ICF Energy Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy Markets

ICF International works with private- and public-sector organizations to develop and capitalize on renewable energy opportunities presented by wind, solar, geothermal, and other clean power, alternative sources.

 

 

ICF brings extensive energy industry knowledge and robust project management skills to the expanding and evolving renewable energy markets sector. Our expertise includes the technologies, analytics, economics, and policy of renewable energy.

For more than three decades, ICF has helped private-sector clients answer questions that pertain to large-scale renewable power plants. We deliver comprehensive renewable energy market capabilities to utilities, corporations, government agencies, and public institutions. These include:

  • Economic, market, and financial analysis
  • Government incentives, legislation, and regulatory analysis
  • Communications materials
  • Workshop support and logistics
  • Cost and performance projections for distributed solar and wind technologies

For the public sector, we guide the development of policy and programs that drive consumer adoption of alternative energy sources. In the private sector, ICF provides comprehensive market analyses that helps companies make profit-focused decisions and successfully place their renewable energy products and programs in the marketplace.

Additional private sector capabilities include:

  • Corporate strategy for renewable opportunities
  • Renewable power market supply and demand analysis
  • Transmission integration analysis
  • Renewable energy credit price forecasting
  • Policy analysis of state and federal regulations
  • Project strategy development and support
  • Power Purchase Agreement negotiations
  • Project acquisition, valuation, and due diligence
  • Design and implementation of renewable requests for proposals
 

Featured Resources

  • Project strategy, due diligence, and financing support
  • State and federal renewable energy policy and incentive analysis
  • International renewable energy market analysis
  • Capacity and generation expansion forecasting in light of environmental regulations
  • Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) and Solar Renewable Energy Certificate (SREC) price forecasting
  • Renewable energy market supply and demand analysis
  • Corporate renewable energy strategy support
  • Technology assessment and cost analysis
  • Transmission integration analysis
  • Green power and voluntary REC strategy support
  • Request for Proposal (RFP) design and management support
  • Power purchase agreement development and negotiation support
  • American Wind Energy Association
  • EDF Trading North America
  • Horizon Wind Energy
  • Iberdrola Renewables
  • Merrill Lynch
  • Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  • NextEra
  • Pepco Energy Services
  • Project

    Major Midwest Utility

    ICF evaluated a major Midwest utility’s potential to develop significant wind capacity in the Upper Midwest and to access regional load centers and markets to the east.

  • Project

    Major e-Commerce Company

    ICF created a renewable energy investment and power hedging strategy for a Fortune 500 e-commerce client with large data centers across the western United States.

  • Project

    Major U.S. Investment Bank

    ICF provides a major U.S. investment bank with quarterly analysis of state renewable portfolio standards, proposed federal programs, renewable energy certificate (REC) and solar renewable energy certificate (SREC) price projections, renewable capacity expansion trajectories, and other market data.

  • Project

    Solar Financing Model

    ICF, together with its subcontracting partner firm Optony, is currently developing a new solar financing model that will support more widespread deployment of mid-size distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in the City and County of San Francisco.

  • Project

    Major mid-Atlantic Utility

    ICF conducted an analysis of the New Jersey solar renewable energy credit (SREC) market for a major mid-Atlantic utility to determine the viability of planned solar photovoltaic (PV) installations.

  • Project

    Major Commodities Trading Group

    ICF provided a major commodities trading group with an assessment of renewable energy credit (REC) markets across the U.S. to evaluate the potential acquisition of a large environmental markets business.

Contact Info

Email:
info (at) icfi (dot) com

Phone:
+1.703.934.3603 or +1.800.532.4783

Address:
9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22031-1207 USA

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