Job Description
This role is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, fast-growing team ranging from data analysts and software developers through to client facing and contract negotiation roles.
Ecotricity Smart Grid (ESG) provides a route to market for distributed energy resources via our in-house developed asset flexibility platform and optimiser. These will typically be grid scale storage, renewable technologies or aggregated demand side response from domestic and business sites.
At the heart of Ecotricity Smart Grid is our flexibility platform and optimiser, Ecolibrium. This in-house developed software constantly selects between multiple revenue streams, according to their flexibility potential so as to maximise revenue. These revenues arise principally from a variety of grid services and their specific requirements, as well as the trading markets and Balancing Mechanism.
Good policy insight is essential in formulating the strategic direction of travel for Ecotricity Smart Grid, and with the voluminous amount of code changes, modifications, and consultations, this aspect of the role is vital for keeping us apprised of what is ‘coming down the road’.
As a key element of this role you will attend industry working groups and forums, assess policy changes or modifications and crucially, report on the expected impact, where material, to our platform and operations. This w...