First, I'm a novice among apparent experts here so this is a bit intimidating. That said, I have grown increasingly interested in employment opportunities involving wind power over the last few months. My recent degree involves finance/government and am interesting in public funding of wind power alternatives. My region is the Northeast (New York) which is facing heavy localized opposition to new wind plants. Is an internship applicable, or is wind power development strictly to those with electical engineering degrees? This is very intriguing to me, I would appreciate your thoughts on this developing issue.

For the technical aspect, this involves establishing turbines within a class 4 DOE class region of natural parks. New York has tested the waters with very few turbines, but I see this expanding quickly with the energy consumption found here.

Hello Mr. White Noise,
Thank you for your post here on the WFN, I know it can be a little intimidating to post on a such a focused discussion board, but that's exactuly what it's for! Actually, you're speaking for many many folks out there online b/c your question about carrers in wind is one of the most frequently asked questions here at Windustry. Thanks to you post, we made a website to outline our typical answers to these questions.
See this brand new page, Working in Wind , and please let me know if you have any suggestions. http://www.windustry.org/resources/workinwind.htm

The wind industry today is mature and broad reaching across sectors of the work force. While there are strong demands for engineering, there are also many jobs that service and supprt the growth and development of the wind industry. Actually, your background in finance/government is very fitting to both state and federal wind incentive programs; some are grants, rebates, tax incentives, etc. These programs require development, implementation, etc. See the Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE) for details on wind programs at the federal and state levels: http://www.dsireusa.org/

Specific to your situation in NY, I suggest getting in touch with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. NYSERDA has some of the best financial incentives for wind in the nation, especially small wind. NYSERDA

I hope this is a helpful start for your research, and please post again if you have further questions.
Cole