Our Services
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Strategic consulting
Experience-based advice
With our expertise, we guide you through the market's commercial and regulatory landscape, from permit strategies and profitability optimization to organizational development.
At the same time, we ensure that your initiatives are received positively by the communities and stakeholders affected, so that permits can be issued while engagement flourishes in the local community.
The potential of wind power is enormous, but local concerns about noise, shadowing effects and landscape impact can be challenging and have a limiting effect. We help you navigate these challenges, build collaborations, alliances and find the best ways forward to realize the project's full potential.
With transmission lines comes the complexity of land use, property rights and ecosystem impacts. We guide you to a solution that optimizes capacity and at the same time creates positive social relations.
Solar power is a brilliant opportunity, - we assist you in identifying the most optimal solutions. Or why not get help from us in your hydrogen project?
Business Development and Transaction
Attractive market
The Swedish market for wind and solar power is one of the most attractive on the European market, thanks to start political support to double electricity consumption in combination with good conditions for large-scale projects. But how can a project developer or investor be able to grow in this market where there is fierce competition for the best locations and projects?
Newera Energy has a unique experience in starting new projects and working in transactional processes. At Vattenfall and as a consultant, Erik Grönlund has been responsible for land agreement negotiations and preliminary studies of new wind power projects corresponding to more than 9000 MW. In addition, he has been responsible for expanding Vattenfall's portfolio with projects of 2500 MW through acquisitions or options. Erik has a rare insight and experience into how the profitability of projects throughout their entire lifespan can be optimized.
Olle Hedberg has personally identified and started four major offshore wind power projects with a potential of 10 GW, i.a. Sweden's largest offshore wind power project Eystrasalt Offshore. In addition, he has been project manager for land-based projects and carried out land contract negotiations and preliminary studies for about 20 PBL projects on land in southern Sweden.
Newera Energy can help with, among other things, the following services in business development and transaction:
- Screening of new suitable project areas Land agreement negotiations Commercial issues in land agreements Feasibility studies and strategies for project start-up
- Due diligence of projects and companies Market introduction PPA and offtake strategy Optimization of profitability Investment memorandum and pitch
Project management
Many years of experience
A development project is about developing from an idea all the necessary prerequisites to be able to ensure a realization. The project is led by a project manager who is responsible for meeting schedule, budget and quality. The role of project manager is very broad and even if you have a project team with experts, great insight into the various disciplines is required to reach the goals of the project. Given the major challenges in the permit processes and in ensuring sufficient profitability, project management is absolutely crucial to whether a project reaches its set goals.
Newera Energy since 2007 very solid experience in project management of wind and solar power projects, both as project manager and as responsible manager for the country's largest project developer in offshore and onshore wind power. Erik Grönlund has, among other things, was the project sponsor for Blakliden & Fäbodberget in Västerbotten (84 wind turbines / 353 MW) until the investment decision, when 70% of the projects were divested and a 20-year PPA was signed. Olle Hedberg has, among other things, been responsible manager for Eystrasalt Offshore, Storgrundet and Fyrskeppet from start-up to submission of permit application to the government and court, as well as about 20 land-based projects as project manager.
Newera Energy can assist with the following services:
- Project management of wind, solar and hydrogen projects Support to project managers Support to responsible managers in managing projects and project managers
Organizational development
Purposeful organizational capacity
Times change and so do the demands that the market places on the capacity available in the organization. The requirements picture and thus processes are becoming increasingly complicated and many times it is difficult for critical leading functions to cope with all the activities that need to be managed in order to achieve their goals. At the same time, many organizations are stuck in old thinking and outdated methods/working methods, but may not always see that there are better ways to work with the resources that are actually available.
Newera Energy has experience in building organizations from the ground up and has very good knowledge of what is needed to build a cost-effective capacity. Central is the importance that the capacity you build is actually rooted in the needs of the market and that you build creative capacity into the business. It can also be about establishing new functions or structuring parts of an existing business which, for various reasons, is messy and does not achieve the desired productivity / efficiency.
We conduct interviews and map your conditions, analyze and submit our recommendations for development.
Newera Energy can help with, among other things, the following services in organizational development:
- Assist in the work of building an organization for new market players Develop organizational development plans Restructure the work with the municipal authority - focus on building competence and capacity that meets the needs Training and workshops
- Coaching and induction for new functions Interviews and analysis - DD on existing methodology and purpose of existing capacity Change management - implementation of new roles and work methods
Newera Energy can assist with the following services:
- Strategies to ensure a successful permit process Strategies to create local commitment and obtain municipal approval Advice on environmental impact statements Advice on appeal processes
Permission and Municipal Authorization
We have positive experiences
The permit processes for new projects, especially wind power, have never been as complicated and difficult to assess as they are now. Only a fraction of wind power projects currently receive environmental permits. Some of the most common reasons for refusal are municipal veto, the Armed Forces and the impact on wildlife. This at the same time as the requirements for documentation have gradually increased, and thus the costs.
However, there are good examples of how the above issues can be handled and resolved. In recent years, Olle Hedberg has been the most successful manager of Swedish project developers in terms of municipal approval, with four positive announcements and no municipal veto. In these processes, Olle has had a very close and fruitful dialogue with the local communities and with municipal officials and politicians, which has resulted in a local and regional commitment to the projects.
At Vattenfall, Erik Grönlund was responsible as manager and project sponsor for several projects that received environmental permits. Three of these projects received municipal approval during that time, i.a. Bruzaholm in Eksjö municipality with 21 wind turbines and one of the country's highest authorized total heights of 240 m. No project was rejected by a municipality during his time as head of Vattenfall.
Our customers are municipalities that need help and support in developing an overview plan, regions that are working on RUS, county administration, small municipal energy companies, individual landowners, larger developers, investors who want help with a possible acquisition.
Our broad experience offers many options!
Network connection
Planning and permits
The Swedish power transmission system was mainly built up until the 1980s in connection with the expansion of hydro and nuclear power. During the initial phase of the Swedish wind power expansion, this existing transmission system could be used, thanks to some excess capacity, which meant easy and cheap grid connections. Currently, that excess capacity has been utilized, which means significantly larger and more complicated network investments for new solar and wind power projects. Something that is both more time-consuming and affects profitability to a greater degree.
Newera Energy has a lot of practice and experience in developing strategies for how a grid connection can be ensured and dialogue with the grid companies involved. In some cases, it is advantageous to carry out a certain part of the network reinforcement in-house, for example by applying for a line concession, which both Olle Hedberg and Erik Grönlund have worked with in different roles.
An often forgotten, very important economic parameter is the network tariffs that the network companies in question charge. They differ greatly between the network companies, and the strategy you have regarding the network connection can affect the network tariff to a large extent, and thus profitability.
Wide range of services in wind power
Developing and building wind power projects requires not only an understanding of wind as an energy source and as a force of nature that affects technical solutions and specifications, but also a comprehensive understanding of the wider technical infrastructure, market and regulatory issues that affect the project's viability, as well as the physical, natural, cultural and socio-economic environment surrounding the project site.
Access to broad expertise is therefore a prerequisite for a successful project. Newera Energy has a strong network of subcontractors, partners and experts that cover all aspects of project development.
Below are some of the services that we also provide in addition to the above
License (onshore/offshore)
- Permit strategy/plan for a project Pre-study prerequisites Support when implementing the plan Policy plan for the entire company Training – How the permit process works for onshore/offshore.
Nätanslutning (onshore/offshore)
- Analysis of connection possibilities for a project Strategy for connection (size / voltage level / own network / etc.) Education – How a network connection is made. Important parameters to consider.
Business model/profitability
- Support in optimizations throughout the life of the projectStrategic support for setting up a business model (PPA/Partners/divestment/etc)Support in negotiations
Lease agreement
- Support in the development of lease agreement templates, especially commercial issues Support negotiation of lease agreements
Municipality
- Analysis of local/municipal conditions Plan for local involvement Support/support in implementing such a plan Policy plan for the entire company Education – How a municipality works / path to municipal empowerment
Market analysis
- Database of projects/designers (Subscription) Newsletter based on public data (municipality/lst/authorities/defence/etc.)
GIS (Geographic Information System)
- Map production Given analyzes of opposing interests, hydrographic conditions, etc.
Simulations/Calculations
- Production calculationsWind analysesPhotomontageShadow calculationSound calculation
Some of our customers
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