20+ years of experience
Across global power, carbon and environmental markets
Industry recognition
Multiple industry awards across our markets and advisory teams
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Services built around the decisions you're working through
and the outcomes you need
Portfolio, risk & contracts, market-tested
Market-led advice for teams making offtake, contracting, tender and transaction decisions across power, carbon and environmental markets.
- Developing offtake and route-to-market strategies
- Preparing market engagement materials and supporting EOI / BAFO processes
- Assessing counterparties, offers and commercial risk
- Supporting tender, contracting, negotiation and transaction decisions
Strategy grounded in market reality
Commercial and decarbonisation strategy for market participants shaping their next move - from market entry and portfolio direction through to the operating model and capabilities behind them.
- Market entry and route-to-market strategy across power, carbon and environmental markets
- Portfolio direction across capacity, contracts, capital and capability
- Operating model design, including build-own-operate versus outsourced execution
- Competitor and market landscape analysis to sharpen strategic decisions
Capital decisions for market-facing assets
Transaction and capital support for asset owners, developers and investors - with a markets lens on valuation, revenue and risk that most corporate advisers can't offer.
- Sell-side and buy-side transaction support, including investor mapping and EOI / BAFO processes
- Valuation modelling and financial analysis, including sensitivities across price, offtake and market scenarios
- Due diligence support, data room management and preparation of investor materials
- Deal structuring, negotiation and internal approval support alongside legal and technical advisers
Execution across wholesale markets
Corporate and institutional brokerage across power, carbon and environmental markets - combining OTC execution with the broad market coverage, pricing benchmarks and market data to bring confidence to transactions.
- Market-leading over-the-counter (OTC) brokerage across:
- APAC power markets
- Japan power markets
- Australian environmental certificates; including ACCUs, LGCs, STCs, VEECs, ESCs
- Compliance and voluntary carbon markets - Transaction structuring and execution - from price discovery and counterparty engagement through to contract completion
- Live pricing, benchmarks and end-of-day curves through the CORE Markets platform to support informed execution
Policy signal, commercial answer
Independent advice on how policy, regulation and market design shape commercial outcomes - translating scheme change and market reform into decisions clients can act on.
- Interpreting policy and regulatory developments across power, carbon and environmental markets
- Commercial implications of Australian scheme design and reform, including CIS, Safeguard, RET and wholesale market design changes such as the NEM Review recommendations around fungible contracts and the ESEM
- Commercial implications of international and cross-border frameworks, including Article 6, CORSIA, VCM standards, CBAM, REGO and Japan GX
- Submissions, consultation responses and stakeholder engagement on market design and reform
- Scenario analysis on how policy and market pathways affect revenue, risk and asset value
Procurement backed by market intellligence
Buy-side energy and renewable procurement for corporates, industrials and large energy users - from retail contracts through to wholesale PPAs, with the market intelligence to make each decision defensible.
- Developing energy sourcing strategies that align risk appetite with contract type, timing and forecast spend
- Retail contract renewals, market testing and supplier selection
- Wholesale PPAs and structured renewable energy contracts, including physical, virtual and sleeved arrangements
- Supporting EOI / BAFO processes, financial analysis of offers and negotiation through to contract execution
Balance climate & commercial goals
Practical advice for corporates and emitters navigating climate obligations, carbon strategy and disclosure - balancing compliance, cost and market exposure without losing sight of the commercial position.
- Safeguard Mechanism strategy, compliance and ACCU procurement pathways
- Carbon strategy and offset portfolios across compliance and voluntary markets (ACCUs, international units, VCM)
- Climate disclosure and target-setting support, including alignment with AASB S2 and Science Based Targets
- Scope 2 and renewable energy strategy, including LGCs, REGOs and 24/7 CFE approaches
Bespoke modelling & analysis
Bespoke market, revenue and scenario modelling asset valuation, revenue forecasts and portfolio revenue analysis to carbon and market outlooks tailored to the question at hand.
- Asset and portfolio revenue modelling across merchant, contracted and hybrid positions
- Price and market scenario analysis across power, carbon and environmental markets
- ACCU and carbon market modelling, including supply-demand outlooks and Safeguard scenarios
- Financial modelling to support transactions, tenders, board decisions and internal approvals
- Bespoke market outlooks and deep-dive analysis where off-the-shelf reports don't answer the question
Real customer experiences
“CORE Markets helped us understand market dynamics, align cross-functional stakeholders and structure a commercially competitive arrangement that also helps reach our sustainability objectives.
They went over and beyond the original scope of the project to ensure we had board sign-off. And they were very flexible in their approach, aligning to our business processes, not just their internal frameworks.”
