After 3 months of HelioScope modeling, reviewing electrical sets, and tracking real-time production from solar installations, I’m excited to share that I’ll be continuing my solar journey with the amazing team at Plankton Energy this fall.☀️
This summer has been nothing short of transformative. I had the chance to:
🏗️ Support design and modeling across 13+ MW of rooftop and carport systems, gaining a real appreciation for how each project comes together.
📊 Contribute to asset management of 150+ operational sites, digging into data to track performance, spot gaps, and keep projects running at their best.
🤝 Visit sites and collaborate with teams across engineering, interconnection, construction, and O&M, seeing firsthand how every discipline contributes to clean energy at scale and the realm of project development.
🎓 Celebrate earning my NABCEP PV Associate (PVA), which gave me insights into PV markets, safety basics, electricity fundamentals, solar energy concepts, PV module tech, system components, sizing, design, performance analysis, and troubleshooting.
What excites me most is how each experience built on the last, from energy modeling and reviewing electrical and civil plans to asset management through performance tracking and availability analysis giving me a complete view of how projects move from design to long-term operation.
Now, I’m eager to take the next step:
⚡ Diving deeper into drafting electrical drawings for C&I projects
🔋 Helping Plankton explore opportunities in battery energy storage systems (BESS)
📚 Pursuing advanced NABCEP credentials: PV Design Specialist, PV Installation Professional, and Energy Storage Installation Professional
I’m incredibly grateful to the Plankton Energy team for creating an environment where I could learn, grow, and contribute. A big shoutout to the engineering, interconnection, and asset management teams for trusting me with responsibilities that challenged me, strengthened me, and fueled my curiosity.
From design to O&M, construction to origination, it’s been eye-opening to see how every piece of this puzzle connects. And I couldn’t be more motivated to keep learning and contributing as Plankton continues its mission to empower today’s grid and businesses with clean energy. 🌎
📸 Sharing a few photos here as well:
• With an incredible team whose patience, support, and confidence in me made this journey truly meaningful, whether tackling projects together or unwinding at team events like feather bowling after work.
• Standing on rooftops and under solar carports, the mechanical engineer in me felt deeply fulfilled watching systems I had modeled in HelioScope and tracked through monitoring platforms come to life in the real world.
Here’s to a fall filled with more growth, collaboration, and impact. 🚀
#SolarEnergy #EnergyStorage #PlanktonEnergy #CommercialSolar #CleanEnergy #Sustainability #RenewableEnergy #CareerGrowth #Gratitude
