Commercial decisions in power and carbon markets
We support sustainability and energy leaders to balance climate objectives with cost, risk and exposure across power and carbon markets
- Power and carbon procurement, including PPAs, offtake agreements and portfolio design
- Commercial strategy, pricing and transactions to support decarbonisation
- Governance and stakeholder alignment to support confident internal and board decisions
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Market judgement based on real-world execution
CORE Markets works across power and carbon markets, bringing a whole-of-market perspective to organisations exposed to real pricing, policy and execution risk.
With more than 20 years’ experience across Australian and international energy and carbon markets, our perspective is shaped by live transactions, market cycles and long-standing counterparty relationships - not abstract frameworks.
This cross-market view supports sound commercial decision-making on complex issues.
From strategy to execution and ongoing review
Corporate and industrial decarbonisation strategy
Clarify decarbonisation priorities, commercial constraints and risk appetite before committing to procurement and contracting decisions.
This includes:
- Defining Scope 2 and broader decarbonisation objectives within operational, cost and timing constraints
- Assessing physical emissions reduction options alongside power and carbon procurement
- Clarifying trade-offs between abatement, renewable energy procurement and carbon offtake
- Establishing decision frameworks for sequencing, contracting and market engagement
Power and carbon procurement
Structure and execute power and carbon procurement in line with strategy, risk appetite and commercial objectives.
This includes:
- Designing and managing procurement processes for renewable energy and carbon supply
- Corporate and wholesale PPAs, including structured and multi-party arrangements
- Carbon offtake and long-term supply agreements
- Evaluating pricing, contract terms and non-price variables across bids
- Supporting negotiation, contracting and transaction execution
Board and stakeholder alignment
Translate power and carbon market decisions into clear commercial positions that can be carried through executive, board and stakeholder processes.
This includes:
- Modelling cost, risk and exposure across power and carbon positions over time
- Benchmarking procurement outcomes against wholesale and carbon market forecasts
- Supporting executive and board decision-making on procurement, contracting and risk trade-offs
- Preparing decision materials and analysis for internal and external stakeholders
Market insights and ongoing review
Maintain visibility over power and carbon market positions as pricing, regulation and market conditions change.
This includes:
- Ongoing power, PPA and wholesale market analysis
- ACCU market forecasting and scenario analysis
- Monitoring procurement positions against market movements and benchmarks
- Bespoke analysis to support re-contracting and strategy review
- This work is supported by our market intelligence offerings, including:
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.”
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