Yunwen Sun

Project Development Manager @ TotalEnergies

About

Energy industry professional passionate about leading the clean energy transition. Experience in site origination, project and business development, and asset management for renewable energy and battery storage assets.

Country

United States

City

Boston

Industry

Renewables & Environment

Skill

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, SPSS, Business Requirements Gathering, PowerPoint, SQL, Software Integration, Business Analysis, Business Requirements Analysis, Software System Analysis, Order Management, Supply Chain Consulting, E-commerce, Multi-channel Retail, Leadership, Cross-cultural Teams, Data Analysis, Databases, Event Planning

Experience

Project Development Manager

TotalEnergies

2024-6 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Utility-scale solar and storage development in eastern markets.

Manager, Business Development

TotalEnergies

2022-6 - 2024-6 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Part of the SunPower team that was acquired by TotalEnergies. Lead site origination and project development efforts for utility scale battery storage projects across the US, with a primary focus in the ERCOT market.

Manager, Business Development

SunPower

2021-4 - 2022-6 · 1 yr 3 mos

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Led site origination and project development efforts for utility scale battery storage projects across the US, with a primary focus in the CAISO market.

Business Manager

NextEra Energy Resources

2020-8 - 2021-4 · 9 mos

West & International Regional Team Directed P&L responsibility and commercial strategies for 2GW of utility-scale wind, solar and storage operating assets in CAISO, WECC, and Canada.

Business Manager

NextEra Energy Resources

2018-7 - 2020-8 · 2 yrs 2 mos

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

Battery Storage Team Directed P&L responsibility of NEER’s utility-scale battery storage projects across 10 states in the United States and Canada. Provided inputs to development and origination on PPA negotiation and investment decisions for standalone and solar plus storage projects. Managed Battery Storage Steering Committee activities and facilitated battery storage growth initiatives and strategic planning among storage SMEs across NextEra Energy to scale up NextEra's battery storage business.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Columbia | SIPA

2018-3 - 2018-5 · 3 mos

Teaching Assistant for Clean Energy Financial Innovation, an energy finance elective taught by Alfred Griffin, president of NY Green Bank.

Research Assistant

Columbia | SIPA

2018-1 - 2018-5 · 5 mos

Greater New York City Area

Research Assistant to David B. Sandalow, the Inaugural Fellow at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy and Former Undersecretary, United States Department of Energy.

Graduate Consultant

GE Capital

2018-1 - 2018-5 · 5 mos

Greater New York City Area

In collaboration with GE Capital's Energy Financial Services, GE Power, and Current by GE, a team of us evaluated the financing opportunity for utility-scale storage projects in the U.S.

Finance & Operations Intern

NY Green Bank

2017-11 - 2018-5 · 7 mos

New York, NY

Post-closing fund administration for sustainable infrastructure investment.

Summer Intern, Renewable Energy Advisory

Altenex Energy (an Edison Energy company)

2017-6 - 2017-9 · 4 mos

Boston, MA

Corporate renewable PPA RFP response entry and analysis; Day-Ahead and Real-Time PPA Hub-Settlement analysis; Europe energy market research; presentation and reasearch on wind technology and Suniva trade case