Intern - Energy Transition

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WRI India, an independent charity legally registered as the India Resources Trust, provides objective information and practical proposals to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable development. Through research, analysis, and recommendations, WRI India puts ideas into action to build transformative solutions to protect the earth, promote livelihoods, and enhance human well-being.
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Program Overview for Energy

Our Energy Program seeks to inform and catalyse India’s equitable transition to low-carbon energy pathways by driving the shift to renewable sources, improving the efficiency of energy solutions, ensuring reliable and affordable energy access, and reducing the negative externalities of energy transition pathways on energy minerals. We also bring a keen impetus to the central role of finance, equity, governance, and circularity in ensuring an inclusive, fair, and equitable energy transition in India. We undertake research, ground-level implementation, stakeholder engagement partnerships, and effective communication across four key pillars of work: Clean Energy Demand, Clean Energy Supply, Energy Minerals and Circularity, and Energy for Equitable Development.

Our mission is to foster environmentally sound and socially equitable development, supporting India’s climate and developmental goals. We collaborate closely with governments, utilities, industry, financiers, civil society and communities to advance an inclusive and scalable energy transition across India.

What you will do:

Key responsibilities:

• Support the team in conducting stakeholder mapping and organizing discussions including preparation of discussion questionnaire and meeting summary.
• Perform detailed analysis of Energy Audit reports of government buildings and understand the volume of energy efficiency improvement, investment requirements, and location or sector vise opportunities.
• Perform detailed research on public procurement guidelines and policies and support the team in preparing a recommendation note to government on public procurement of energy efficient appliances.   
• Perform detailed analysis of survey data on thermal comfort in affordable houses and understand the volume of requirement of energy efficient appliances for affordable housing.

Project: State Energy Transition

Activity: Urban Energy Transition Strategy for Kerala

• Perform detailed research on policies and guidelines for urban local bodies in Kerala to understand the gaps that detract ULBs from energy transition.
• Support the team in conducting engagements and need assessment surveys at selected urban local bodies in Kerala.
• Support the team in detailed research to understand the innovative financial opportunities for urban and rural energy transition for Kerala.

What you will need:

• Master’s degree (pursuing or completed) in Energy, Economics, Environment, Climate Change, Development Studies, or related Social Sciences.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, along with strong teamwork and collaboration skills.

• Excellent writing, analytical, and communication abilities.

• Familiarity with research methods and tools such as PowerPoint, Canva, Adobe InDesign, Asana, Excel. or similar platforms are preferred.

• Experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis is an advantage.

• Understanding agriculture, rural livelihoods, equity, and the role of energy access and governance in socio-economic development is desirable.

Duration

The internship will be for 2 months and extendable for a further 1 month based on availability and requirements.

Stipend: 25,000 INR/month

Location: Kerala

How to Apply:
Qualified applicants should apply online at www.wri.org/careers. All applications must be submitted online through this career portal in order to be formally considered. Only select applicants will be contacted for interview purpose. Finalised candidate may be required to take a writing/analytical test.

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