Combined cycle power plant at dusk

Independent energy advisory

Independent advice on thermal power generation.

Apex Energy Advisory works with industries, critical infrastructure developers, investment funds and independent power producers on gas fired projects, from origination through to operation.

About Apex

The firm

An advisory practice built on two decades of thermal generation experience, advising without ties to equipment makers, suppliers or financiers.

Mandates are led personally and framed from the outset the way investment committees and lenders read them: technology, contracts, regulation and economics assessed as one question rather than four.

Years in thermal generation
20+Years in thermal generation
Core technologies
4Core technologies
No supplier or lender ties
IndependentNo supplier or lender ties

Expertise

01

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
02

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
03

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 and lender interface
04

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

Who we advise

Industries

Competitive, reliable and compliant energy for sites with heavy consumption.

Investment funds

Independent judgement on generation assets across acquisition, financing and exit.

Independent power producers

Support from origination through construction and into operation.

Critical infrastructure

Firm power and cooling-energy strategy for data centers and other mission-critical facilities.

Insulated steam piping and steel walkways at a thermal generation plant

Selected experience

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

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

Assignments across European, Latin American and Middle Eastern 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
High-voltage transmission network at blue hour

Insights

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.

About Apex

Apex Energy Advisory is an independent firm advising on the development, financing and operation of thermal power generation.

The practice was built around more than twenty years of engineering and commercial work on gas fired, combined cycle and cogeneration assets. That experience covers the whole life of a project: technology selection, gas supply and offtake, grid access, construction contracts, financing and operation.

Independence is structural rather than stated. Apex holds no interest in equipment, fuel supply or financing, and takes no fees from third parties. Work is carried out by the advisor who takes the mandate, and conclusions are set out plainly, including when they are unwelcome.

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

For enquiries relating to a project, an asset or a market, write to us directly.

Combined cycle power plant in operation