SSEN Transmission 

Developing future energy scenarios and insights for the North of Scotland to develop and plan electricity network requirements within the GB Net Zero energy pathways.

Lead Manager, Energy Insights

As the leader of the Energy Scenarios team at SSEN Transmission, I manage a multidisciplinary team of analysts, engineers, and data professionals. Our collective efforts are focused on turning complex data into actionable strategies. Our focus is on forecasting and strategic planning, ensuring we stay ahead of future energy demand and supply scenarios. This critical insight informs our planning and investment decisions, enabling SSEN Transmission to navigate the complexities of the energy transition towards Net Zero effectively. 

Key Highlights:
•	Insights: We provide detailed insights into markets, policy, technology, and regulation, supporting informed decision-making and strategic initiatives.
•	Strategic Industry Engagement: Our team builds strategic relationships with the Electricity System Operator (ESO) and other important stakeholders, promoting effective collaboration in energy planning.
•	Innovation in Planning Tools: We are focused on developing new tools and methodologies for energy scenario planning. These innovations, which include spatial targets, improve our strategic planning processes and underscore SSEN Transmission’s role in achieving a Net Zero future.

Energy Scenarios Manager

Mott MacDonald

•	Headed a team of five consultants managing team resource capacity and project prioritisation, learning and development, and building team growth potential through business development, selective recruitment, and software procurement.
•	Provided techno-economic expertise on a diverse range of projects, advising on expansion planning, energy market modelling, and renewable energy integration, which supported strategic investment decisions, including asset transaction due diligence and allocation of innovation funding.
•	Guaranteed delivery of high-quality and high-impact technical reports and presentations, reinforcing the company's position as a trusted advisor to esteemed clients. 
•	Spearheaded the integration of Machine Learning in forecasting; the use of advanced modelling tools, including PLEXOS; and developed custom Excel tools, to enhance predictive analysis capabilities.

Team Leader | Economics & Modelling Consultant

Senior Consultant for net-zero enabling decarbonisation strategies and innovation in upstream energy and downstream power markets through cutting-edge modelling and data analysis. 

•	Directed specialized advisory services, offering technical insights on energy and storage cost analyses, market modelling, and asset due diligence.
•	Managed multiple high-value projects, leading multi-disciplinary teams to deliver strategic insights for investment decisions and practical solutions to renewable energy system integration challenges.
•	Advised on the strategic distribution of innovation funds for energy sector innovation projects.
•	Managed high-value complex projects, leading multi-disciplinary teams and expanding the service offering, thereby enriching the client portfolio and the company's market presence.
•	Made key contributions to the development and deployment of smart energy solutions, enhancing the product suite with Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings for the energy sector.

Senior Energy Strategy and Innovation Consultant

Consultant for evaluating strategic policy and investment decisions across upstream energy and downstream power markets focused on delivering innovative approaches to the challenges of 21st century energy systems.  Providing focused and efficient thought leadership services through detailed techno-economic modelling.

Energy Strategy and Innovation Consultant

Specialist Advisory - Advised on and contributed to a large number of  projects providing key technical inputs on Levelised Cost of Energy and Storage Analysis, Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch modelling, Long-term expansion planning and investment decisions, operational modelling for renewable energy integration and island systems, ancillary services, energy storage technologies, multi-criteria decision modelling, due diligence. Built a number of excel-based modelling tools for client use (featuring VBA supported functionality); authored technical reports and literature reviews for high profile clients. 

Project Management - Successfully managed teams of experts on several projects ranging from smaller assignments to larger projects with fee values up to £ 250k, in full compliance with business management systems.

Business Development - Authored a number of successful proposals, up to fee values of £ 200k.

Energy Advisory Consultant

Contributing to the Energy Advisory Business in the Power Sector.

•	Joined multidisciplinary teams of economists, accountants, and engineers, supporting power projects with techno-economic analyses and optimisation modelling.
•	Contributed to the development of bespoke analytic tools and models.

Graduate Economist

The University of Edinburgh

Lecturer on macro- and energy economic questions of sustainability.

Presented outcomes of Master's thesis at the 1st Vienna Conference on Pluralism in Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Guest Lecturer

ThyssenKrupp Nirosta GmbH

•	Conducted economic and industry analysis to inform strategic sales management and planning for multinational corporation.
•	Performed process and data analysis to derive actionable market insights.
•	Implemented analytical findings to drive sales growth and market expansion.

Sales Services Intern

IAA Covent Garden

•	Managed and maintained data integrity for central business information systems.
•	Conducted comprehensive research to support the production and dissemination of online publications.
•	Facilitated client relations by engaging the community of existing and prospective partners.
•	Organized and conducted meetings to foster business relationships and promote membership growth.

Marketing Intern

Schoellerwerk GmbH & Co. KG

•	Served as a management apprentice in an industrial business, rotating through various departments.
•	Gained comprehensive exposure to all facets of business management.
•	Applied hands-on experience in operational, financial, and strategic departments.
•	Complemented on-the-job training with formal vocational school education.

Industrial Management Assistant

After a fulfilling period focused on family and personal growth, I've resumed my professional journey, now with SSEN Transmission. I'm honoured to contribute to their mission of developing the network essential for Scotland and the UK's Net Zero ambitions. 

As an Energy Economist with a solid foundation of over 8 years in power market modelling—particularly in production cost modelling—I bring extensive experience with PLEXOS to the table. My professional journey has been driven by applied linear programming for optimization using financial and economic appraisal methods, specifically in energy-related decision-making.

I take pride in my analytical abilities and my deep understanding of energy markets, energy generation technologies, and power system operation. As a key advisor to public and private sector clients globally—including the Department of Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy in the UK and the Abu Dhabi Transmission System Operator—I have championed the use of innovation and data-led decision-making.

I've developed proprietary tools for forecasting and optimization. Recently, I have ventured into the realm of AI to learn how to effectively utilise this new technology to innovate in advancing the energy sector.

Christian Kaufmann

I built a home energy optimiser in Python to answer one question:

What is the optimal PV size for my house?

With EV charging, time-of-use tariffs and export payments, installer modelling felt too simplistic. I wanted to understand how robust the investment really was.

So I simulated a full year of hourly demand and generation, optimised EV charging and flexible loads, and ran 25-year discounted cashflows.

What I expected:

• Cheap nighttime EV tariff charging would seriously undermine solar PV economics
• Sizing would be sensitive

What the model says:

The larger system wins in every realistic tariff scenario. Fixed installation costs dilute better at larger size, and that effect dominates the marginal shading penalty. The ranking never flips.

Export price is the dominant variable. Around 40–60% of generation is exported. That surplus pricing drives the investment case.

EV night rate matters less than I expected.
Holding export at 12p, moving the EV night rate from 9p to 19p barely shifts IRR, roughly 7.4% to 7.3%. The optimiser (which in reality will be me) simply adjusts dispatch.

Cheap night charging does dampen PV value compared to a flat 24p import tariff, but it does not collapse the case.

Time-of-use tariffs are already doing heavy lifting.

The counterfactual is revealing.

Under a flat 24p import tariff, the annual bill is ~£1,400 without PV.
Under an EV time-of-use tariff, it is ~£935.

That delta is not solar. It is wind-heavy night electricity priced at 9p when demand in the grid is low.

PV is therefore not competing with 24p grid power. It is competing with 9p night energy for a large share of consumption. It does not collapse the economics. EV electrification, wind-heavy nighttime generation and rooftop solar are complementary in driving decarbonisation, as you would expect.

The dispatch logic is simple:

• If export tariff > EV nighttime tariff → move flexible loads overnight.
• If export tariff < EV nighttime tariff → shift flexible demand into solar hours.

Because we have meaningful flexibility, IRR is relatively stable across EV night rates. Export pricing still dominates because you cannot absorb all midday surplus without storage.

Will I add a home battery? Probably not. That is a question for another Python modelling project.

This exercise gave me numbers solid enough to take to the real investment committee at home.

Energy Economist & Modelling Professional | Planning Net Zero with SSEN Transmission 🌱 | Family-time enthusiast

Syneria

The ASEAN region has an incredible potential to participate massively in the energy transition and fight against climate change and global warming through the rapid implementation of renewable energy projects. 

Syneria humbly supports local and international project developers, investors and banks identifying, designing, building long-lasting wind and solar PV projects and performing risk assessment (Technical Due Diligence) on these projets as part of financing/refinancing, M&A transactions or equity raises.

Main responsibilities:
✓ Development of Syneria's ASEAN operational hub in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
✓ Business development 
✓ Team management
✓ Operations

Renewable Energy Senior Consultant & ASEAN Business Developer

Syneria is an international consultancy firm providing technical advisory services throughout the full lifecycle of renewable energy projects. 

We identify and mitigate potential technical and commercial risks based on deep understanding of project development, financing, construction and operation, combining our expertise with vast experience in dealing with different client risk profiles.

Main involvements:
✓ Responsible for business development in Vietnam and ASEAN region, and the setup of an operational hub in Ho Chi Minh City as of July 2023.
✓ Project Manager - Buyer's/Investor's/Vendor's Technical Advisory - Several Technical Due Diligences of onshore wind and solar PV portfolios (>3GW in total in 2020 and 2021 + 1.5GW in 2022) in France, from early-stage projects to operational assets.
✓ Project Engineer - Technical Due Diligence on a 80+MW onshore wind farm in Vietnam / Review of pre-feasibility study for the 200+MW onshore wind project in Indonesia, Owner's Engineer tender preparation.
✓ Project Manager - Technical Advisory - Drafting of an EPC Framework Agreement for solar PV rooftop C&I projects in ASEAN region. Assistance in negotiating Turbine Supply Agreements and O&M agreements, aggregation contracts for wind farms and solar PV plants in France, including preparation of technical annexes.
✓ Project Manager - Buyer's Technical Advisory - Technical Due Diligence of 200MW onshore wind project at early-stage of development in Vietnam including GIS constraint review, energy yield assessment and CAPEX/OPEX.
✓ Project Manager - Lender's Technical Advisory - Technical Due Diligence of 30MW, 18MW and 12MW onshore wind farms in France.
✓ Project Engineer - Lender's Technical Advisory - Review of EPC, O&M and Aggregation contracts for a portfolio of PV greenhouses, rooftop and ground-mounted plants in France.
✓ Preparation of quotations, Business Development activities and development of in-house tools to support the company's growth. Training of newcomers.

Renewable Energy Senior Consultant

Time for the Planet

After the cold, we are now experiencing a too-warm winter in many places... We are living in the last years when preventing a chaotic climate runaway is possible!

Time for the Planet uses the money of thousands of individuals to detect, select and deploy through open-source models innovations capable of decarbonizing our economy on a large scale.

The more we are, the faster we go, and the greater our impact!
Together, we have already launched 5 major innovations and avoided millions of kg of CO2. But several dozen more are ready and waiting.

Shareholder (Passive role)

Technical advisory and Owner's Engineer services for various Renewable Energy industry stakeholders: Developers, Contractors and Lenders.

Full Technical and Environmental & Social Due Diligence process of onshore and offshore wind and solar projects for Vendors, Buyers and Lenders.

Construction and Operations Monitoring on behalf of Lenders.

Main involvements:
✓ Project Manager - Lender's Technical Advisory - 100+MW wind farm portfolio in France from Due Diligence to Construction Monitoring
✓ Project Manager - Operations Monitoring of a 100MW onshore wind farm in Morocco on behalf of the Lenders
✓ Co-Project Manager - Lenders' Due Diligence for the refinancing of a portfolio of 1GW wind and solar assets in France (1.1 billion €).
✓ Deputy Project Manager - Lenders' Due Diligence of a 220MW offshore wind farm in Belgium.
✓ Deputy Project Manager - Acquisition Due Diligence of a large portfolio of Wind and Biomasse assets at various stages of development (development, in construction, in operation)
✓ Deputy Project Manager - Lender's Technical Advisory - 200MW wind park project in Morocco from Due Diligence to Construction Monitoring
✓ Deputy Project Manager - Lender's Technical Advisory - 100+MW wind farm portfolio in France from Due Diligence to Construction Monitoring
✓ Deputy Project Manager - Construction Monitoring of a French wind farm portfolio (50MW) on behalf of the Lender
✓ Environmental and H&S reporting for a Belgian offshore wind farm
✓ Various Construction and Operations Monitoring assignments in Morocco, Spain, Uruguay and France, including site visits
✓ More than 20 Wind Turbine Generator inspections as part of due diligence processes, including Enercon, Senvion, Siemens Gamesa, Nordex Acciona, Vestas and GE technologies.

Renewable Energy Consultant

PMV Energies S.A.S.

Wind Turbine Generator assembly factory project & wind park project development
Missions :
•  Development of a prospection strategy and of the project portfolio
•  Development of the most advanced wind park project of Aquitaine - 26.4 MW
•  Public meetings and meetings with elected officials and government departments
•  Identification of potential strategic partners & future clients
•  Research, study and setup of new wind parks using QGIS & ArcGIS

Chargé de Développement / Project Developer

Winfoor AB

Development of a disruptive technology for large scale wind turbine blades in Lund, Sweden.

Triblade - Wind turbine blades : stronger, longer and much lighter wind turbine blades than today. Lower material costs. High aerodynamic efficiency. Less tip deflection. Less blade fatigue and deformation. Easier transport. Compatible with standard wind turbines.
• Definition of a go-to-market strategy of the company
• Redaction of the Business Plan for future fundraising from private investors
• Estimation of business costs
• Identification of potential strategic partners
• Development of the product's conception : CAD and FEM 
• Development of a 5kW pilot system
• Presentation of the project to future customers during the EWEA offshore Copenhaguen 2015

http://winfoor.com/

Business and Product Developer - Intern

Trisol

TRISOL® offers smart solutions for  using solar thermal energy as the sole energy source for heating/cooling of individual or collective housing. These solutions fits both to new buildings that renovation. Start-up finalist of the EDF Energie intelligente contest.

As part of my master's degree in Entrepreneurship and Management, I assisted TRISOL during 2 months in the establishment of its Startup Strategy by undertaking a market study concerning installer's habits and market prescribers. 
I accompanied the team in the business model constitution.

Consultant en stratégie de démarrage / Start-up Strategy Consultant

wpd S.A.S.

Wind farm project developer in Limoges, France (6 months)

•Assistance of the project managers with their project portfolio (Development and Management)
•Preparation of responses to calls for projects - won against 18 other wind farm developers
•Research, study and setup of new wind parks
•Preparation of public meetings, meetings with elected officials and government departments

Stagiaire Assistant Chef de Projet / Intern Project Manager Assistant

G7 Renewable Energies (Pty) Ltd

Development of large wind farm projects in South Africa

• Designed the noise-assessment module of the G7 in-house desktop environmental impact assessment tool with its user manual
• Created engineering reference maps, incorporating all relevant variables in order to define the build-able areas prior to initial park layout design.
• Optimized wind parks layouts for several projects using specialized software and including all preparatory
work
• Development of the 138MW Roggeveld Wind Farm in the Karoo awarded Preferred Bidder Status

Innova

Industrial work placement at Innova
Mold production for metallurgical industries in Vaulx-en-Velin, France

• Learned to use Pro Engineer in an industrial context

• Helped to prepare millings

Stagiaire Opérateur / Intern Operator

Renewable Energy Engineer with 8+ years of experience, focused on onshore/offshore wind energy and solar PV energy ⚡☀🌬🍃🌊. 
Seasoned in technical and commercial risk identification 🚦, technical advisory including Due Diligence (DD) 📋, construction and operations monitoring 👷‍♂️, construction and O&M contract negotiations 📝, project management  and business development activities. Background and regular involvement in wind farm and solar PV development components. 

Strong interest in European and ASEAN markets 🌏. 
𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

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