Emerging Technologies

CES’s Emerging Technologies group provides a range of products and consulting services to help project developers, investors, technology companies and other clients understand the value proposition of new energy storage based technologies.

Consulting Services

We provide a wide spectrum to consulting services to help clients understand and navigate complex energy market rules, identify key drivers and opportunities for energy storage, forecast project revenues and optimize investments.

Market Advisory Services

Our market advisory services help clients understand the specific opportunities for energy storage in energy markets, rules for market participation, evaluate utility solicitations and RFO’s, discover capacity, energy and ancillary market price trends and gain a holistic understanding of relevant topics around energy storage technologies, chemistries, costs, applications and opportunities.

Financial Modeling

We offer comprehensive project financial models closely integrated with our proprietary suite of energy storage dispatch modeling software called CoMETS. CES can model stand-alone as well as hybrid layouts for energy storage projects. Our models include consideration of project capital costs, operating costs, capital structures, financing terms, taxation, depreciation and working capital assumptions to provide revenue forecasts, project cash flows, financial statements, investment metrics and sensitivity analyses for multiple configurations.

Due Diligence, Risk and Investment Advisory

We provide advisory services that cover technical and commercial due diligence for potential investments in energy storage projects. Due diligence covers technology evaluation, critical review of contracts, market participation strategies, evaluation of asset warranties and scenario analysis. Additionally, we offer services that aid in preparation of the pitch-book, valuation of target companies and fund raising.

CES MARKET OVERVIEW REPORTS

Informative reports focusing on energy storage in regional energy markets that provide insights on market characteristics, participation opportunities, key drivers, revenue opportunities, price trends, policy developments. Learn more here.

CoMETS

Our proprietary modeling suite CoMETS enable performance evaluation of advanced storage technologies, optimizes dispatch and provides financial model useful to project developers, financiers and investors. Learn more here.