Job Summary: Lead Commercial Relationships and Grow Client Base for Ecotricity Smart Grid's Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Platform
The post holder will be responsible for leading on the development of commercial relationships with suitable flexible assets, which could be of interest to the Ecotricity Smart Grid (ESG) offering. With the VPP Growth Officer and Technical Integration Officer reporting to the role, the incumbent will be responsible for growing the client base of Ecolibrium, Ecotricity Smart Grid's Virtual Power Plant (VPP) platform.
Key Responsibilities:
* Identify and contract new assets for the VPP.
* Research and assess the viability of emerging flexible technologies of interest to the VPP, including commercial modelling.
* Determine value of AMVLP process and complete or close accordingly.
* Oversee account management.
* Oversee the integration and onboarding of assets, making the process as efficient and seamless as possible.
* Work closely with key internal stakeholders from the planning, construction and operations teams.
* Manage relationships/communications with key external technical stakeholders, in particular National Grid ESO, DNOs and Elexon.
* Ensure all necessary qualification work is complete for qualification for ancillary services (AS).
* Assess new Grid services.
* Ensure asset development is aligned with AS needs (size, location, design).
* Assist General Manager in following policy and regulatory developments that impact upon aggregation proposition, and keep up to date with current legislation, policy development and other issues relevant to the position within the company and renewable energy industry, including necessary consultation responses that affect ESG activities.
* Responsible with General Manager for marketing Ecolibrium and overseeing content on the ESG website/portal. This will include identifying suitable conferences/trade shows and deciding on stand presence, as well as contributing articles where possible (to trade press or website) and originating speaking opportunities for PR purposes.
Additional Responsibilities:
* Contribute to strategy development.
* Ensure necessary POs are raised and track the annual budget for the department, providing a monthly summary of spend.
About You:
The ideal candidate will have a detailed technical understanding of renewable technologies, in particular energy storage, good process skills, good presentation skills, excellent analytical ability, good commercial acumen and the ability to draft contracts to support commercial arrangements.
About Ecotricity:
Ecotricity is Britain's greenest energy company, committed to changing the way energy is made and used in Britain by replacing fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy. We use the money from our customers' bills to make it ourselves too - we build windmills and sun parks in Britain. We're also developing green gas mills which will generate 100% green gas from a source that we will never run out of - grass.