Intern - Business Development & Innovation

This position is at NY Green Bank, a division of NYSERDA.  NY Green Bank is a specialized investment fund dedicated to bridging financial gaps and mobilizing private capital to advance the build-out of clean energy and renewable infrastructure in New York State.

NY Green Bank collaborates with the private sector to transform financing markets. It also develops transaction structures and methodologies that overcome typical clean energy investment barriers and can serve as replicable models for other capital providers.

As a leader in advancing New York’s energy transition, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has remained a credible, objective and trusted partner in our State’s energy planning as well as deploying new and innovative technologies to expand New York’s economy. NYSERDA has worked for the past 50 years to protect the environment and help New Yorkers increase energy efficiency, lower energy costs and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. NYSERDA engages with stakeholders including residents, business owners, developers, community leaders, local government officials, universities, utilities, investors, entrepreneurs, and more, to develop, invest, and foster conditions that:

• Attract the private sector capital investment needed to expand New York’s clean energy economy.
• Overcome barriers to using clean energy at a large-scale in New York.
• Enable New York’s communities and residents to benefit equitably from energy efficiency and renewable energy.

INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW

NY Green Bank (“NYGB”) is a globally recognized $1.0 billion sustainable investment management fund with the mission to accelerate clean energy deployment in New York State (“NYS” or the “State”) by collaborating with the private sector to transform financing markets. NYGB works to increase the size, volume and breadth of sustainable infrastructure investment activity throughout the State, expand the base of investors focused on NYS clean energy, and increase market participants’ access to capital on commercial terms. To achieve these objectives, NYGB develops transaction structures and methodologies that overcome typical clean energy investment barriers, such as challenges evaluating risk and addressing the needs of distributed energy and efficiency projects where underwriting may be geared more towards larger and/or groups of somewhat homogeneous investment opportunities. With more than $2.6 billion invested as of December 2025, NYGB has demonstrated that many of the financial market barriers to sustainable infrastructure projects in NYS are surmountable. NYGB is a division of the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (“NYSERDA”). 

The Business Development & Innovation (BDI) team advances NY Green Bank’s business development efforts by originating new investment opportunities, identifying emerging market and financing gaps, and building strategic relationships across public and private financial institutions and clean energy developers. The team also translates market and policy insights into new or refined debt products, helping position NY Green Bank as a catalytic lender in underserved clean energy markets.

This is a paid internship for current students at an accredited college. The pay rate is from $18 to $20 per hour based on current class year. This internship will begin on June 1, 2026 and continue to August 13, 2026.

Interns must be located in New York State or an immediately adjacent state while working. It is expected that interns will follow our telework policy, with a combination of in-office and remote work. Interns work up to 18.5 hours per week during the semester, and up to 37.5 hours per week between semesters, when not attending classes.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

The intern will work closely with the BDI team to support a broad range of day-to-day activities, including:

• Conducting market and policy research on energy storage, clean transportation, and building electrification, including analysis of state and federal funding programs
• Supporting deal origination and pipeline development by researching prospective developers, technologies, and investment opportunities
• Collaborating cross-functionally with the Investment and Portfolio Management (IPM) team to support internal coordination and counterparty-related activities
• preparing briefing materials, internal memos, and presentation decks for senior leadership and internal meetings
• Supporting conference and event planning, including attendee research, background preparation, and post-event follow-up
• Performing company-, technology-, and sector-level analysis to inform business development strategy and outreach priorities
• Maintaining internal databases and trackers, ensuring data accuracy and supporting reporting and performance metrics
• Developing foundational knowledge of clean energy finance, including public-private investment models and project finance fundamentals
• Ability to demonstrate respect, equity and inclusive behavior and practices of a diverse workforce and community.
   

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Current student at an accredited college, pursing a degree in business administration, economics, finance, environmental studies, or other relevant degrees preferred, but not required. 
• Interest in clean energy, climate policy, finance, or infrastructure development
• Strong research and analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize market, policy, and company-level information
• Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to draft memos and presentation materials
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Comfort working with data and internal trackers, including basic data entry and quality control
• Basic proficiency in MS Office products, particularly Microsoft Excel    
• Takes ownership of tasks, projects and relationships; 
• Adaptable self-starter capable of taking on new tasks as needed while working effectively in a dynamic, fluid and fast-paced organization; 
• Able to build trust and strong relationships across the organization.
   

TO APPLY

Please submit 2 files, one for the resume (1 page) and another for your Cover Letter containing a 150-word statement of interest. Please submit your application online through our Careers page by February 16, 2026. 

(Applications submitted only through your school’s recruiting portal will not be considered.)

Please note that during the application process, you may be prompted to opt-in to Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) scoring. This is an automatic request in the ADP system but is not a feature that is used by NYSERDA in its recruiting and hiring process. Your response will have no impact on your application to NYSERDA.

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