Senior Solar Energy Analyst: Data-Driven Resource Modeling

DNV GL USA, INC.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

DNV Energy Systems' Renewables and Power Grids group is seeking a Senior Solar Energy Analyst to join the Solar Energy Assessments team, based in North America. In this data-driven role, you will conduct long-term solar resource and energy production assessments for utility-scale and distributed solar projects, analyze climate datasets, model energy production, and perform uncertainty analyses.

You will collaborate on technical reports, share methodologies with clients and stakeholders, and

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Conduct long-term solar resource and energy production assessments for utility-scale, distributed generation, commercial & industrial, community solar, residential, and hybrid renewable energy projects.
• Analyze solar and climatic datasets, perform energy modeling, predict energy production, and conduct statistical uncertainty analyses.
• Analyze operational production and performance data from solar plants, evaluate resource variability, derive modeling parameters, assess system losses including degradation, and support the development of bankable energy yield assessments for project development, financing, acquisition, and operational decision-making.
• Ensure deliverable quality according to DNV's standards: As one of the Senior Solar Energy Analysts on the Solar Energy Assessment team, you will prepare technical reports, collaborate with team members on appropriate assumptions and methodologies, communicate technical findings and project outcomes to customers and other project stakeholders, and conduct technical review and quality assurance activities while contributing to the continuous improvement of DNV's solar energy assessment methodologies and deliverables.
• Be a part of a trusted and independent data-driven culture: Work with DNV's team of analysts to ensure the latest industry methods, tools, and technologies are implemented. Contribute to process improvements, support the development and maintenance of analytical tools and software workflows, and develop as a trusted expert through technical rigor, innovation, and quality execution.

Job description

DNV Energy Systems' Renewables and Power Grids group is seeking a Senior Solar Energy Analyst to join the Solar Energy Assessments team, based in North America. In this data-driven role, you will conduct long-term solar resource and energy production assessments for utility-scale and distributed solar projects, analyze climate datasets, model energy production, and perform uncertainty analyses.

You will collaborate on technical reports, share methodologies with clients and stakeholders, and