Through our technological strengths across all parts of the supply chain and our insights into market trends and the wind industry’s needs, we help investors make the right decisions.
We advise financial institutions and private investors on technological and market trends and inform a number of public bodies on their research, development and demonstration support funding.
Our dialogue with the industry’s main players gives us insights into their future needs and the market pull for new technologies.
We apply our hands-on experience of designing and building wind turbines which gives us an understanding of the harsh engineering realities of wind energy generation.
We provide:
• Technical due diligence.
• Market knowledge and trends
• Independent advice to public funding programmes
The Carbon Trust supports promising early stage companies to raise the investment needed to grow the business. We have provided technical advice to the incubated companies. Our knowledge of the market guides their product development and business strategy, giving them the best chance of securing their position in the supply chain.
We help the Energy Technologies Institute’s Offshore Wind Programme, a public private partnership that aims to invest in new technologies to drive down the cost of electricity generation.
BVG Associates has provided market knowledge to a leading global investor in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries. We have been able to provide projections of capex based on water depth, commodity prices, turbine market prices, distance to shore and learning rates across the industry.
BVG Associates undertook due diligence on behalf on a company considering whether to invest in a generator manufacturer offering a potentially disruptive technology. We provided a detailed analysis of the viability of the technology, aimed at newcomers to the industry, and its chance of market success in terms of its competition and the demand from manufacturers.