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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 listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Degree in Industrial Engineering with a specialization in Electrical Engineering.
  • Supplementary training in renewable energy integration into the electrical grid.
  • Simulation experience with PSS/E and DIgSILENT.
  • Programming skills in Python.
  • Knowledge of grid codes applied to renewable energy.
  • At least 3 years of experience.
  • Intermediate-to-advanced English proficiency.
  • Availability to travel.

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.
  • Select optimal grid nodes to guide Business Development in identifying new projects by developing impact studies that identify optimal or unsuitable nodes in relevant grids; develop methodology and synthesize results using the country's grid-modeling software, PSS/E or DIgSILENT, with Python automation scripts.
  • During project development before the investment decision, identify interconnection risks, calculate losses or restrictions caused by insufficient grid evacuation capacity, detect potential commercial-operation-date delays resulting from interconnection issues, and preliminarily size equipment for grid-code compliance.
  • Prepare specifications defining the scope of studies needed to calculate restrictions caused by insufficient grid evacuation capacity and participate in evaluating, contracting, and managing consulting firms.
  • Perform or review congestion analyses for the global portfolio and estimate expected project restrictions based on the results, using the relevant grid-modeling software and Python scripts.
  • Review Security Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) analysis results for projects in the North American portfolio.
  • Analyze grid codes to identify potential risks and technology development needs.
  • Analyze the grid-connection process to help ensure energization and commercial operation dates meet proposed investment schedules.
  • Participate in the design of inverters, wind turbines, and grid-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 Business Development, Energy Management, Engineering, Planning, and Resource departments.
  • Develop scripts to automate studies, analyses, and plotting of results.
  • Support grid-code compliance activities for company projects in interconnection queues.
  • Determine and update static and dynamic model parameters 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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