Renewable Energy Opportunities for Graduates

Shape the Future

Saturday 16th March 2013

Dr. Peter Connor

University of Exeter, EMPS

Outline

• The RE course

• Knowledge and Skill requirement

• Employment opportunities

• Graduate destinations

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The Rt Hon Gregory Barker MP

Minister of State for Climate Change

The Government supports wave and tidal 110% - now is the time for the

next bold steps, moving from individual projects to large scale arrays to

transform the UK into the global hub for a multi-billion pound green

industry”.

The Government’s announced under the Marine Energy Array

Demonstrator (MEAD) scheme £20 million for two array tidal projects;

i) in Scottish waters, MeyGen Ltd is developing a tidal array in Pentland

Firth; ii) SeaGeneration (Wales) will install an array off the coast of

Anglesey (total of 10MW installed capacity)

RenewableUK; 28 Feb 2013

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The University of Exeter's ESI is a £30 million interdisciplinary centre

leading cutting-edge research into solutions to problems of

environmental change based at Cornwall Campus.

Environment and

Sustainability Institute - ESI

2006 BSc Graduating Class

2008 BSc Graduating Class

2009 BSc Graduating Class

2010 BSc Graduating Class

2011 BSc Graduating Class

2012 BSc Graduating Class

2010 M.Eng Graduating Class

Skill requirements: What do

renewable energy employers want?

Priority requirements:

• Electrical engineering

• Mechanical engineering

• Design engineering

• Energy Management

• Information Technology

Priority requirements:

Priority requirements:

• Business management

• Economics

Priority requirements:

• Applied maths

• Report writing & legibility

Employment opportunities

• Assistant Design Engineer

• Client Manager

• Design Engineer

• Energy Consultant

• Energy Technical Adviser

• Engineer

• Environmental Consultant

• GIS and CAD commission

• Graduate Project work

• Graduate sustainability

consultant

• Marine Energy Analyst

• Marine Renewable Services

Manager

• Offshore wind farm developer

• Operational Wind Farm Analyst

• Project Engineer

• Project Manager

• Renewable Energy Engineer

• Renewable Energy Specialist

• Research Assistant

• Self Employed Running Own

Company

• Software Developer/Renewable

Energy Consultant

• Sustainable power provider

Job titles of our Renewable Energy graduates from

the last 3 years include:

Industrial Experience

• UGs should complete a minimum 6 week

work placement before RE3.

• M.Eng students must complete an

additional placement and industrial project.

• Benefits – Professional contact & referee

– Industrial experience

– Self confidence

– A possible job offer

Predicted RE Jobs by 2020: EU 27

Source: DG

Environment

& Transport

The UK Renewable Energy Strategy

committed the UK to massive increases

in capacity up to 2020 and beyond

• The UK has the potential to create

500,000 new RE jobs in the sector by

2020 to meet these targets.

Source: DECC, 2009, Renewable Energy Strategy, Chapter 7

• DECC says wind energy output increased by 33%

in 2012 compared to the previous year, due to

installed onshore and offshore capacity.

• The UK is the global leader in offshore wind energy

• Thousands of new jobs in the British wind energy

industry, which will be employing 76,000 of us in

green-collar jobs by 2021.”

Renewable UK; Thurs 28th February 2013

Sent: 28 February 2013 16:35

To: Johanning, Lars

Cc: Baldock, A

Subject: Graduates

Lars

I hope you are keeping well. I am looking to recruit again this year, and would be interested in

seeing CVs from those graduating in June 2013, as soon as possible.

I am looking for people interested in marine and/or biomass.

Thanks

Andy

Director - Sustainable Energy Solutions

Black & Veatch Ltd. Building a World of Difference™

From: Lee www.kensaengineering.com.

Sent: 26 February 2013 16:41

To: Connor, Peter

Subject: Kensa Ground Source Heat Pumps - Search for a Sales Estimator for our Exeter Office.

Dear Dr Connor

We manufacture and supply a full range of ground source heat pumps. We are looking for a person who has

gone through your hands, now with plumbing qualifications and a sound knowledge of the Renewable Energy

market, and in particular, Ground Source Heat Pumps. A Sales Estimator would initially be responsible for

preparing quotations, using plans and heat loss calculations supplied to us by clients. They would receive full

training using our software programs, and would progress over 12-18 months to be trained as a Technical Sales

Advisor.

Thank you in anticipation of your assistance.

Kind Regards, Lee

From: Rebecca

Sent: 06 March 2013 10:37

To: Connor, Peter

Subject: Short term placement opportunity with EDF Energy R&D

Hi Peter, we will soon be looking for someone for a 6 month placement here at EDF Energy on

reliability and monitoring of offshore wind components..

Rebecca

Offshore Wind O&M Research Engineer

EDF Energy R&D UK Centre Ltd

UK RE Job Situation: Significant

Difficulty in Filling Vacancies

Source: Bain &

Co., Oct. 2008

Some employers of RE students

• Centrax

• Compact Power

• Kensa Engineering *

• Earth Energy *

• Solar Century *

• Cornwall Light & Power *

• Nuon Renewables *

• Green Peninsula *

• Pure Energy Professionals *

• ....

Wardell Armstrong International *

Atlantic Energy

IT Power

Garrad Hassan

Scottish & Southern Energy plc

British Petroleum

RWE npower Renewables *

EDF

Ecotricity

...

Setting up in Business

• Capture Energy

• Windscout

• REsource Living

Graduate destinations

Staffan Lindahl

• Graduated 1st Class

• Placement: Garrad Hassan

• Project: The Plentipus

Wave Energy Converter

• “The New Brunel”

• Employer: Garrad Hassan

(Wind energy analyst)

Graduate destinations

Nathan Billings

• Placement: Powertech

Renewables

• Graduated 1st Class

• Project: Micro wind

generator study

• Has started own

business http://www.capture-energy.co.uk/

Graduate destinations

Holly Moore

• Placement: Solar Flair &

TCI Ltd

• Graduated 1st Class

• Project: Isles of Scilly

renewable energy strategy

• Employer: Nuon

Renewables, Wind Project

Developer

Graduate destinations

Graduate destinations

IDCORE IDCORE

Graduate destinations

Thank You