About this role
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:20.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Function</b></H2> </div><div><p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">The internship takes place in the Grid Development department, within the Power System Planning (PSP) team. The scope of the project is to develop a tool and perform analyses that, for a given network topology and based on load flow results prior to optimization:</p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Identify the optimal shape of the penalty cost function (best combination of breakpoints and slopes) to minimize constraint violations after optimization.</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Determine the optimal scaling factor for non-linear soft constraints (e.g. branch loading limits) in order to improve convergence time.</li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">The project focuses on the optimization of a Security-Constrained DC Optimal Power Flow / Unit Commitment problem using a piecewise linear penalty function.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:20.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Your Profile</b></H2> </div><div><ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Education: Master’s degree – Civil Engineer</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Field of study: Power systems / Energy engineering</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Technical skills: Python scripting, optimization, mathematical modelling, power system analysis</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Soft skills: Structured problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, adaptability</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Languages: French and/or Dutch and/or English</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:20.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Offer</b></H2> </div><div><ul style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-bottom:0.0cm" type="disc"> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">A technically challenging internship in a leading energy company</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Hands-on experience in grid planning, congestion management and optimization</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Professional guidance by an experienced internship supervisor</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong>Period</strong>: Summer period</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong>Duration</strong>: 4 to 8 weeks</li> <li style="margin-top:0.0cm;margin-right:0.0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong>Driving licence</strong>: Not required</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:20.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Location</b></H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Quai Léon Monnoyer 3, 1000 Brussels</span></p></div></div></div>