Senior Hybrid Energy Analyst

Market-related Package

Cape Town

Purpose

The Senior Hybrid Energy Analyst will be responsible for driving and managing key energy modeling and batteries related topics. They will take the role of Valuation Analyst on Hybrid and/or BESS projects and studies, interfacing between the finance, legal and technical teams to ensure full optimization and alignment of the project and identifying and refining opportunities and risks.

Key Responsibilities 

• Project development:
  - Ideating, carrying out and presenting studies related to BESS and Hybrid projects, markets and grid related topics. Including where applicable managing consultants, inputs and assumptions alignment/definition, developing and running models, drawing and presenting results and conclusions.
  - Overseeing concept stage dispatch modelling and sizing for BESS and or Hybrid Facilities
  - Reviewing and providing input for technical supporting documents relating to environmental approvals, project appeals, sizing, site selection etc.
  - Overseeing technical due diligence examinations on prospective project acquisitions and external technical reports.
  - Providing strategic input and carrying out studies for site development strategies.
• Bid preparations and project closing: The Senior Hybrid Energy Analyst will play a key role in bidding, and bringing hybrid projects to financial close including:
  - Tender rules and contracts analysis.
  - Strategy for hybrid system sizing and optimisation.
  - Overseeing the definition of augmentation strategies and carrying out augmentation modelling.
  - Liquidated Damages structuring and modelling
  - Carrying out and overseeing dispatch modelling.
  - Review, approval of and contribution to LCOS and LCOE optimisation.
  - Definition and analysis of contractual performance/KPI metrics.
  - Carrying out renewables forecasting trials, methods and penalty analysis.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum a degree in an Engineering or Science field (BSc, BTech or equivalent)
• Minimum 5 years work experience within the Renewables Energies industry.
• Experience with Homer, Plexos, Pypsa or self-developed storage and hybrid project optimization modelling required.
• Strong technical understanding of batteries and experience in all project phases for BESS or hybrid projects, especially in bidding and development phases. Unless this can be countered by strong software development/data/modelling experience.