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Skills Assessment

Please complete the brief assessment below to help us understand your fit for particular skillsets needed at the Clean Energy Business Network. In addition to completing this assessment, please send your cover letter and resume to cebn@cebn.org; incomplete applications will not be considered.

This exercise is designed to help us see how you think and process new information rather than test your current expertise in any of these areas. Do your best even if you are unsure of the answer!

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* 1. Please provide your email address for follow up on this position. 

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* 2. You will be considered for both positions; however, if you have a preference for one over the other please let us know.

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* 3. Write a 2-3 sentence email to a Congressional staffer on behalf of the Clean Energy Business Network requesting a phone call/meeting with one of our members located in district to discuss some policy issues. Visit the website to find the required information and be sure to briefly explain what the company does.

Who: CEO of Logical Buildings (https://logicalbuildings.com/)
Congressional District for this member: look up the company's address at https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
Policy priorities: energy tax incentives and appropriations

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* 4. Please organize the information this list of meetings on Capitol Hill into a clear, consistent schedule that would be easily understandable by the participants:

Leslie Myers, CEO, American Solar:

1.       Senator Braun (a Republican from Indiana) at 10 am in Senate Russell 485- staffer is Amy Davis

2.       Rep. Walorksi (R-IN-02) – meeting with staffer Jay Brown at 11:30 am in room 419 of the House Cannon Office Building

3.       4 pm with Everett Blume in Rep. Spanberger’s office (Virginia 7th district, Democrat) – 1239 Longworth House Office Building

 
Burt Jackson, CFO, Frontline Wind:

1.       Also in the meeting with Sen. Braun

2.       3:30 pm with Michael Stanley in Rep. Lewis (D-GA-5th district) in room 300 of the House Cannon Office Building

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* 5. Read the description below of a federal grant opportunity from the Department of Energy. What technologies do you think are eligible for this opportunity? (Select all that apply and make your best guess if you're unsure.)

BIOENERGY TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE MULTI-TOPIC FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will provide funding to address the highest priority R&D areas within biofuel technologies, bioproducts, and biopower. It includes Areas of Interest (AOIs) from all five BETO programs: Feedstock Supply and Logistics; Advanced Algal Systems; Conversion; Advanced Development and Optimization; and Sustainability and Strategic Analysis. Each AOI supports BETO’s objectives to reduce the minimum selling price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources, and improve the quality of feedstock characterization and reliability of biorefinery operations.

Topics under this FOA include:

AOI 1: Cultivation Intensification Processes for Algae
AOI 2a: Relating Biomass Physical and Chemical Characteristics to Feedstock Performance in Handling and Conversion Operations
AOI 2b: Impact of Storage and Handling on Biomass Characteristics
AOI 2c: Improving Economics and Development of Coproducts
AOI 3: Efficient Wood Heaters
AOI 4: Systems Research of Hydrocarbon Biofuel Technologies
AOI 5: Optimization of Bio-Derived Jet Fuel Blends
AOI 6: Renewable Energy from Urban and Suburban Wastes
AOI 7a: Advanced Bioprocessing
AOI 7b: Agile BioFoundry
AOI 8a: Designing Highly Recyclable Plastics
AOI 8b: Designing Novel Methods for Deconstructing and Upcycling Existing Plastics
AOI 9: Rethinking Anaerobic Digestion
AOI 10: Reducing Water, Energy, and Emissions in Bioenergy

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* 6. Based on these data (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a98cf80ec4eb7c5cd928c61/t/5c7f375515fcc0964aa19491/1551841115357/USEER+Energy+Employment+by+State.pdf) how many people were employed as of 2019 in Alaska in solar, wind, hydroelectric, and natural gas electricity generation and energy efficiency? For the solar data, use the larger of the numbers provided on the chart. (Hint to double-check your methodology: The total for the state of Montana is 9,499.)

Show your calculations and the final total below.

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* 7. Finally, in no more than 6 sentences, tell us more about why this position interests you.

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