The energy transition for your business
Carbon50 is a Tokyo based consulting Firm specialized in the Energy Industry
Expertise
Our consulting activities are centered on the Japanese power industry, sustainability and decarbonization strategies. Our Expertise includes Renewable and storage assets monetization, Power procurement optimization, Power trading, Power retail, Virtual Power Plants (VPP), and Demand response (DR) technologies
Approach
We take an analytical and quantitative approach in solving our clients’ problems. We rely on regulatory framework and data analysis, risk evaluation, forecasting and financial modeling to help you make the right decisions. We combine engineering and business strategy backgrounds to find realistic, actionable, tailored options to solve your business problems
We cover the whole value chain
Power Generators
Power GeneratorsWe help renewable assets developers and investors understand and quantify the monetization options of their assets under FIT, FIP, PPA and direct market exposure. With and without storage
Power Consumers
Power ConsumersWe support power consumers to optimize their power procurement costs and reach their scope 2 decarbonization goals, including signing physical and virtual corporate PPAs
Energy Services Providers
Energy Services ProvidersWe accompany retailers, balancing services providers, power traders, aggregators and other services providers to make the best strategic decisions in the Japanese market. We also support market entry efforts.
Our Services
We offer solutions both on a consulting project basis or on retainers. In this case we can fully integrate with your team
Research and analysis
Our problem solving approach is quantitative and this reflects in our research and analysis work.
- We rely heavily on modeling during our projects
- We leverage our extensive experience in:
- Market and Regulation analysis
- Forecasting
- Competitive intelligence
- Cost modeling
- Pricing
Energy Strategy
We help you understand the implications of the energy transition for your business. Together we will create and implement an energy strategy that will:
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- Impact positively your bottom line
- Help you meet your environmental goals
This frequently includes:
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- Understanding your energy consumption and/or generation capabilities
- Setting relevant financial and environmental goals
- Developing, acquiring or optimizing renewable and storage assets
- Sourcing low CO2 energy from third parties
Investment Decision
We accompany you during the investment decision process by bringing in the analysis and modeling to help you maximize your project value
- M&A
- Project development
- Assets acquisition or sell
- New products and services development
We usually help our clients with:
- Financial modeling
- Risk review and quantification
- Due diligence support
Market Entry
We assist small and medium companies to enter the Japanese market. We can help you:
- Determine the right entry strategy
- Formulate a market entry plan
- Localize your services and products
- Find suppliers, distributors or partners
- Recruit and build a team (with our partners)
- Set up a local office (with our partners)
Power Licenses Acquisition
Entering the Japanese power market often requires several licenses and registration processes. We can help you:
- Understand which licenses and registrations are necessary for your use case
- Plan the time and resources necessary for your business to be operational from a regulatory stand point
- Acquire the relevant licenses and registrations, including
- Retail license
- Aggregator license
- JEPX membership
- OCCTO registration
Introduction
Nicolas created Carbon50 after 15 years of experience in the energy industry. He has held a variety of both engineering and business positions in Europe, Japan, and China. Nicolas worked for BCG in Tokyo and has held several managerial positions in renewable energy companies and energy focused consulting firms.
He holds a Master’s in Energetic and Nuclear Engineering from Grenoble Institute of Technology and a MBA from Hitotsubashi University
