Shake Energy Collaborative
Details
Positions: Community Design Intern
Location: Honolulu, HI
Innovation Area: Generation and Conversion; Storage, Transmission and Management
Position Type: TomKat Center-supported
Compensation: $8000
Internship Term: 8 weeks
Shake Energy Collaborative is a benefit corporation energy developer that enables communities to design and own from their own energy resources. At Shake, we have learned that community members hold the greatest knowledge of their local land - and that knowledge should be leveraged to design the most effective renewable energy infrastructure for their community.
Through our unique co-design framework, we enable community members to synthesize technical information and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to design the siting, sizing, dual land uses and other physical attributes of an energy project in their area. Once Shake develops the project according to the community’s design, this resource will generate low-carbon energy and financial savings that can be invested back into the community.
Responsibilities
As the Community Energy Design Intern, you will be responsible for supporting our community design team in planning, hosting, and synthesizing co-design workshops to plan the physical and financial design of our community solar projects. Aspects of our projects that we want community input on include siting and sizing, dual land uses, financial benefits and ownership structure. You will be responsible specifically for getting up to speed on community solar and community engagement in the energy industry, developing design workshop activities to host with community members, and refining those design activities based on user feedback. At Shake, community voice is our driving force and you will help us collect and amplify that voice.
Who Should Apply
Students passionate about equity in the energy industry and are interested in the role of meaningful community participation in the design of energy projects
Required Expertise
Must be able to work independently at times and be comfortable engaging strangers at workshops, both virtual and in-person. Knowledge of energy concepts is a plus.
Preferred Skills/Majors
Engineering and Design students preferred, all majors are welcome to apply to see if it is a good fit