Client: Infrastructure Provider
Delivery: June 2023 – September 2023
Engage Consulting delivered a future market landscape report to an infrastructure provider seeking to further understand the emerging industry landscape to inform their short and medium-term business development strategy.
Our report proposed a strategic consideration of four key Low Carbon Technologies: Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE), battery storage systems, solar, and heating. We set out the industry context in which these technologies are being established, and our views on potential market growth of each. We set out our understanding of how others are finding a place in low carbon asset finance and our thoughts on partnerships/routes to market, as well as several key risks for consideration.
Our analysis addressed four principal areas:
- Current Business Activities
- Consideration of current business activities and existing strategic development plans.
- Emerging Opportunities
- Clarification of existing and emerging market players and flexibility propositions utilising smart metering data to offer energy insights and optimisation services to consumers.
- Description of the DESNZ Market-Wide Half Hourly Settlement programme and benefits.
- Low Carbon Asset Growth
- Projected growth and timeline for low carbon asset infrastructure installation based on National Grid Future Energy Scenarios and market evaluation.
- Clarification of Net Zero objectives associated to electrification and heat decarbonisation, and assessment of infrastructure development needed to support planned uptake of electric vehicles, solar installation, battery storage and renewable heat solutions.
- Description of existing and potential consumer propositions made possible by low carbon asset installation combined with smart metering data.
- Risk and Opportunities Evaluation
- Presentation of key risks identified and opportunities available based on current and projected industry developments described in the analysis, to inform business strategy.