adoption of renewable energy like solar and wind will require the grid to evolve into a much smarter, robust system and to incorporate systems for storing transient excess energy.