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Senior Research Analyst, Power & Renewables

Research solar and battery-storage markets for Wood Mackenzie. The position develops analytical models and datasets supporting energy-market and investment decisions across APAC.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Develop deployment, cost and market-economics models.
Analyse policy and market changes affecting solar and storage.
Publish forecasts and explain model-based findings to clients.

What they ask for

Required

Power and renewables expertise
Solar or battery-market analysis
Quantitative and qualitative research
Research writing
Expert stakeholder communication

Preferred

Aurora or PLEXOS
Excel, SQL or Python
Australian and APAC power markets

Education: Quantitative degree background preferred; no minimum degree required.
Experience: 7–10 years of relevant power and renewables experience.
Markets: commodities

How to prepare

Build a storage project-economics model with clear assumptions.
Evaluate deployment forecasts against historical data.
Stress model results for policy, cost and grid-constraint changes.

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Wood Mackenzie and doesn’t handle applications.