Arche Energy partners with our clients to help them navigate the challenging world of power generation infrastructure projects and make informed decisions.
Energy infrastructure projects provide reliable and accessible energy sources for residential, commercial and industrial purposes.
Due diligence provides an independent, objective assessment of the technical feasibility and viability of a project or asset. It provides the information investors, lenders and other stakeholders need to make informed decisions. Arche Energy’s due diligence services facilitate the safe and efficient operations of our clients’ projects. We advise clients on major investment decisions and ensure they are aware of the potential opportunities and weaknesses of projects and technologies.
An owner’s engineer is engaged to protect the best interest of the client. They work closely with the client and their team to make sure energy infrastructure goals are met, capex and opex are minimised, and revenue is maximised. As an owner’s engineer, Arche goes above and beyond to minimise issues during the design and construction phases without passing them onto asset management, operations or maintenance.
A prefeasibility study is an early stage analysis into a potential project. If you have an idea, our team will conduct a prefeasibility study to provide you with the information you need to greenlight a project or make an investment decision. Prefeasibility studies include cost estimates, project risks, safety issues and other important information. Feasibility studies take the prefeasibility stage one step further as they are much more accurate and resource intensive. Detailed feasibility studies will determine if your project can be done effectively and whether it will be profitable. Siting studies investigate areas that may be suitable for project development. Geographic information systems (GIS) can be a helpful tool for this.
A prefeasibility study is an early stage analysis into a potential project. If you have an idea, our team will conduct a prefeasibility study to provide you with the information you need to greenlight a project or make an investment decision.
Prefeasibility studies include cost estimates, project risks, safety issues and other important information.
Feasibility studies take the prefeasibility stage one step further as they are much more accurate and resource intensive. Detailed feasibility studies will determine if your project can be done effectively and whether it will be profitable.
Siting studies investigate areas that may be suitable for project development. Geographic information systems (GIS) can be a helpful tool for this.
You can generate regular and consistent income through successful infrastructure investments. Long-term contracts with creditworthy entities like government bodies will secure your revenue. Energy infrastructure partners like Arche Energy can help you secure these contracts. The consumption of infrastructure rarely fluctuates which means revenue from these investments generally isn’t affected by economic cycles or price fluctuations.
Infrastructure investments are a beacon of stability. Infrastructure companies generally mitigate rising prices through regulated fees that undergo annual consumer price index (CPI) based adjustments or by passing on higher costs to the consumer through increased prices.
Integrating infrastructure into your portfolio has the potential to increase returns while diversifying your financing mix. This lowers your portfolio’s risk as different asset classes perform differently at different times.
The energy transition means we are at the frontier of a new age of energy infrastructure investments.
As shareholder groups continue to demand broader and faster emissions reductions from sectors with the highest emissions, Governments, advisory bodies and investors must coordinate to expand our renewable energy sector. We will also need significant regulatory and policy reforms, and an overhaul of network infrastructure.
New energy projects like solar or wind farms will need things like:
Extreme temperatures, fires and flooding are causing damage to the grid. By decentralising sources of power, investing in renewables and digitalisation and prioritising renewables we can create a diverse more adaptable grid.
Technologies like carbon capture and storage and electrolysis show great promise in the energy sector but we will need new infrastructure to support these developments.
An owner’s engineer is engaged to protect the best interest of the client. They work closely with the client and their team to make sure energy infrastructure goals are met, capex and opex are minimised, and revenue is maximised.
Owner’s engineers go above and beyond to minimise issues during the design and construction phase without passing them on to asset management, operations or maintenance.
Energy infrastructure is any physical structure for the generation, storage, transmission and distribution of energy, for example:
If your energy infrastructure project is in Australia, the success of your projects will require a thorough understanding of infrastructure in the National Electricity Market (NEM).
The NEM is a wholesale electricity market and a physical power system in Australia’s eastern states New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, Victoria, and Tasmania, and South Australia.
It currently has 40,000km of transmission lines and cables, supplies 23 million people and has over 570 registered participants. Participants include generators, transmission and distribution network service providers and market customers including retailers.
Read our blogs on firming capacity and the aeroderivative gas turbine, and settlement residue auctions to learn more about the NEM.
The Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner resolves complaints and community concerns about new major energy infrastructure projects. It is an independent role appointed by the Queensland government.
They also assist industry and governments to identify and implement best practices for deploying infrastructure.
