Also called: Renewable Energy Developer
Finds land, signs deals, and wins permits to turn empty fields into giant solar farms.
You drive country roads to meet landowners, present at a county board meeting, and negotiate a power contract with a utility. A single project can take five years to get built.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in business, engineering, environmental science, or real estate.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Business Administration, Environmental Science, Engineering.
Growing much faster than average. Not tracked separately by BLS; solar is the fastest-growing source of new U.S. power.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI finds sites and drafts filings faster; winning over landowners, towns and investors is human deal-making.
Classes: Economics, AP Environmental Science, Public speaking.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9199.
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