Company details

HEADCOUNT

25-99

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Energy & Climate

WEBSITE

http://www.orendapower.com/

About the company

Orenda Power develops, builds, owns, and operates battery energy storage projects in dense urban environments, with a stated focus on improving grid efficiency and supporting renewable energy. The company positions the work around Downstate New York, including New York City, and pairs project development with proprietary asset management technology. Orenda Power highlights a sizeable development pipeline and a landowner partner model for siting projects. A 2024 investor press release also frames Orenda Power as a utility-scale battery storage developer backed through a joint venture structure.

Locations and presence

Orenda Power is New York-based, with headquarters listed in Brooklyn. Current openings specify full-time, in-office work from the Brooklyn office five days a week.

Palpable Score

63.0

/ 100

Orenda Power has a strong hiring bar with unusually detailed role write-ups and clear compensation ranges, which makes the experience more predictable for candidates. The limitation is entry-level access: the only clearly early-career route visible right now is a single internship, with most other roles set at director, VP, or 4+ years.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

9.0

/ 20

The company is advertising an “Intern, Project Origination” role aimed at rising seniors or recent graduates, including a defined 12-week structure and explicit pay.
Orenda Power’s other current openings skew senior, including Vice President, Origination and Director-level roles that require 10+ years, plus a Controls Engineer role requiring 4+ years.
The company does not show a steady stream of 0–3 year roles, such as analyst or associate positions, or a recurring graduate intake beyond the single internship listing.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

15.0

/ 20

The company runs applications through Greenhouse, and job ads lay out responsibilities in detail (for example, the intern’s day-to-day tasks in CRM research and stakeholder outreach, and the Controls Engineer’s controls design and testing scope).
Orenda Power includes concrete compensation information in postings, including $20/hour for the internship and salary ranges for multiple full-time roles in New York City.
The company adds candidate-facing structure inside the internship listing, such as clear milestones and a supervisor recommendation gate between the two six-week blocks, but public detail on interview stages and timelines is still limited.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

13.7

/ 20

The company builds learning into the internship through an onboarding and “expertise” phase on energy storage development and the NYC energy landscape, plus explicit openness to candidates without prior renewables experience.
Orenda Power ties progression in the internship to formal feedback moments, including a supervisor recommendation and a structured evaluation tied to internal decision-making.
The company offers a learning and education stipend in the benefits package for full-time roles, but most job ads do not spell out ongoing coaching routines like mentoring, pairing, or structured performance reviews.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

15.3

/ 20

The company publishes pay ranges for several roles, including the Controls Engineer ($100,000 to $150,000) and Vice President, Origination ($250,000 to $300,000), which is rare transparency for a startup.
Orenda Power includes a benefits package across roles that lists health, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) with employer match in at least one posting, commuter support, and flexible PTO.
The company pays interns ($20/hour) and includes a commuter stipend, but the internship is time-bounded and the public material does not describe conversion rates to full-time roles.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

10.0

/ 20

The company has limited public, early-career outcome evidence such as promotion timelines, intern conversion outcomes, or retention metrics over 12–24 months.
Orenda Power has some third-party employee sentiment available on Glassdoor, but the sample size is small and does not break out junior progression in a way a graduate can rely on.
The company’s LinkedIn presence indicates a small team size, but public profiles and posts do not provide enough aggregate information on early-career tenure or step-up patterns to score outcomes higher.

Useful links & resources

Orenda Greenhouse job board Intern, Project Origination (Greenhouse)Orenda Power Careers page