Business Concept for New Power Plants

Project Run-Time

2009

Client

German energy supply company (municipal utility)

Objective

To build a new peak load power plant

Our Tasks

To develop a new business concept for the planned power plant with the optimisation of proceeds taking place in different market segments (wholesale, balancing energy, avoided grid use).
The analysis covers a time period of 20 years
Partial tasks:

• Market survey for the long-term development of the German electricity generation market, including the development of electricity prices (fundamental analysis and downstream spot price simulation)
• Model-assisted simulation of possible developments on the balancing energy market
• Modelling of the earning possibilities in the intraday market
• Development of an optimal strategy for the power plant operation (simulation of the power plant operations)
• Development of a detailled business plan
• Summary report including recommendations for the management
• Participation in committee meetings

Result