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ACCIONA

Global renewable energy and infrastructure company

Grid Integration Studies Engineer

Power Systems EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMadrid, SpainNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree in Industrial Engineering with a specialization in Electricity is required.
  • Complementary training in renewable energy integration into the electrical grid is required.
  • Experience with simulations in PSS/E and DigSilent is required.
  • Programming experience in Python is required.
  • Knowledge of grid codes applied to renewable energy is required.
  • At least 2 years of experience is required.
  • Intermediate-to-advanced English proficiency is required.
  • Availability to travel is required.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and reduce risks associated with interconnection, including congestion, planning, and grid-code compliance, as early as possible in project development, especially before the investment decision.
  • Support activities related to grid-code compliance for company projects.
  • Select optimal grid nodes to guide Business Development in finding new projects by developing impact studies that identify optimal or unsuitable nodes on networks of interest, developing methodology, and synthesizing results. Perform studies using the network-modeling software applicable to each country, PSS/E or DigSilent, with Python scripts for automation.
  • During project development before the investment decision, identify interconnection risks, calculate losses and curtailment constraints caused by insufficient grid evacuation capacity, identify potential commercial operation date delays arising from the interconnection process, and preliminarily size equipment to meet grid-code requirements.
  • Prepare specifications defining the scope of studies needed to calculate constraints caused by insufficient grid evacuation capacity and analyze congestion. Participate in evaluating, contracting, and managing consulting firms.
  • Perform or review congestion analyses for Acciona Energía's global project portfolio and estimate expected project constraints based on those analyses, using the applicable network-modeling software and Python scripts.
  • Review Security Constrained Economic Dispatch analysis results for Acciona Energía projects in North America.
  • Analyze grid codes to identify potential risks and technology developments that may be needed.
  • Analyze the connection process to ensure energization and commercial operation dates meet investment schedules.
  • Participate in designing inverters, wind turbines, and connection equipment to ensure grid-code compliance and help calculate project capital expenditure.
  • Coordinate with interconnection colleagues in offices in Chile, Mexico, the United States, and Australia.
  • Coordinate with the Business Development, Energy Management, Engineering, Planning, and Resource departments.
  • Develop scripts to automate studies, analyses, and plotting of results.
  • Determine and update the parameters of static and dynamic models submitted to the grid operator during the interconnection process.

About the Company

ACCIONA

Global renewable energy and infrastructure company

Acciona operates globally as a sustainable infrastructure group that develops, builds, and runs renewable-energy assets and related infrastructure. Its products work by covering the full project life cycle—from design and construction to owning, operating, and maintaining wind, solar, hydro, and other infrastructure assets. It differentiates itself through vertical integration across development, construction, and operations, with a long history of shifting from traditional construction toward a large, diversified clean-energy portfolio. Its goal is to be a leading global developer and operator of sustainable infrastructure, expanding clean-energy capacity and cutting carbon emissions.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Madrid, Spain
Founded
1861

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