Tamika
Jacques
Director
of
Workforce
Development

• Accelerate
clean
energy
technologies,
companies
and
projects
• Create
high-­‐quality
jobs
and
long-­‐term
economic
growth
• Support
municipal
clean
energy
projects
• Invest
in
residen@al
and
commercial
renewable
energy
installa@ons
• Cul2vate
a
robust
marketplace
for
innova@on
Our
Mission

Boston,
MassachuseCs
Wind
Turbine
Tes@ng
Facility

• Named
#1
in
energy
efficiency
in
the
United
States
by
the
American
Council
for
an
Energy
Efficient
Economy
for
the
3rd
year
in
a
row
• Growth
rate
of
solar
by
175x
since
2007
• Growth
rate
of
wind
by
30x
since
2007
MassachuseDs’
Leading
the
Clean
Energy
Charge

• 11.8%
growth
since
2012
• 5,557
clean
energy
firms
• 79,994
clean
energy
jobs
• Clean
energy
growth
outpacing
the
general
MassachuseCs
economy
by
10x
MassachuseDs’
Clean
Energy
Economy
is
Large
and
Growing

• More
land-­‐based
wind
installed
in
2012
than
all
other
years
combined
• Crea@on
and
expansion
of
MassCEC,
the
first
U.S.
agency
to
combine
investments,
job
training
and
incen@ves
Leading
the
Clean
Energy
Charge

• Internship
for
MassachuseCs
college
students
at
MassachuseCs-­‐based
clean
energy
companies
– Placed
over
871
interns
at
more
than
225
companies
since
2011
– 54
students
have
gained
full
or
part-­‐2me
employment
at
host
companies
– Record
number
145
companies,
1000
interns
applied
in
Summer
2014
Workforce
Development
Programs

How
Does
This
Work?
• Outreach
–
Community
Colleges,
Four
Year
Ins2tu2ons
and
Graduate
Ins2tu2ons,
Clean
Energy
Employers
• Marke2ng
–
Press
Release,
ADending
Career
Fairs,
Presenta2ons
made
by
MassCEC,
Internship
Events

Summer
2014:
Companies
by
Region
Western:
BPVS
,
Berkshire
Photovoltaic
Services,
Co-­‐op
Power,
Cozy
Home
Performance,
Diversified
Construc@on,
Homestead
Engineering
Inc.,
NESEA,
Northeast
Biodiesel
Company
LLC,
Sandri
Inc.,
Solu@a
Inc.,
Sungage
LLC,
The
Day
Cycle
Central:
Boston
Power,
CellTech
Power
LLC,
Conserva@on
Services
Group,
Moss
Hollow
Solar,
Second
Genera@on
Energy
Northeast:
Cooperstown
Environmental,
GanneC
Fleming
Inc.,
Groom
Energy
Solu@ons,
Johnson
Controls
Inc.,
Nexamp,
The
Bioengineering
Group
Inc.
Southeast:
Clean
Energy
Innova@ons,
New
Power
Labs
Inc.,
Northeast
Windpower
Corp.
(Aerostar,
Inc.)

Summer
2014:
Companies
by
Region
Boston/Greater
Boston:
24M
Technologies
Inc.,7AC
Technologies
Inc.,
Altaeros
Energies
Inc.,
Boreal
Renewable
Energy
Development,
Boston
Green
Building,
Cambrian
Innova@on,
Clean
Asset
Partners,
ConEdison
Solu@ons,
Digital
Lumens,
Distributed
Energy
Research
&
Solu@ons
Inc.,
EnerNOC
Inc.,
FastCAP
SYSTEMS
Corpora@on,
First
Wind,
FloDesign
Wind
Turbine
Corp,
Free
Flow
Power,
Ginkgo
BioWorks,
Green
Guild
of
MA
LLC,
Greener
U,
HeatSpring
LLC,
Heliotronics
Inc.,
Iblogix,
Konarka
Technologies,
kWhOURS
Inc.,
Lime
Energy
Co.,
Manifold
Products
(OutSmart
Power
Systems,
LLC),
MassEnergy,
Mavel
Americas,
Metal
Oxygen
Separa@on
Technologies
Inc.,
Paradigm
Partners,
Promethean
Power
Systems,
Qteros
Inc.,
Resolute
Marine
Energy
Inc,
Retroficiency
Inc.,
Satcon
Technology
Corp.,
SolSolu@ons,
SunEdison
LLC,
Sun
Drum
Solar,
Sustainability
Roundtable
Inc.,
Sustainable
Edge
(Beebe
Engineering
and
Management
Group
LLC
),
Sustainable
Energy
Advantage
LLC,
Transforma@ons
Inc.,
Wagner
Solar
Inc.,
WindPole
Ventures,
XL
Hybrids,
Zapotech
Energy,

• Workforce
Capacity
–
Funding
for
clean
energy-­‐centered
science,
technology,
engineering
and
math
(STEM)
program
for
par@cipants
throughout
the
Commonwealth.
The
ini@a@ve
targets
MassachuseCs
voca@onal-­‐technical
high
schools,
colleges,
universi@es
and
community-­‐
based
non-­‐profit
groups
to
help
train
par@cipants
for
careers
in
clean
energy
.
The
program
aims
to
boost
the
number
of
high
school
graduates
pursuing
STEM
majors
in
college
and
include
curriculum
and
course
development,
professional
development,
internship
and
appren@ceship
programs,
hands-­‐on
instruc@on
training
and
dual
enrollment
programs,
in
which
high
school
students
are
able
to
take
college
courses.
Workforce
Development
Programs

v Brockton
High
School
v Northeastern
University
v Greater
Lawrence
Voca@onal
High
School
Provided
an
opportunity
for
students
to
be
paid
while
learning
about
clean
energy.
Learn
and
Earn
2014

• The
Pathways
Out
of
Poverty
program
provides
grant
funding
for
job
training
programs
that
help
low-­‐
and
moderate-­‐income
earners
build
careers
in
the
clean
energy
sector
and
aCain
financial
self-­‐
sufficiency.
• Pathways
Out
of
Poverty
provides
funding
for
green
collar
job
training
offered
by
clean
energy
companies,
community-­‐based
nonprofit
groups,
educa@onal
ins@tu@ons
and
labor
organiza@ons
throughout
MassachuseCs.
• Programs
funded
under
this
ini@a@ve
are
those
that
provide
job
training,
cer@fica@on
of
relevant
educa@on
and
career
coaching
to
low-­‐
and
moderate-­‐income,
incumbent
un-­‐
or
under-­‐employed
workers,
out-­‐of-­‐school
youth,
veterans
and
individuals
from
families
with
mul@genera@onal
poverty.
Pathways
Out
of
Poverty

• Jewish
Voca2onal
Services
–
$250,000
–
Jewish
Voca@onal
Service
(JVS),
in
partnership
with
Ben
Franklin
Ins@tute
of
Technology
(BFIT)
and
Bunker
Hill
Community
College
(BHCC),
builds
new
pathways
from
JVS’
college
transi@on
program
for
adult
learners,
Bridges
to
College
&
Careers,
into
college-­‐credit
level
courses
in
clean
energy
and
science
technology
engineering
and
math
(STEM)
fields.
• Berkshire
Community
College
–
$81,188
–
Berkshire
Community
College
(BCC)
offers
transi@onal
programming
to
connect
higher
educa@on
for
low-­‐income
disconnected
youth,
as
well
as
unemployed
and
dislocated
workers
with
the
Berkshire
County
employers
who
need
workers
skilled
in
clean
energy
and
green
technologies.
• New
Bedford
Economic
Development
Council
–
$250,000
–
The
Bridge
to
Greener
Futures
project
provides
mo@vated,
low-­‐income,
disconnected
youth
with
academic,
occupa@onal
and
life
skills
that
lead
to
college
and
careers
in
clean
energy
with
an
emphasis
on
offshore
wind.
MassCEC
is
currently
overseeing
the
construc@on
of
the
na@on’s
first
marine
commerce
terminal
in
New
Bedford
equipped
to
serve
as
a
staging
area
for
offshore
wind
projects.
• Co-­‐Op
Power
–
$181,045
–Trains
individuals
from
Gateway
Ci@es
and
Economic
Target
Areas
in
Hampden,
Hampshire,
Franklin
and
Greater
Boston
for
entry-­‐level
posi@ons
as
weatheriza@on
installers,
providing
the
workers
mentors
and
on-­‐the-­‐job
training
with
employers.
• Worcester
Youth
Center
–
$112,000
–
STEMming
the
Opportunity
Gap
(SOG)
is
a
three-­‐phase
program
partnership
between
the
Worcester
Youth
Center
(WYC),
Quinsigamond
Community
College
(QCC)
and
the
Central
Mass
Workforce
Investment
Board
(CMWIIB).
The
program
engage
sout
of
school,
unemployed
or
underemployed
youth
ages
16
to
24
who
meet
low-­‐income
requirements,
introducing
them
to
clean
energy
concepts
and
pupng
them
on
the
path
towards
higher
educa@on
in
the
field.

Tamika
Jacques
Director
of
Workforce
Development
tjacques@masscec.com
hCp://www.masscec.com/jobs
MassCEC
Clean
Energy
Group
@MassCEC