Grid Integration Studies Engineer

• Degree/Education: Industrial Engineering - Electricity Specialization
• Complementary training: Complementary studies in the integration of renewable energies into the electrical grid. Simulations in PSSE and DigSilent. Programming in Python. Knowledge of grid codes applied to renewables.
• Profile: Dynamic person, with initiative and the ability to work in a team
• Languages/Level: English. Intermediate/advanced level
• Years/Years of experience required: Experience: At least 2 years
• Willingness to travel: Yes.

ACCIONA, in its Energy business line, needs to incorporate a Grid Integration Studies Engineer for the Engineering and Construction area; the position will be located at the ACCIONA Campus in Madrid.

Mission: Identify and reduce risks associated with interconnection (Congestion, planning, and grid code compliance) at the earliest possible phase of project development, especially before the investment decision.

Likewise, they may collaborate on all activities related to the grid code compliance of the company's projects.

Functions:

Prospecting phase:

• Selection of optimal nodes in the networks to guide Business Development in the search for new projects: development of impact studies that detect optimal or discardable nodes in the networks where Acciona has an interest. Development of methodology and synthesis of results. Studies will be developed in the software in which the country's network is modeled (PSS/E or DigSilent as appropriate) with the help of scripts developed in Python (automation).
• Development phase (prior to investment decision): detection of risks associated with the project's interconnection (calculation of losses/restrictions due to lack of evacuation capacity in the network, detection of possible COD delays due to problems derived from the interconnection process, preliminary sizing of equipment to comply with grid code requirements)
• Preparation of specifications defining the scope of studies necessary to calculate restrictions due to lack of evacuation capacity in the network (congestion analysis). Participation in the evaluation, contracting, and management of consultancies.
• Execution and/or review of congestion analysis for Acciona Energía's portfolio projects on a global level. Estimation of expected restrictions in projects based on the results of congestion analyses. Studies will be developed in the software in which the country's network is modeled (PSS/E or DigSilent as appropriate) with the help of scripts developed in Python.
• Review of SCED (Security Constrained Economic Dispatch) analysis results in Acciona Energía's portfolio projects in North America.
• Analysis of grid codes to identify possible associated risks or new developments necessary in the technology used.
• Analysis of the connection process to ensure energization and COD within the proposed timelines for the investment.
• Participate in the design of inverters, wind turbines, and connection equipment to ensure grid code compliance and help calculate the project's CAPEX.
• Coordination with interconnection colleagues in offices in Chile, Mexico, USA, and Australia.
• Coordination with the Business Development, Energy Management, Engineering, Planning, and Resource departments.
• Development of scripts for the automation of studies, analysis, and plotting of results.
• In support of activities related to Grid Code compliance for projects that the company has in interconnection queues:
• Determination and updating of the parameters of the static and dynamic models delivered to the network operator in the interconnection process.