ESD works with commercial and public partners in the identification and development of lower carbon energy projects in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.

With excellent electricity and CHP sector contacts, extensive experience of renewable energy, and UK, EU and international energy and environment policy, ESD is in an unrivalled position to bring its experience and expertise of all stages of project development and implementation to a wide-range of stakeholders. Whether achieving compliance under carbon emission reduction obligations, both current and future, for an Annex 1 entity or attaining optimum sustainable development impact in a non-Annex 1 country, ESD is able to offer:

• Project conceptualisation and identification;
• Technology related development advice;
• Understanding of regulatory, industry and market structures;
• Project preparation through pre-feasibility and feasibility to bankable projects;
• Development of baselines
• Project validation and monitoring; and
• Characterisation and understanding of uncertainty and risk.

ESD is able to offer these services to a broad range of private sector clients:

• Electricity and CHP companies
• Technology suppliers - Renewables and CHP
• Project developers and engineers
• Financial intermediaries, merchant banks, venture capitalists
• Insurance companies and risk managers
• Law firms and providers of legal services to the carbon market
• A number of multinational corporations