Clone of 2023 Internship Hosts

NAES is the power generation industry’s largest independent services provider. With its subsidiary, Bay4 Energy, NAES operates more than 1,000 MW of Photovoltaic and Battery Energy storage across 500+ sites in the United States. 

The Solar Store is a full-service supplier of solar products and services.  We provide solar hot water, solar pool heating, solar electric as well as other environmental sensitive or energy efficient products. 

This project investigates an integrated membrane distillation crystallization (MDC) - hybrid concentrated solar power (CSP)/PV collector system to realize a self-sustained, zero-liquid discharge (ZLD) technology for inland and off-grid applications. 

The Power Forecasting Group (PFG) serves forecasts for 3.1 GW of renewable power generation in the Southwest United States, including 45 utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems. The PFG partners with regional utilities including TEP, APS, and SRP to provide power forecasts for the Western Energy Imbalance Market. 

Agrivoltaics are the colocation of agriculture and photovoltaics. This approach is being studied to create more resilient energy, food, and water systems. Dr. Barron-Gafford, School of Geography, Development, and Environment/Biosphere 2, is the Principal Investigator on a new agrivoltaic project at UA.

Dr. Perry Li, Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, is the Principal Investor on two projects focused on solar thermal energy harvesting and utilization for water production as well as electrical power production.

Internship host Tucson Electric Power provides safe, reliable power to more than 442,000 customers in the Tucson metropolitan area. This internship will familiarize the students with utility scale solar across a decade’s worth of different installs. 

Pima Community College is a comprehensive two-year institution serving students and employers throughout Pima County in Arizona and beyond. Pima is in rapid transition to a high-tech institution serving the needs of our region’s growing aerospace, defense and healthcare industries. Interns will work in the Center of Excellence in Applied Technology.