Infrastructure planning, transaction advisory, and financing

We help investors and asset owners

originate proprietary deal flow, identifying and developing invest-able opportunities. We perform due diligence on the commercial, regulatory, market and political aspects of a proposed investment. We advise them on mechanisms such as viability gap funding, development grants, guarantees and other risk-sharing to attract blended finance.

We help governments and international agencies

develop master plans, integrated resource plans, and pipelines of projects that create economic benefits and are financeable. We develop and appraise projects to see if they are economically, financially, technically, environmentally and socially viable. We structure projects, attract market interest, develop project documents, run tender processes, evaluate bids, assist in negotiations, and help government agencies get to financial close. We also help blend public and private finance so that socially desirable projects can proceed.

Sectors

Infrastructure and markets for social services

Natural resources and primary production

Economic analysis of resource management reforms, New Zealand

Castalia advised New Zealand’s Ministry for the Environment on the economic impact of proposed reforms to the Resource Management Act, estimating $14.5 billion in net benefits through reduced compliance costs and improved infrastructure, housing, and environmental outcomes ... Read more

Rooftop rental business model for RSPV on public buildings, Indonesia

Castalia developed a rooftop rental business model for the Government of Indonesia to scale up RSPV adoption and achieve renewable energy targets at least cost whilst ensuring grid stability ... Read more

Water Utility Transformation for Bermuda

Water Utility Transformation, Bermuda

Castalia developed a business case to transfer the responsibility for water, wastewater, and solid waste service provision to a single utility. Castalia developed a climate resilience strategy, including infrastructure rehabilitation and extension and non-revenue water measures. The Government is implementing ... Read more

Credit Line and Technical Assistance for the Blended Finance of Clean Energy, Colombia

Colombia had significant renewable energy potential, yet little progress had been made on its transition due to a lack of financial support. KfW wanted to develop a credit line to back renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Colombia, channeled ... Read more

Developing a Blended Financing Mechanism for Energy Efficiency Projects in the Water Sector, Mexico

Mexico’s National Water Commission (CONAGUA) wanted to address the technical and commercial inefficiencies of Mexico’s water and sanitation utilities. However, it needed advice on which financing mechanisms would achieve this goal ... Read more

Blended Finance for Geothermal Development, Caribbean Region

Eastern Caribbean islands have massive geothermal resources that they were not developing due to drilling risk, lack of capacity, and concerns about off-taker credit risk ... Read more

Sustainable Energy Facility for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects, Eastern Caribbean

The Inter-American Development Bank and the Caribbean Development Bank wanted to facilitate the flow of finance to renewable energy and energy efficiency opportunities in the Eastern Caribbean ... Read more

Assessing Financial Mechanisms to Expand Distributed Generation and Energy Efficiency, Caribbean Region

IDB Invest is helping the Caribbean Energy Finance Company Limited (CEFCL), a fund that offers leasing for distributed generation and energy efficiency in Jamaica, identify investment opportunities that it could pursue to expand its business model in other Caribbean countries ... Read more