Energy Resource Modeling Analyst

NextEra Analytics provides renewable energy consulting services using industry-leading scientific analysis. As a NextEra Energy Resources company, the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun, we thrive on solving the toughest problems facing the energy industry, and creating innovative forecasting and optimization solutions that lead the way into the next era of energy. Do you want to help accelerate the transition to low-cost sustainable energy? Join our world-class team today!  

Position Specific Description

NextEra Energy and its affiliate entities represent the world’s largest generator of wind and solar renewable energy. We are currently seeking an Energy Resource Modeling Analyst to contribute to the design and development of new renewable energy assets. In this role, your primary responsibilities will be to work among multi-disciplinary project teams to numerically model resources,  support solar design optimization, estimate long-term power production and communicate results to upper management in support of investment decisions. In addition, this position offers abundant opportunities for collaboration on both short and long-term process improvements and new product development. The ideal candidate will have excellent analytical problem-solving skills, an inherent passion for renewable energy, strong independent decision-making skills, and the drive to grow professionally.

This job is responsible for running sophisticated solar irradiance and energy models to produce long-term solar and storage energy production estimates. Employees in this role are responsible for independent production responsibilities and multi-tasking across a range of diverse customer projects. Core services and deliverables include, but are not limited to, data collection and filtering, long-term solar energy production estimates, investment approval processing, financing support, and special projects. Individuals in this position apply knowledge in support of customer service and new product development and support Science and Solutions teams with code/application testing and process/application.

Additional preferred qualifications:

Master’s Degree
Electrical Engineering, Energy Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Data Science, Weather & Atmospheric Science, or related field
Programming experience in: R, Python, C/C++

Job Overview

This job is responsible for running sophisticated wind flow, solar irradiance, statistical and GIS models to produce long-term wind or solar energy production estimates. Employees in this role are responsible for independent production responsibilities and multi-tasking across a range of diverse customer projects. Core services and deliverables include, but are not limited to, data collection and filtering, long-term wind or solar energy production estimates, power curve testing, investment approval processing, site suitability testing, financing support, and special projects. Individuals in this position apply knowledge in support of customer service and new product development and support Senior Quant Analysts with prototype coding, code/application testing, and process/application documentation.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Reviews on-site wind and meteorological data from various sensing devices
• Sets up, monitors and analyzes numerical weather models (both meso- and micro-scale) to accurately understand the long-term wind/energy resource across a given area
• Sets up and executes in-house software and prediction tools to translate the long-term wind resource into energy production for a wide variety of turbine configurations
• Performs geospatial analysis using ArcGIS software and other industry-standard tools to identify turbine locations with maximum energy output and minimal impact to local land use
• Collects and filters solar irradiance and solar farm operational data
• Reviews electrical and structural drawings of commercial and utility scale solar farms
• Analyzes system energy loss due to wiring, transformers, soiling, snow etc.
• Diagnoses operating assets for plant optimization
• Provides investment due diligence and financing support
• Applies technical knowledge in support of new product development
• Provides site intelligence and field services, including construction screening, on-site instrumentation audits and shading analyses
• Provides meteorological instrumentation and siting recommendations
• Prepares written reports and presentations for both internal and external customers
• Travels to project sites to collect data, assists in permitting and community outreach, and participates in industry conferences - travel expectancy is between 5% and 25% of time
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Experience: 1+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree

Employee Group:  Exempt
Employee Type:  Full Time
Job Category:  Science, Research, and Technology
Organization:  NextEra Analytics, Inc 
Relocation Provided:  Yes, if applicable

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