Job Title: Electricity Market Modelling Expert
Contract Duration: 12/01/2026-30/06/2026
Languages Required: French or Dutch
Work Location: Brussels (Hybrid, 2days/week onsite)
Job Description - Roles and Responsibilities
* Perform RES integration assessment
This task includes the usage of economic dispatch results to analyze RES curtailment and residual load time series statistics
* Perform Ramping needs assessment
This task includes the usage of economic dispatch results to analyze residual load time series hourly ramps statistics as well as analysis of the ability of relevant technologies to cope with the observed ramps.
Support the Short-Term needs assessment
* This task includes the usage the usage of economic dispatch results to assess the short-term flexibility needs to cover unexpected variations of the demand, RES generation or unexpected outage of generation or transmission assets. The consultant will support the team conducting the study.
* Contribution to the SMA work within the ‘Data preparation’ and ‘Report drafting’ process
* Ensuring consistency between the task above and other relevant & complementary studies performed within SMA, namely the 10yrs Adequacy and Flexibility study and the NCC Summer Outlooks.
* Ensure synergies on tool and methodological developments between indicators calculated for FNA and Summer Outlooks.
* Contribute to the implementation of EDMR FNA methodological requirements into concrete and quantified indicators.
Example of tasks
* Usage and improve, when possible, tools in R/Python/VBA/Excel in order to extract efficiently hourly outputs from the team’s simulation tools
* Critically analyze hourly data including residual load time series and economic dispatch outputs
* Calculate relevant hourly, daily and seasonal statistics following the EMDR methodology requirements for RES integration, Ramping needs and Short-Term needs.
* Prepare relevant ‘visuals’ to present and analyze the results of the different indicators following the EMDR FNA methodology.
Requirements:
* Minimum 3 years of relevant experience
* R or Python
* Excel
* VBA
* ANTARES (mainly the input/output interface but also a general knowledge of economic dispatch tool is a ‘nice to have’)
* You have knowledge of and interest in the energy market