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- Offshore Grid links across the Irish Sea-Project steps forward with feasibility study - 8th January 2010
- PPA Energy Launches South African Subsidiary - 15th December 2009
- AFUR - 13th October 2009
- Technical Assistance for Implementation of Energy Component of EU SFA Support Programme 2006 in Saint Lucia - 13th October 2009
- Knowledge Transfer Partnership - 29th July 2009
PPA Energy was founded as Power Planning Associates Ltd. in 1997 with the objective of establishing a niche consultancy, working predominately at the front end of the electricity planning and restructuring process. The Company has built up an enviable track record for advising governments, international agencies and blue chip private clients, working in over 80 countries around the world. In 2008 we merged with Cre8 Energy, a strategic consultancy set up with the intention of providing innovative solutions to the sector as market participants seek to adjust their business models and technical approaches to the challenges of energy security, sustainability, carbon mitigation and the widespread adoption of renewable energy technologies.
The strength of PPA Energy is our ability to combine strategic, financial/economic and technical advice as an integrated consultancy service to all of the players involved in the development of the power and energy sector. We have established a sound track record of delivering high quality advice, and have worked with a broad range of clients, including multi-lateral lending agencies, governments, regulators, electricity companies, natural resources companies and private developers. Our consultants often work closely with specialists in other sectors including lawyers, economists and financiers. The original team has grown to twelve full time staff who are complemented by a large number of associate consultants bringing particular specialist skills into our team.
We advise:
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governments and state-owned utilities on the optimum structure and ownership of the generation, transmission and distribution activities within the electricity sector and potential scenarios for expansion;
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potential investors on the way that the electricity sector might develop (and therefore where the market opportunities really are);
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regulators, helping them to gain a better appreciation of the true cost of future capital expenditure and operating costs;
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system operators, regarding the development of transparent and robust system operating rules and setting these down in efficient grid code and distribution code documentation;
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market operators, on market design issues, preparing market rules and market operating procedures, and providing support during market implementation;
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private utilities on the opportunities that exist within the power sector and their response to price controls and other regulatory interventions; and
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large consumers, regarding the optimisation of their electricity purchase arrangements across the various market platforms that may be available to them.
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Universities, research centres, utilities and equipment suppliers, helping them to deliver technical innovations into the market, and develop strategies to exploit emerging opportunities.
Our international experience has demonstrated that there is no "one size fits all" solution to the problems in the electricity sector - rather, each problem requires consideration of the organisational, regulatory, economic and technical issues which it presents and a sharply focused analytical approach to the identification of the optimum solution.