Renewable Energy
Castlerock has advised some of the largest energy and infrastructure companies in the world on the Indonesian renewable energy market, including opportunities, risks and entry strategies. These assignments typically entail comprehensive review of the current and expected future regulatory and investment environment, analysis of economic competitiveness of the target renewable energy technology, and assessment of market size. Castlerock has worked with investors and financial institutions to conduct pre-feasibility studies for specific renewable energy projects in Indonesia and elsewhere in Asia-Pacific, as well as more detailed project preparation, including technical, social, environmental and financial evaluations. Over the past 10 years, Castlerock has worked closely with governments and international agencies to prepare renewable energy policies and regulations. These assignments have covered wind, photovoltaic, hydro, biomass and geothermal power generation.
Planning, Regulatory Support and Policy Development
- Effective infrastructure policies and regulations balance considerations of economics, finance, engineering, law and politics. dedisse scripsisse iudicaretur.
- We excel at mobilizing and leading the multidisciplinary teams required to prepare sound policies and regulations.
- And we understand the mechanics of stakeholder consultation, risk allocation, direct & contingent government support, PPP modalities, pricing frameworks, and procurement that lie at the heart of infrastructure policy and regulations.
Business Strategy and Market Assessments
- We help energy companies create and adapt their corporate strategy to changing business conditions.
- We have advised start-up renewable energy companies as well as mature utilities with more than USD 10 billion in revenue.
- Our approach to strategy formulation starts with discussions with key stakeholder groups to understand various views and objectives for the future of the organization, assesses options for positioning along the value chain.
Corporate Strategy and Utility Operational Improvement
- Our institutional development work in the energy sector entails organizational design as well as capacity building of government agencies to help them achieve policy objectives.
- Our approach emphasizes accountability, so that organizations and positions have clear authority, the knowledge and resources to exercise that authority effectively, unambiguous performance metrics and incentives commensurate with their performance.
- We also work with governments to prepare and implement programs for internal, bilateral or multilateral funding to support policy and regulatory objectives.
PPP Project Preparation and Investor Support, Due Diligence and Financial Advisory Support
Castlerock works with clients to screen and prepare infrastructure projects procured on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis and to support specific PPP infrastructure financing transactions. Our services include :- Due diligence for lenders and investors
- Preparation of tender documents and procurement management
- Financial analysis support for bidding and negotiations
- Risk analysis and project structuring
- Market sounding and support for the preparation of information memoranda
- Market assessments and demand studies for particular projects or business strategy formulation
Government Investment Project Preparation including Feasibility Studies
Castlerock works with government clients to screen and prepare infrastructure investment projects for government implementation including technical, market and financial analysis.
Our Latest Projects for Renewable Energy
Sumba
The objective of this Millenium Challenge Account funded 2017-2018 project was to provide electricity to villages in the Nusa Tenggara Timur Province, specifically the district of East Sumba. The solar photovoltaic technology was designed to be modular by utilizing the concept of distributed generation and storage. As the needs grow, the generation and/or storage...
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Sumatra
A major Asia based foreign investor wished to evaluate the potential acquisition of stakes in two mini-hydro power projects in North Sumatera. The 2017 study assessed (i) the prevailing Indonesian renewable power regulations and mini-hydro development activity, (ii) the readiness of the nearby grid to absorb the power from these plants, (iii) the economic...
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Sumba
Under this 2016 Sumba Iconic Island assignment for Netherlands based NGO HIVOS, Castlerock estimated GHG emission reduction produced by TERANG project through installation of Solar PV Schools, Remote Kiosk and Agro processing, and biogas digester and developed a follow-on GHG reduction monitoring plan.
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Indonesia
The role of the 2016-2018 AFD technical assistance will thus be to provide focused technical support to PT-SMI by assessing their needs of capacity reinforcement and proposing a tailored training program. In this assignment, Castlerock: Assessed their needs of capacity reinforcement in (i) environmental and safety aspects; (ii) technical and financial assessment of projects;...
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Indonesia
Under this 2016-2017 Energy Efficiency assignment for GIZ, Castlerock supported development of options for financial incentives for accelerating energy efficiency of building-related refrigeration and air conditioning in Indonesia. The assignment involved gathering and assessing inputs from key governmental and private sectors, stakeholder discussions, development of financial incentive options, and formulation of concrete initiatives to...
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