We advise energy executives to uncover and showcase the full value of their investments by providing expert financial valuation, economic analysis and risk mitigation for energy projects, programs and investments. You'll find our analysis clear, comprehensive and compelling, accelerating your project to financial close.

Our clients are banks, private sponsors, development agencies and utilities. We assist them by demonstrating the value of an investment to boards, financiers and other decision makers.
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​To ensure we can help you in the best possible way, we maintain expertise in financial and economic modeling, policy and risk analysis, and business model/design optimization. The GLS Group is a network of independent consultants, with experience in many countries around the world.
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Featured Project: African Development Bank

Delivered valuation for risk-mitigating designs at the proposed 2400 MW Batoka Gorge Hydropower Dam in Zambia and Zimbabwe. The valuation included an investment strategy under uncertainty, a dynamic cost & revenue model, options valuation and risk-mitigation steps.
​Recommendations included:
  • "Flexible design” may save project sponsors $500 million and provide climate adaptation solutions
  • Additional value from optionality may offer $550 million in incentives for private partners in a PPP
  • Investment triggers for an additional $390 million expansion were identified based on flow rates and energy prices
Executed a capacity training for investment planning under climate change and other uncertainties. Participants included utilities, key government stakeholders and project developers
GLS Consultants Maintain Expertise in the Following Areas:
  • Financial Performance Modeling for Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
  • Financial and Economic Modeling for Infrastructure Investment
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Risk Analysis and Mitigation Strategies
  • Performance Asset Valuation and Appraisal
  • ​Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure
  • Private Enterprise Growth and Competitiveness in Frontier Economies
  • Capital Budgeting Strategies
  • The Economics of Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies
  • Finance and Capital Market Maturity
  • Capital Allocation Strategies including Micro-Finance and Remittances
Value Watch: 
Moving from “billions to trillions;” tapping private-sector finance for climate-resilient, developing country infrastructure
The transition to a global low-carbon, and climate-resilient energy future will likely require overcoming a massive investment gap. To help bridge the gap, development finance institutions (DFIs) are committed to increasing private sector financial participation to meet climate-related energy and infrastructure goals. The most likely sources of investment at the necessary scale are institutional investors. These large-scale investors may be ready for an interesting partnership with DFIs, according to a new publication by the OECD Development Center. However, accessing these funds will require a different approach than what the DFIs are used to. For a model, the authors say the DFIs should look to Green Investment Banks and Strategic Investment Funds, who have been highly effective at attracting private capital for climate-related investment.

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