Career Opportunities
Employability
Career opportunities for renewable energy graduates are constantly evolving and growing in today's job market. IRENA has estimated that by 2030 over 30 million jobs in the clean energy sector could be created globally. Iceland School of Energy graduates can be found working all over the world in careers ranging from design and engineering, to policy and decision-making roles.
During their studies, students can develop strong networks through research positions, traineeships, and business collaborations that often lead to employment opportunities.
Graduate destinations
Alexander Moses
Chief Technology Officer
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Mike Doheny
Financial Analyst & Business Development Specialist
Mike is now working as a financial analyst and business development specialist for a US wind power company based in South Carolina, USA.
Cari Covell
PhD Student at Reykjavik University in collaboration with Landsvirkjun & OR
Cari currently is a PhD student in the School of Science and Engineering at Reykjavik
University. Her project focuses on machine learning and data fusion for geothermal reservoir characterisation and is conducted in close cooperation with Landsvirkjun and Orkuveita Reykjavikur.
Sven Scholtysik
PhD research at University of Victoria.
Sven is currently a PhD researcher within the 2060 project at the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems at the University of Victoria after having previously worked for CanGEA.
Ximena Guardia Muguruza
Environmental Consultant
Samuel Perkin
Specialist with Landsnet
Samuel is a specialist with Landsnet, the Transmission Service Operator of Iceland. He represented Landsnet on the EU FP7 research project called “GARPUR”. This is a large collaborative project on developing new probabilistic reliability criteria for national and multi-national electrical grids.
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Almar Barja
Analyst for a London based energy consulting firm
Almar is working in economic consulting within the energy sector. Activities include analysis of policy, regulation, and economic advice for governments and international donor agencies.
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Baldur Kárason
Energy Engineer for Efla Consulting Engineers
Jón Örn Jónsson
Country Manager for Ethiopia at Reykjavik Geothermal