ENERGY
Managing transactions
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Managing transactions, carrying sustainable energy projects through to financial close, while protecting the public interest and ensuring transparency.
Power Sector Advisory, Ghana
Castalia designed a procurement framework to create a market for renewable energy in Ghana and demonstrated value-for-money from proposed concession to turn around the Electricity Company of Ghana with private finance and management. Ghana’s power supply system couldn’t keep up with demand, resulting in power cuts. The main distribution utility was in financial difficulty, and solar power projects were not proceeding despite their economic potential. Read more
PPP for Energy Efficiency and Solar PV in Schools, Jamaica
We structured a public-private partnership to finance and install solar photovoltaic systems and energy efficiency retrofits in schools in Jamaica. The Government of Jamaica knew that rooftop solar photo-voltaic systems and energy efficiency retrofits could cut electricity costs at public schools, but lacked the finance and expertise needed to implement its ideas. 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
Blending private and public finance into viable deal structures, combining government and multilateral grants, loans and guarantees with commercial finance ... 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
