Industries
Energy strategy & supply
Competitive, reliable and compliant energy for sites with heavy consumption.
Independent advice on thermal power generation.
Apex Energy Advisory works with industries, critical infrastructure developers and independent power producers on gas fired projects, from origination through to operation.
- 20+
- Years in thermal generation
- 100%
- Independent advice
- 5
- Core technologies
The firm
Independent judgement on thermal energy decisions
Apex Energy Advisory provides specialised services supporting industries, critical infrastructure developers and independent power producers to successfully navigate through every stage of an energy project: origination, structuring, negotiation, financing and operation.
The practice was built around more than twenty years of engineering and commercial work on gas fired, combined cycle and cogeneration assets. Independence is structural rather than stated: Apex holds no interest in equipment, fuel supply or financing, and takes no fees from third parties.
Who we advise
Three client profiles, one discipline
Advisory that holds together technically, contractually and financially.
Independent power producers
Project development
Support from origination through construction and into operation.
Critical infrastructure
Firm power & resilience
Firm power and cooling-energy strategy for data centers and other mission-critical facilities.
Expertise
Across the life of a project
Four connected disciplines, from the first market screening to a plant in operation.
Energy strategy
Framing the energy position of industrial sites and generators before capital is committed: technology, fuel, regulation and the commercial case that follows from them.
- Market and regulatory screening
- Technology selection
- Supply and PPA strategy
- Preliminary business case
Transactions
Independent technical and commercial judgement for parties acquiring, financing or divesting generation assets, expressed the way investment committees read it.
- Technical and commercial due diligence
- Revenue and dispatch model review
- Contract and offtake risk
- Post-closing asset support
Project structuring
Turning a concept into a contracted, financeable project, with the gas, grid, offtake and construction packages negotiated as one structure rather than in isolation.
- Gas supply and offtake agreements
- EPC and O&M packages
- Grid access and permitting
- Financing advisory and lender interface support
Asset performance
Protecting value once a plant is operating, from dispatch and hedging decisions to contract administration and benchmarking against comparable assets.
- Dispatch and hedging strategy
- Contract management
- Performance benchmarking
- Efficiency and fuel switching
Selected experience
Assignments across technologies and markets
Industrial cogenerationEnergy strategy and supply
Combined cycle generationCommercial due diligence
Gas fired capacityProject structuring
Generation portfoliosAcquisition support
Thermal assets in operationDispatch and contract review
Hybrid and complementary schemesFeasibility assessment
Assignments are presented in anonymised form. Client names and project details remain confidential.
Technologies
Deep expertise where it matters most
Our core competence sits in thermal generation, together with the storage and hybrid schemes that strengthen it.
Gas fired power plants
Open cycle and reciprocating engine plants delivering firm, flexible capacity to power systems and industrial sites.
Combined cycle (CCPP)
High-efficiency gas and steam turbine configurations, from feasibility and heat balance through to commercial operation.
Cogeneration (CHP)
Simultaneous power and useful heat, optimised against fuel cost, tariffs and process demand.
Thermal energy storage for industries
Sensible, latent and thermochemical storage systems that decouple industrial heat demand from energy supply, improving load management and resilience.
Complementary technologies
Renewables, battery storage and hybrid schemes where they strengthen the overall energy position.
Markets
International by design
Assignments across European, American, Middle Eastern and Asian power markets, each with its own regulatory and contractual logic.
- Spain
- Portugal
- Italy
- France
- Mexico
- Chile
- Brazil
- Saudi Arabia
- United Arab Emirates
- Indonesia
- Thailand
- Philippines
Insights
Notes from the practice
Selected perspectives on thermal generation, power markets and investment, written for practitioners.
Power marketsJune 2026
European power markets: structural change and investment implications
Thermal generationMarch 2026
Firm capacity revisited: the commercial case for gas fired flexibility
CogenerationNovember 2025
Cogeneration economics after the tariff reset
InvestmentSeptember 2025
What lenders now require of a thermal project before first drawdown
Notes are circulated on request through the contact form.
How we work
Principles that do not move
Independence
No ties to equipment makers, suppliers or financiers. Our advice answers to the project economics alone.
Technical depth
Engineering-level understanding of gas turbine, combined cycle and cogeneration performance.
Seniority
Every mandate is led personally by an advisor with more than twenty years in the sector.
Continuity
We remain through structuring, construction and operation, not only to the feasibility report.
Contact
Shall we talk about your next project?
For enquiries relating to a project, an asset or a market, write to us through the form and we will come back within a few days.