ENERGY
Blending private and public finance
We help clients with…
Blending private and public finance into viable deal structures, combining government and multilateral grants, loans and guarantees with commercial finance to create bankable structures that deliver government policy objectives and appropriate risk-adjusted returns for investors.
Raising Viability Gap Funding for Biomass Plant, Côte d’Ivoire
Castalia helped a private equity firm identify organizations able to provide viability gap funding for 46 MW biomass plant in Côte d’Ivoire. The government of Côte d’Ivoire’s expectations for the tariff to be paid for power from the biomass plant created a viability gap which needed grant funding to close. Read more
Fund Financing Energy Efficiency and Small-scale Renewable Generation, Barbados
Castalia designed the Energy Smart Fund to help households and businesses invest in energy-saving technologies, solar water heaters, and small-scale solar PV systems. The cost of electricity was too high in Barbados. Installing solar systems and energy efficient technologies could help save energy, money, and emissions—but lack of finance made these investments unaffordable for most households and businesses Read more
Services
Transforming energy sectors, taking advantage of disruptive technologies, increasing resilience and sustainability, and minimizing costs and fiscal risks, while enabling ... Read more
Improving utility performance, bench marking efficiency, developing turnaround plans, reforming governance, and attracting commercial finance ... Read more
Identifying competition problems in energy markets, using econometric and market models we assess if markets are being manipulated, whether mergers ... Read more
Creating energy markets, drawing on our expertise with multiple power and gas markets worldwide to design resilient markets that ensure ... Read more
Creating regulatory systems, so that natural monopoly elements in the energy sector are fairly priced, incentivized to be efficient, and ... Read more
Setting tariffs and service standards, using bench marking databases and financial models to develop regulatory submissions. We also help regulators ... Read more
Creating systems to attract private investment to the energy sector through developing the rules and institutions to procure privately financed ... Read more
Monitoring and managing fiscal risks from the energy sector, by modelling hidden subsidies, contingent liabilities and future investment needs, creating ... Read more
Developing master plans and integrated resource plans, using our suite of planning and optimization models to combine transmission, generation, storage, ... Read more
Developing projects and pipelines of projects, helping clients to identify sites, meet regulatory requirements and optimize project economics. We also ... Read more
Appraising and diligencing projects and brownfield investments using market and financial models to forecast costs and revenues. We determine technical, ... Read more
Managing transactions, carrying sustainable energy projects through to financial close, while protecting the public interest and ensuring transparency ... Read more
Expert evidence when disputes arise, providing authoritative, independent opinions on regulatory reasonableness. ... Read more
Resource management and environmental sustinability by advising on cap-and-trade systems for emissions, carbon taxes, renewable portfolio credits and other mechanisms ... Read more
Appraising electricity sector policies using economic tools to assess whether new policies will create a net social benefit. ... Read more
Reviewing performance and learning lessons from energy sectors, using comparative case studies and counterfactual analysis to assess what works, where ... Read more
