Strategy

Overview

We support business leaders and governments in the energy transition as they look to expand the art of the possible, make bold moves, and create and sustain competitive advantage.

With an unmatched knowledge of the global renewable energy landscape combined with technical, commercial, and analytical rigor, we serve as a trusted guide to our clients during this period of rapid change and complexity across global energy systems.
Whether evaluating and sizing new market opportunities, investing in or scaling up new technology, designing or navigating regulatory frameworks, or winning in high-stakes auctions, we bring the intelligence, frameworks, and added muscle to get it done. We combine our deep knowledge of local markets with proven methodologies and the most advanced proprietary tools to deliver a one-stop solution for our clients at whatever level you need.

Sub-Services

Our strategic advisory services include:

Go-to-market Strategy Consulting

We help clients of all types to develop effective and bespoke go-to-market strategies based on deep understanding of policy, market drivers, and competitive landscape.

Strategic Business Reviews

We provide fresh perspectives, pressure test ideas, and provide strategic recommendations at company, portfolio, project, or technology level through independent business reviews.

Government Roadmaps

From helping central governments with their new leasing or offtake competitions to preparing roadmaps for emerging markets, our strategy team can leverage decades of global experience to help make the process as efficient as possible.

Corporate Sustainability

From industrial decarbonisation to sustainable supply chains to environmental, social, governance (ESG), CoralPoint and our partners support business leaders and the public sector on their journey to net zero.

High-Stakes Auctions

We support power, utilities, and finance sector clients to prepare and execute winning strategies in high-stakes auction competitions. From strategic advice to full bid coordination we can lean in and leverage our partner network at whatever level is needed.

Emilie Reeve

Managing Partner

Emilie Reeve is a Managing Partner based in our Southampton (UK) office. She brings a wealth of experience to CoralPoint, having worked at the cutting edge of offshore wind globally for over a decade. She was most recently CEO of Kontiki Winds, a Norwegian offshore wind developer, and previously Director at The Renewables Consulting Group, where she burnished her reputation as an offshore wind expert by advising various government ministries, offshore wind developers, and development banks on how to create and accelerate their offshore wind markets. Having served as Technical Director to The Crown Estate for UK offshore wind Round 4 tender, acting as the technical lead to the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Round 1 offshore wind leasing, and serving as a member of the Board of Directors for the US National Offshore Wind Research & Development Consortium.

Doug Pfeister

Co-Regional Lead, Americas

Doug Pfeister has spent his 30-year career in the US pioneering offshore wind, accelerating the growth of renewable energy more broadly, and advancing environmental causes. Most recently, Doug finished three-and-a-half years as a Partner at the global consultancy ERM leading its renewables advisory practice in the US. Ten years ago, he co-founded The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) with other directors in the UK, putting the business in the vanguard of companies exporting offshore wind expertise to the US and building the American industry from the ground up. He got his start in offshore wind 20 years ago with Bluewater Wind, a developer that secured the nation’s first federal offshore wind lease, off the coast of Delaware, alongside a 200 MW offtake agreement with the state’s electric utility, Delmarva Power & Light, and in 2010 started the country’s first offshore wind trade association, the Offshore Wind Development Coalition. Doug is a graduate of Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts in Economics, International Relations (with Honors), 1993) and Yale University (Master of Environmental Management, 2000).

Gareth Lewis

Chief Commercial Officer

Gareth Lewis is a Senior Advisor with CoralPoint based from the UK. Gareth is a technically skilled and highly successful renewable energy practitioner, with deep experience of large-scale offshore wind project development, M&A, and execution. Gareth has been involved from the very beginning of offshore wind globally and has spent over 20 years at the forefront of the industry. He led the development of the 4.2 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm for the Forewind Consortium (SSE, RWE, Equinor, Statkraft) as well as serving as project director on numerous other projects. In 2015 he joined The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) where he was Managing Director for Asia Pacific and advised power and finance sector clients across many different jurisdictions. Following the acquisition of RCG by ERM, Gareth was a Partner in Renewables, and Global Lead for Development Services. Gareth holds degrees in Marine Biology and Underwater Engineering & Technology.

Case Studies

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Strategic Business Review, Offshore Wind

CoralPoint was engaged by a leading offshore wind player to carry out a strategic business review including capability review, market mapping, review of funding sources and partnerships, and development of a strategic roadmap