PPA Development Intern (M/F)

Our Business Development Department is looking for a PPA Development Intern to join its European team, based in Paris, France.

Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) play a key role in the development of renewable energies and the decarbonation of businesses and industries. One key Business Development activity is to originate, negotiate, and support the implementation of contracts to sell electricity, together with any associated guarantees of origin, to corporates.

As part of Business Development Europe, the PPA Development Intern will contribute to the following tasks:

• Develop a pipeline of PPA leads: establish contact and build relationship with potential new business partners
• Participate in the negotiation with potential offtakers in the view of signing new corporate PPAs: liaise with Neoen departments (local Development team, Finance, Legal, Energy Management, Asset management, Competence Center) when defining and negotiation contractual terms
• Gather market intelligence (market conditions, price evolution and regulatory context) and deliver data-driven market analysis to inform Corporate PPA strategy
• Improve processes and develop the tools to support efficient knowledge sharing with other departments (databases, dashboard and other reporting tools)
• Develop new simulation tools to support PPA pricing and risk analysis

Profil

• Education: Master’s Degree student from Business or Engineering School
• Experience and/or strong interest for the renewable energy industry and sustainability
• Good analytical skills
• Good communication skills
• Proactive and curious, with strong appetite for international collaboration
• Coding capabilities with familiarity with data science libraries is a plus
• Language: Fluent in French and in English

About Neoen

We are an independent producer of exclusively renewable energy. We are present in some fifteen countries and the leader in several of them, our mission is to accelerate the energy transition by producing green, local and competitive energy. Our long-term vision is reflected in a strategy of strong, sustainable growth, with the aim of reaching 10 GW in operation or under construction by the end of 2025. Our main assets include France's largest solar farm (Cestas, 300 MWp), Finland's largest wind farm (Mutkalampi, 404 MW), one of the world's most competitive solar power plants in Mexico (El Llano, 375 MWp), and two of the world's largest large-scale storage power plants, both based in Australia (Hornsdale Power Reserve, 150 MW / 193.5 MWh and Victorian Big Battery 300 MW / 450 MWh). Audacity, integrity, commitment and esprit de corps: our values guide our actions and our relationships with our stakeholders, partners, customers and local communities. These shared values are the bedrock of our corporate identity and the intangible benchmarks of our day-to-day behavior.

We value diversity

Our complex projects benefit greatly from the input of people with a wide range of backgrounds, views, and skills. We welcome applications from anyone who shares our values and feels they could help us accelerate the energy transition.

Julie Duchesne
Group HR Director