ENERGY
Developing projects and pipelines
We help clients with…
Developing projects and pipelines of projects, helping clients to identify sites, meet regulatory requirements and optimize project economics. We also assemble pipelines of projects for development, financing, or acquisition.
Market Study for Infrastructure Opportunities, Colombia and Panama
Castalia conducted a market study for Conalvías and recommended a strategy to increase market share in four sectors in Panamá. The construction company was looking for infrastructure opportunities in the energy, mining, transport, and water sectors. Read more
Market Assessment of Investment Opportunities in Jordan
Castalia assessed Jordan’s electricity generation capacity and storage needs between 2020 and 2030, the optimal technology mix for this additional capacity, and where our client could be competitive. An international infrastructure fund manager was looking for investment opportunities in Jordan’s electricity generation sector. Read more
Market Assessment of Transmission Opportunities in the USA
Castalia identified four transmission investment opportunities in the US that aligned with our client’s investment profile and criteria, and advised on market dynamics and the different types of privately financed transmission projects. Our client was diversifying its investment portfolio into the contracted energy sector and needed to understand the market for privately-financed transmission in the US. Read more
USTDA Grant Application for 75MW Solar Project, South Africa
Castalia successfully submitted an application for Pele Green Energy to be awarded a $1.1 million grant from USTDA. Pele Green Energy wants to build a 75MW solar photovoltaic power plant in the Free State, South Africa, to help the national utility, Eskom, which urgently needs to increase the country’s supply of energy. 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
Appraising and diligencing projects and brownfield investments using market and financial models to forecast costs and revenues. We determine technical, ... Read more
Blending private and public finance into viable deal structures, combining government and multilateral grants, loans and guarantees with commercial finance ... 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
