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Current Project Opportunities
Below
is a list of projects available for interns/volunteers to
undertake. We have also found that many interns or volunteers
come with their own ideas which contribute greatly to the
overall mission of GENI, which is to say, this is not a definitive
list.
- Expand the Renewable Energy Maps and National Grid
Maps on the GENI website. Check current maps on GENI
website against those referenced in Lesley's
paper. Upload any that we don't have or that are
better than what we have.
- Create new webpage on geni.org which integrates by
country the renewable energy maps and information (gathered
by Shawn) and transmission maps, using a layout similar
to the UN Millennium Development goals pages for each
country: www.mdgmonitor.org/factsheets_oo.cfm?c=COD$cd=180
- Where are the gaps in global cross-border interconnections?
Who are the decision makers in those gap-countries?
Focus on marketing GENI Initiative information to countries
in the gaps.
- Complete "Global Energy Trends" on GENI website in
the Library.
- World's largest machine--the electric grid--is old
and outdated: How do we get multiple jurisdictions to
cooperate for mutual benefit regarding transmission?
It would fall under our Transmission Policies section.
http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=worlds-largest-machine--the-electri-2008-08-28&sc=rss
- Expand on how we can use Google Earth's capabilities
for enhancing awareness of the GENI Initiative. An example
might be attaching pictures of renewable facilities
around the world to the map, or putting maps of interconnections
on Google Earth. Find out more about Google Earth Outreach,
Google.org and how they help not-for-profit organizations
to raise funds.
- Online outreach administration: expand internet marketing
on the social networking sites by posting events, articles
and any other videos we create to our RSS feed and our
social networking accounts .
- How do we open the flood gates of support for the
GENI Initiative?
- Send articles through 400 global media, Energy
Biz and PR Newswire (costs$$)
- Peter to write articles: Stop Smoking: 155 New
Coal Power Plants Scheduled, The Definition of Insanity
- Research International Renewable Energy Policies by
continent/country (resource: DSIREUSA.org). What types
of incentives exist? Where and what are best practices?
Research:
'Cap-and-trade-regulatory systems,'
'Taxes in various forms,'
'Electrical feed-in laws,'
'Government buy-downs,' and
'Incentives and subsidies in various forms.'
- We need a global price for carbon. What does it take
to change the economic model of the carbon industry?
Research pros & cons of various strategies: carbon tax,
cap & trade, carbon credit, carbon auction. Who are
the decision makers in setting this price on carbon?
Is it the Chicago Climate Exchange, Cap & Trade, GROCC
(contact with Jeffrey Sachs), and legislators?
- Study of Carbon Market Mechanisms
- What are the Best Renewable Energy Practices in Sub
Sahara Africa? Find the wind/solar maps for Africa and
make the case for their development, like in the Power
Point regarding Hydro for Africa (see Patricia's GENI
email, Apr 8, 2008)
- Rural Electrification: Who in the world is doing
such projects? Has anyone developed a turnkey, small
village, small island renewable electrification energy
package? This is a great entrepreneurial project, a
business of the future, doing good in the world, the
services for which could be paid for by various local
governments who want "rural or island electrification."
- Swap debt-for-renewables development in developing
countries: Find the top 5 - 6 CO2 emitting countries;
list the countries which are indebted to them and the
indebtedness amount. Get contact information for whoever
is responsible for managing those debts in the 'lender
country' and debtor country. Contact WWF for the legal
and operational framework for this transaction based
on their debt-for-nature exchange in Madagascar. Suggest
this debt-for-renewables development exchange to the
UN and the individual lender countries.
- Create a marketing plan for the top 120 utilities,
beyond the E8, to ask the same four
questions which were sent to the 2007 WEC.
- Thirty
five countries provide 50% or more of their energy from
renewables. Several countries and states including Portugal,
Spain, Germany, Denmark, California, Pennsylvania and
Texas are becoming leaders in the use of renewables.
Using data gathered by a previous intern, summarize
what they are using, what standards and types of incentives
they have set, and also what industries have emerged
and what the impact has been on the economy - jobs,
tax revenues, etc.
- Chart where in the US (or other region) renewables
are being developed; who are the developers; what country
are they from. Write an article highlighting the fact
(using numbers to substantiate the case studies) that
international companies see an opportunity for developing
renewable resources in the US that we are missing out
on. Address article to Congress and the candidates.
- Find and add top 100 People of Influence to GENI-us
monthly mailing.
- Research topic: Greening the Church
If you see a project you like or have an idea of your
own, contact
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