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  • We are a specialised economics advisory group and think tank providing executive-level decision support, strategic advice and analytics capabilities.
    We focus on the following
    practice areas
  • Infrastructure
    Meridian Economics assists clients with project modelling, pricing strategies, contract negotiations, and the financing process.
  • Regulatory Expertise
    We use our extensive experience in dealing with regulators to obtain licence and tariff approvals. We engage with the competition authorities on behalf of our clients, including dealing with complaints and market inquiries. Regulators use us to conduct expert financial and economic analysis, as well as in pricing and tariff regulation.
  • Commercial and Civil Litigation
    We contribute as economic experts in litigation regarding contractual or regulatory disputes (often related to pricing or tariffs), damages claims, and other related matters.
  • Strategy
    We support clients with additional commercial strategic matters such as risk assessment and hedging strategies, new business development and market analysis.
  • Sector Analysis and Policy Development
    We conduct sector policy investigations and assist with government or regulatory policy and strategy development, including studies into market and institutional reform.
  • Climate Finance
    In the climate finance space Meridian Economics is focused on providing innovative and credible financing solutions to support emissions intensive entities and their investors to pursue a net zero aligned decarbonization pathway.
  • Just Energy Transition
    Meridian Economics leverages its energy, finance, economic and climate policy expertise to provide rigorous analysis and strategic, cutting edge perspectives for one of society’s most complex contemporary problems.

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28 Jun

'Net zero by 2050’ has proved a powerful political and narrative focusing device. However, the concept requires careful translation to enable the detailed analysis required for the development of decarbonisation strategies for countries, sectors, cities and companies. #NetZero

20 Jun

No role for large-scale gas power in South Africa: Meridian https://techcentral.co.za/no-role-for-large-scale-gas-power-in-south-africa-meridian/212345/

Latest Publications

  • Defining ‘Net Zero’ For Analysis Of The South African Power Sector
    The concept of ‘net zero by 2050’ has proved a powerful political and narrative focusing device. However, the concept requires careful translation to enable the [...]
  • Analytical requirements to support decision making & implementation of just decarbonisation in South Africa
    As part of a PCC Seminar to reflect on South Africa’s decarbonisation analytical resources, Dr. Emily Tyler presented findings from Meridian's work which focused on [...]
  • Hot Air About Gas: An Economic Analysis Of The Scope And Role For Gas-Fired Power Generation In South Africa
    Large-scale gas use for power generation is central to energy policy direction in South Africa, but this policy rests on a 2012 vision which pre-dates [...]

Latest Projects

  • Exploring critical leverage points to unlock economy-wide decarbonisation pathways in South Africa (2021 – present)

    This project situates the wealth of decarbonisation analysis and modelling exercises undertaken in South Africa within a multi-disciplinary and social systems perspective, […]

  • Assessing green hydrogen value chain opportunities in South Africa (2021 – present)

    Meridian has an ongoing stream of work in the green hydrogen space in South Africa from an analytical and advisory perspective. The team was recently appointed alongside […]

  • Eskom Debt Advisory Group (2021)

    Building on two years of work conceiving and incubating a climate finance intervention to support South Africa’s just energy transition with a […]

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