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Ricardo Energy & Environment has a long track record at the centre of the renewable energy sector,
having been at the centre of the development of the industry in the UK from the 1980s. Historically
our role was as the main advisor to UK Government on the development and deployment of all forms
of renewable energy. Aided by these programmes the UK renewable energy sector has grown to a
major commercial industry led by development of solar PV, onshore wind, offshore wind.
We now provide expertise in technical feasibility, environmental impacts, financial returns and
performance audits for a wide range of renewable energy projects in the UK, Africa, Asia and beyond.
Our clients include private sector investors, banks and public sector funders.
Example Projects
Our expertise in solar PV includes:
Commercial & Household scale - feasibility and financial models
Policy studies market assessments, policy studies
Solar PV for islands feasibility studies, specification & procurement
Solar PV & energy storage combining solar PV with battery storage systems
2012, Solar Power Plant Consultancy Support (Fariaville Solar Energy (Pty) Ltd)
Fariaville Solar, under the Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme scheme
established under the auspices of the South African Department of Energy, made applications to
build four solar PV farms totalling 165MW. PPA Energy have been engaged to provide financial and
technical advisory in the feasibility phase of this project. In this regard, the final objective of the
assignment is to provide an independent assessment of the solar yield calculations provided by the
EPC contractor, to assess the project's grid connection arrangements and costs and to build a
comprehensive financial model that complies with the RfP.
In 2015 a survey obtained data for the capital, operating and financing costs for solar, wind,
hydroelectric, anaerobic digestion and micro CHP projects. Ricardo Energy & Environment was
commissioned to undertake a high level peer review of the cost metrics, and prepared reports for
DECC, with many of the recommendations incorporated into the final report.
2015- 2016, Cost and financing aspects of community solar PV projects (IEA)
The project reviewed the costs of community solar PV projects in five countries (Australia, Canada,
Denmark, Germany and the UK). Through interviews with communities quantitative cost and
revenue numbers from 39 community solar projects were captured. Communities were also asked
qualitative questions about their perceptions whether the costs would have been different if the
same project had been built by a commercial entity instead.
Commercial comparator costings were obtained from various international reports and reports
prepared in individual countries by governments or trade associations.
The main conclusions are that community development costs tend to be higher than commercial
projects, but the construction and operating costs tend to be similar. Further, whilst debt finance is
more expensive, equity can often be cheaper to secure as community investors are often happy to
receive a rate of return slightly above bank saving rates, meaning that overall commercial and
community projects often end up with a similar weighted average cost of capital.
2011-12, Understanding waste & the Solar PV Industry (Waste and Resources Action
Programme, WRAP)
This work gathered and analysed an evidence base of information to help WRAP develop a
detailed understanding of the waste associated with the solar PV sector. The study will build on
WRAPs previous work investigating the carbon benefits of remanufacturing PV panels. Specifically
it provided WRAP with an understanding of:
What materials might enter the waste stream?
How much material would be produced?
When these materials will arise?
Where they will arise?
What options there are to reduce the impacts associated with PV waste arisings?
2016, Battery Storage for grid constrained renewable generator (client confidential)
This client has a combined wind & solar PV site in Scotland, where the combined generation
capacity exceeds the agreed grid connection capacity. Using half hour generation data and
electricity market data, the study assessed the cash benefits vs costs of battery energy storage,
covering:
The income from avoiding constrained output when the wind and solar systems operate;
The income from shifting energy production around to better match electricity prices:
- To potential from Power Purchasing Agreements designed for renewables
operating with storage;
- To manage the cost of distribution charges (DUoS).
Income from the Short Term Operating Reserve (STOR) market where National Grid buy
additional peak generating capacity;
Income from the Enhanced Frequency Response (EFR) auction where National Grid buy
rapid response grid balancing services.
Naser Odeh - Principal Consultant (BSc, PhD, member of the International Solar Energy
Society)
Naser has 11 years of experience working in the field of energy and environmental technologies.
He has a BSc in chemical engineering and a PhD in solar energy. His work in the area of solar
energy focussed on solar PV applications. His PhD work developed a model for estimating the
performance of a photovoltaic-driven solar thermal system, comparing different PV technologies.
As a result of his previous experience, Naser has a strong understanding of the different PV cell
and PV module technologies and has several journal and conference publication on solar energy
applications. He has undertaken research on the chemistry of semiconductors and an
understanding of the processes involved in PV cells. His work within Ricardo-AEA involved
undertaking studies on the waste generation, environmental impacts and life cycle analysis of solar
PV technologies.
Nasers recent work includes:
Assisting Sun Edison gain RO accreditation for 20 solar parks, including preparation of
documentation and site audits.
Review of the solar PV market in the UK.
Assessment of projects for the EU NER300 programme
Michel Vedrenne (BSc, MSc, PhD) Senior Consultant: Air Quality Policy
Michel has 7 years experience in the field of sustainability and emissions abatement. He was the
leading consultant and manager (80k) investigating the effectiveness of airborne pollutant
measures in the energy and industrial sector in China. The majority of his work concentrates in
advising the European Commission (DG Environment) and the Department for Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs on policy measures to deliver reduction of air pollutant emissions to minimise
impacts. Michel has also worked in the design of a biogas plant for an animal husbandry facility in
Mexico. A Mexican national, Michel is a native Spanish speaker.
Design of emission abatement plans and proposals for power generation sector
Experience in the design of a manure-digesting plant for bioenergy generation
Native Spanish speaker
Rahul is a Consultant with over 10 years work experience in the Power Sector. Rahul holds an MBA from University of Leeds,
UK and a Power Engineering degree from National Power Training Institute, New Delhi, India.
Whilst at PPA Energy Practice of Ricardo, Rahul has advised a wide range of clients including international power companies,
development banks and private developers. Before joining PPA Energy, Rahul was an executive in Tata Power Delhi
Distribution in India and was involved in smart meter roll out and other loss reduction activities. Rahul has managed
66kV/33kV/11kV grid stations in India.
Rahul has extensive interest in providing regulatory advice and he has developed regulatory documents for Organisation of
Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) that would be used to establish the Eastern Caribbean Energy Regulatory Authority
(ECERA). Rahul provided technical Support for the Transmission Price Control Review 4 (TPCR4) that was done by Ofgem.
Rahul is currently provide support to an ADB project (TA 8830) on harmonizing the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Power
Systems to Facilitate Regional Power Trade project. Rahul completed a Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) study for the
Zambia-Tanzania-Kenya (ZTK) Interconnector Project.
Rahul has worked on a number of renewable energy projects and has completed a power market study for EDP Renovaveis, a
cost analysis study for 600 MW wind farm and a waste to energy plant in the UK.
Rahul has also worked on Smart Grid projects that required Technical & Engineering Consulting knowledge and has completed
projects with EDF Energy / UK Power Networks.
Rahul has also been involved in analysing some of the Novel Power Generation technologies, Demand Response Programmes
which included energy storage solutions and distributed generation initiatives.