Company information

EDF Trading is a leader in the international wholesale energy markets. The company manages a portfolio of assets which give it the ability to source, supply, transport, store, blend and convert physical commodities around the world. These capabilities enable EDF Trading to deliver essential asset optimisation services, risk management and wholesale market access to the EDF Group and its third party customers, helping them to realise the value inherent in their asset portfolios.

EDF Trading is a 100% owned subsidiary of EDF, one of the world's biggest electricity generators.

EDF Trading has around 800 employees with key offices in London, Paris, Singapore, Houston and Tokyo.

Department
EDF Trading Markets, Paris

The Short-Term Analytical Team is an operational team with the following structure:

• 6 market analysts and a manager supporting the Short term Power Desk during week days
• 7 analysts and a manager dedicated to the optimization of the EDF portfolio on Day Ahead and Week Ahead horizon.
• The Analytics Engineering Manager and 2 software engineers.

Position purpose

Price forecasting models are central in EDF Trading activities, especially for optimisation and bidding construction purposes. One of the key elements is to capture the maximum value of the EDF plants portfolio onto the power exchange.

The main objective of the internship is to be able to generate different power prices (level and shape) that will be likely outcome of Spot power prices. These prices scenarios will be used for orders constructions. It will aim at capturing the most value onto the power exchange.

The first focus is on power prices generations based on different approaches including but not limited to statistical bias, fundamentals.
The second focus is the arbitration of these scenario prices and the market orders built.
The outcome will be evaluated by backtesting the new methodology with real market and optimisation data.

In case of successful results, the power prices generation will be implemented and used daily in the shifts. 

Main responsibilities

• Explore and propose methods to generate power prices.
• Propose and implement an arbitration method for filtering market orders.
• Ensure the implementation of the models is robust and well documented before the deployment in production.
• Analyse results and present them to EDFT Analysts team

Personal and professional requirements

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills
• High motivation, enthusiasm and ability to work autonomously Interest in Energy and Commodities market
• Must demonstrate strength in programming (Python)
• Must be structured, systematic and result driven approach, with a problem solving mentality
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written

Duration
4 to 6 months, starting between March and June 2025.

Hours of work
9am - 6pm, Monday to Friday