The GLS Advantage

GLS delivers investment advisory services in project valuation, design and economics, with a focus on energy and water. We work with banks, private sponsors, development agencies and utilities, to evaluate assets and interventions, uncovering high-value strategic choices. We also maintain experience in finance and capital markets, advising banks on business model optimization. The GLS Group is a network of independent consultants, with experience in many countries around the world.
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Strategy Consulting and Decision-Making
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Project Development Support and Valuation
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Financial and Economic Modeling
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Water
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Finance and Capital Markets

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 in 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 of Assets for Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
  • Technical Finance and Economic Modeling for Infrastructure Investment
  • Asset Valuation and Appraisal
  • ​Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure
  • Private Enterprise Growth and Competitiveness in Frontier Economies
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis and Long-term Risk Assessment
  • Capital Budgeting Strategies
  • Agribusiness
  • The Economics of Climate Change and Adaptation Strategies
  • Finance and Capital Market Maturity
  • Capital Allocation Strategies including Micro-Finance and Remittances
  • Corporate Governance
Value Watch:
India's Power Sector, A Summary
In India, inefficiencies in the national power sector may be costing the nation 4% of GDP per year according to a new World Bank report. Instead, with the right investment, universal connection to grid power could increase the income of rural households by $9.4 billion a year; and, eliminating power shortages may prevent an estimated $22.7 billion in business losses annually.​
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