Title: James Cameron Founder
1James CameronFounder Advisory Board Chairman
Country specifics UK support
program
2Our Unique Offering
CCC is a specialist merchant banking firm
focussing on climate change and energy security
related business. CCC works to bridge the gap
between policy and finance in areas related to
the reduction in climate change.
Policy and Markets Research
3Our Experience
- Specialist Advisor to CGE Power in the UK
- Joint advisor on major multinational transaction
- Early involvement with a number of bidders for
FFF
After only one year of operation CCC has
developed an impressive set of mandates and
experience. Many of these transactions remain
ongoing as is the nature of financial advisory
and policy-driven work.
Power Market MA / Restructuring
- Advised under-bidder on several hundred million
Euro investment in major renewable energy
developer - Broad based MA mandate from major UK private
equity firm (3bn under management)
Renewable Energy MA
Renewable Energy Financing
- Launching a UK listed fund for small wind farm
investments - Mandated advisor for UK biomass project
- Advisor to IPO of bio-diesel company (listing
expected late 2004) - Fund raising for methanol-based clean fuel
supplier
Clean Fuels
- Advisor to University spin-out with potential to
revolutionise market for hydraulic power
transmission
Technology
- Mandated advisor to large UK utility developing
new policy concepts in energy efficiency and
micro-generation - Into the Blue study BWEA on financing
mechanisms for UK wave and tidal power
Strategy / Policy Consulting
4Related Growing Markets with Major Policy
Influencers
- Biodiesel/ethanol
- CNG/LNG/Methanol
- Hydrogen/fuel cells
Clean Fuel
2004 30 billion 2010 200 billion
Carbon Finance
- EU Allowance Trading
- CDM/JI Kyoto Credits
- Renewable Energy Certificates
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5Policy objectives
- Security of supply
- Exploit existing technologies at lowest cost
- Need to promote new technologies
- Industrial competitiveness
- Financing is difficult in liberalised markets
- Emissions reductions
- Renewable power is not the cheapest form of
emissions reduction
6Support mechanisms
Many forms of support
As many opinions as there are mechanisms!
best depends on the suite of policy objectives
7and support for new technologies
Maturing technology allows for more formal
contracting
3rd Generation PV or Early Stage Marine
Onshore Wind
Proving the technology allows for issue of
warranties
Initial concept
Proven
8Revenues under the RO
- UK Green prices are a sum of many components
- The brown price and smear values are driven by
market forces - Prices are well in excess of costs of on-shore
wind - But final value depends inversely on success!
- Bankers are avoiding market price risk
Present annualised cost of on-shore wind
Fixed at 30/MWh inflation
9Institutional constraints
- Network operators
- Renewables tend to be small connect to LV
systems - Designed around centralised generation model
- Offshore means substantial, riskier investment
- Are the network operators incentivised to connect
manage renewable loads? - Planning Authorities
- Are consents available?
10Conclusions
- A universal solution is an unrealistic
expectation - Comprehensive, intelligent and integrated policy
is vital - REEEP
- International Certificate Trading
- No binary switch
- UK has
- Resource
- Policy
- Capital
- Professional Services
11Disclaimer
- The financial services outlined in this
presentation constitute regulated activities as
defined by the Financial Services and Markets Act
2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 as such
these activities can only be undertaken by an
authorised person. Climate Change Capital
(Advisory) Limited ("CCC(A)"), a wholly owned
subsidiary of Climate Change Capital Limited
("CCC"), is authorised and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority. Consequently the
regulated activities of the CCC Group are carried
out by CCC(A) rather than directly by CCC. Some
of the information, and in particular the
financial services described within this
presentation, are intended exclusively for
persons who qualify as an intermediate customer
or market counterparty. Please refer to the
disclaimer on the Climate Change Capital Group
website www.climatechangecapital.com for further
details.
12James CameronFounder Advisory Board Chairman
Country specifics UK support
program
- jcameron_at_c-c-capital.com
- Tel 00 44 (0) 20 7290 7046