- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Full-time · Mid
- 3+ years
Supports the North American sales team by evaluating wind resources, recommending turbine models, determining annual energy production, and preparing site assessment reports for prospective wind energy projects.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the subject matter expert on meteorological conditions and turbine suitability for prospective wind projects.
- Perform wind resource assessments using software such as WindPRO, WAsP, and other industry-standard modeling tools.
- Process and analyze meteorological data from met towers, SoDARs, and LiDARs, including data cleaning, long-term MCP analysis, and turbulence assessments.
- Develop wind flow models and perform annual energy production (AEP) analyses, including losses, uncertainties, and site-specific environmental conditions.
- Evaluate extreme wind conditions, turbulence intensity, fatigue loads, flow inclination, temperature, and air density impacts on turbine performance.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Meteorology
- Atmospheric Sciences
- Mechanical Engineering
- Environmental Science
- Renewable Energy