Trusted, independent experts
Consultancy
We provide bespoke advisory services on commercial, regulatory and policy issues to companies across the industry, including generation project developers and investors, flexibility providers, energy retailers, network companies, and government departments and other public bodies.
Cornwall Insight have provided us with an impeccable service. From providing specific, scoped support through to providing ad-hoc advice, Cornwall Insight have reliably provided us with their expert knowledge on schedule and on budget time after time. I would strongly recommend Cornwall Insight to anyone.
Commercial, policy and regulatory energy market experts
Our work across retail, networks and generation, enables us to provide in-depth insight across the whole energy chain. Get in touch to talk about your requirements on 01603 604400 or at enquiries@cornwall-insight.com.
Our skills and expertise
We provide a seamless range of advisory, research and bespoke consulting services to support organisations through their business and financial planning, strategy development, investment due diligence, policy design, risk management and regulatory assessments.
Our expertise includes:
- Buy-side and sell-side investment due diligence on assets and businesses involved in the energy sector
- Current and possible future market design
- Generation, retail and network company business models and market entry
- Trading, hedging and risk management
- Data analytics, modelling and forecasting
- GB energy policy and regulatory framework
Our capabilities
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Ireland
Battery Storage Optimiser
Our in-depth understanding of the market makes us uniquely placed to help you understand and assess the opportunities for battery storage projects in the Irish market. Our experts will help you understand changes in regulation and the future arrangements for system services which will impact battery storage assets. Leveraging decades…
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Ireland
Business and home supply/services
Cornwall Insight has unrivalled insight and experience in the energy supply and services market. We provide actionable advice on the full breadth of the market, including routes to market and propositions, costs to serve, energy services, trading and hedging, and competitor strategies. We have supported numerous suppliers with risk management, enabling them to flourish in a challenging market.
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Australia
Commercial due diligence
Cornwall Insight Australia has extensive experience providing buy and sell-side investment due diligence in renewables, flexible generation assets (VPP, battery storage, etc.), conventional assets, energy services, and retail businesses. We are a trusted partner to some of the industry’s most prolific investors.
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Australia
Commercial, retail, and PPA market advisory
Cornwall Insight can provide PPA advisory services to support your organisation understand different PPA structures and pricing across the Australian market. This can be on behalf of owners of generation assets looking to maximise returns on invested capital or on behalf of buyers of energy looking to reduce electricity consumption costs or decarbonise consumed energy.
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Contracts for Difference Support Service
Our Contracts for Difference (CfD) Support Service is designed to provide detailed support to auction participants through the application and allocation round process. As part of the service you will receive two workshops, one at the start of the allocation round outlining key details of the CfD scheme and key known elements of the upcoming…
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Domestic retail price cap predictor
Our Domestic retail price cap predictor forecasts Ofgem’s default tariff cap and examines the key drivers affecting the level of the cap, and – in turn – household energy bills. It uses our in-house modelling of non-energy costs – such as policy levies and network costs – alongside a view…
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Ireland
E-mobility and low carbon transport
Transport decarbonisation provides numerous material opportunities to a diverse range of market parties across multiple sectors. We provide bespoke support and advisory services at the intersection of the energy and transport markets, ranging from market entry through to commercial modelling, business model analysis and transaction due diligence assessments.
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Australia
E-mobility and low carbon transport
Cornwall Insight Australia’s consultancy team has extensive experience across the e-mobility and low transport sector. We support our customers implement effective business models and maximise revenue in this space. Our team of experts can assist you at whatever stage in the process are in and the service can be uniquely tailored to suit you and your business needs.
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Energy services
Cornwall Insight has wide-ranging experience across the energy value chain, enabling it to provide cross-market insight into energy services in the business and household markets. We provide bespoke advisory services looking at the opportunities, risks and strategies associated with managing and optimising energy for businesses and household users. We have…
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Ireland
Energy storage and flexibility
We are at the forefront of the energy storage and flexibility sector, helping customers successfully deploy battery storage, flexible power generation and demand-side response. In addition, we provide strategy and business case development, revenue forecasting and commercial and regulatory investment due diligence.
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Ireland
Heat decarbonisation
Decarbonisation of heat is one of the major challenges in meeting net zero by 2050. The UK has some of the most inefficient housing stock in Europe, and the heat mix is heavily reliant on natural gas. The sector presents a major opportunity for technology and infrastructure firms, investors, suppliers, and more.
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Australia
Hydrogen and LCOH2
Our consulting services provide modelling and analysis of the green hydrogen production from renewable power plants using electrolysis. Our in-house hydrogen optimisation models also forecast potential revenue from both the energy and ancillary services markets, the Levelised Cost of Hydrogen (LCOH) of the produced hydrogen over the lifetime of the asset and plant operation costs.
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Australia
Marginal Loss Factors (MLF) and Curtailment analysis
Cornwall Insight Australia helps understand potential changes in Marginal Loss Factors across the NEM. We use proven advanced engineering techniques, and the impact of demand, generation development, and transmission augmentation on individual assets can be estimated.
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Australia
Market entry strategy
Cornwall Insight Australia provides an independent assessment and analysis of market entry strategy, including technology risks and opportunities, project identification, and comprehensive analysis of the potential addressable market and segmentation of customers and industries most likely to be captured.
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Ireland
Net zero corporates and ESG
Cornwall Insight advises business energy consumers both to reduce cost exposure and improve their Environmental Social Governance (ESG). Our consultants work with businesses to help them capture the value from supply agreements based on existing cost structures, corporate Power Purchase Agreements, demand-side response and net zero strategies.
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Australia
Power market modelling: ISP, NEM & WEM BPC, NEM & WEM FCAS
Our Benchmark Power Curve sets itself above other products in the market for its accuracy and independence. Notably, we provide 5-minute price granularity during the first five years of the outlook period and 30-minute price granularity from the sixth year onward.
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Australia
Red flag assessment, curtailment projections, network capacity
Cornwall Insight Australia provides clients with an independent assessment of assets, including identifying potential red flags, assessing MLF and curtailment risk, and the outlook for particular areas of the network in terms of capacity buildout and network capacity.
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Ireland
Route to market service
Cornwall Insight’s ‘Route to market service’ provides an in-depth analysis of the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) market for the growing range of asset types in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The service is aimed at asset developers, owners, operators, optimisers, investors and third-party advisors. Issued annually, the ‘Route to market service’…
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Ireland
Route to RESS
Our ‘Route to RESS’ service deploys insight to help you navigate through the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) auction process. The service consists of a set of tools to assist the market entry and auction process including, analysis of competitor landscape, intelligence around bid pricing, forward power curves and bespoke advisory…
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Low carbon generation
Cornwall Insight’s low carbon generation consultancy services give you the market intelligence you need to anticipate where the market is heading. Our experts have a deep and practical understanding of the complex commercial and regulatory aspects of the sector. From market insights to competitor analysis, our consultants help you understand the low carbon sector so you can make the best possible decisions for your business.
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Energy storage and flexibility
We are at the forefront of the energy storage and flexibility sector, helping customers successfully deploy battery storage, flexible power generation and demand side response. We provide strategy and business case development, revenue forecasting and commercial and regulatory investment due diligence.
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Net zero corporates and ESG
Cornwall Insight advises business energy consumers both on reducing cost exposure and improving their Environmental Social Governance (ESG). Our consultants work with businesses to help them capture the value from supply agreements based on existing cost structures, corporate Power Purchase Agreements, demand-side response and net zero strategies.
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Hydrogen, CCUS and green gas production
Cornwall Insight advises customers involved in the emerging hydrogen economy, those seeking to develop power generation with Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) and green gas production. We provide support on strategy, business case development and regulatory analysis.
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Business and home supply/ services
Cornwall Insight has unrivalled insight and experience in the GB energy retail market. We provide actionable advice on the full breadth of the market, including routes to market and propositions, costs to serve, energy services, trading and hedging, and competitor strategies.
