Expertise
We offer service expertise in these areas
Energy System Modelling
Meridian Economics leverages its extensive in-house modelling and quantitative capacity to provide robust analysis and projections of national, regional and firm-level energy systems across diverse future scenarios. Our sophisticated modelling capabilities enable us to craft optimal strategies to achieve energy security and decarbonisation objectives, ensuring that our clients are well-prepared for the energy challenges of tomorrow.
Energy Market Reform
Decarbonisation Analysis and Support
Infrastructure Economics and Finance
Regulatory and Litigation Support
We address the needs of a diverse range of clients
Finance
Financial actors including banks, institutional investors, DFIs, and other capital providers face increasing complexity in allocating capital in South Africa’s rapidly evolving energy sector. Shifting policy frameworks, technology cost trajectories, wholesale market price projections, and decarbonisation commitments all influence investment risk and return profiles.
Meridian supports financiers by providing rigorous analysis of sector trends, policy and regulatory developments, competing supply options, and future pricing trajectories. Through detailed market modelling and risk assessments, we help identify viable investment opportunities, test the robustness of financial assumptions, and design strategies that align with both commercial imperatives and sustainability objectives. This equips financiers with the insights needed to deploy capital effectively, support the energy transition, and safeguard long-term value.
Energy Suppliers
Supply-side entities, including power producers (Eskom and IPPs), municipalities, market intermediaries (traders and aggregators), and financial institutions (infrastructure investors, banks, DFIs) need to adapt to a risky and uncertain energy market.
This arises from decreasing technology costs, constrained and unreliable networks, and the rapid evolution of the market, policy and regulatory environment, potentially stranding investments. Energy providers must consider the risks and develop strategies to deliver the required investment returns, while investors need assurance that their business models are resilient and profitable. Meridian addresses these needs by providing key insights into demand and decarbonisation drivers, the interplay between demand and competing supply options, and the associated legal and regulatory implications of different energy supply strategies. This enables energy providers to develop and test the robustness of their business models in a continuously evolving landscape.
Energy Consumers
Meridian offers firm-level support to energy consumers, including commercial and industrial businesses, with their energy security and decarbonisation goals.
Firms face risks and opportunities in energy sourcing due to new decarbonisation, security, and cost imperatives, and often lack the expertise to navigate these complexities. Meridian assists by understanding each firm’s specific energy needs, including load profiles, business flexibility, decarbonisation requirements, and alternative energy costs. By leveraging extensive market expertise, policy knowledge, and advanced quantitative modelling, Meridian empowers decision-makers to gain critical insights and develop optimal strategies to achieve their energy and decarbonisation goals.
See this brochure on our service offerings for energy consumers
Public Sector
Public sector entities play a pivotal role driving a just energy transition but face significant challenges in doing so. These include reducing reliance on an ageing and unreliable coal fleet while eliminating load shedding, managing the growing integration of renewables, maintaining and upgrading transmission and distribution infrastructure, transitioning from Eskom’s vertically integrated monopoly to a competitive multi-market structure, and addressing the mounting debt at Eskom and municipalities.
Ensuring the transition is just requires additional measures to protect vulnerable groups including skills development plans, job creation and economic diversification. With these pressing needs, public sector stakeholders must design and implement effective solutions. Meridian offers support in the form of new paradigms, insights, and innovative governance, delivery, and financing models to help public entities tackle difficult challenges and accelerate a sustainable transition.
Public Benefit Work
Stakeholders across society need to be informed about and understand the complex transition in the climate and energy sector. These stakeholders require reliable data, effective mental models, independent perspectives and processes to navigate increasing complexity and uncertainty.
In its think-tank role, Meridian addresses these needs by collating, packaging, and publishing freely available energy and climate related research. We also develop media to help stakeholders understand complex issues and actively contribute to public discourse by offering expert commentary and insights on key aspects of the energy transition.
We address the needs of a diverse range of clients
Finance
Financial actors including banks, institutional investors, DFIs, and other capital providers face increasing complexity in allocating capital in South Africa’s rapidly evolving energy sector. Shifting policy frameworks, technology cost trajectories, wholesale market price projections, and decarbonisation commitments all influence investment risk and return profiles.
Meridian supports financiers by providing rigorous analysis of sector trends, policy and regulatory developments, competing supply options, and future pricing trajectories. Through detailed market modelling and risk assessments, we help identify viable investment opportunities, test the robustness of financial assumptions, and design strategies that align with both commercial imperatives and sustainability objectives. This equips financiers with the insights needed to deploy capital effectively, support the energy transition, and safeguard long-term value.
Energy Suppliers
Supply-side entities, including power producers (Eskom and IPPs), municipalities, market intermediaries (traders and aggregators), and financial institutions (infrastructure investors, banks, DFIs) need to adapt to a risky and uncertain energy market.
This arises from decreasing technology costs, constrained and unreliable networks, and the rapid evolution of the market, policy and regulatory environment, potentially stranding investments. Energy providers must consider the risks and develop strategies to deliver the required investment returns, while investors need assurance that their business models are resilient and profitable. Meridian addresses these needs by providing key insights into demand and decarbonisation drivers, the interplay between demand and competing supply options, and the associated legal and regulatory implications of different energy supply strategies. This enables energy providers to develop and test the robustness of their business models in a continuously evolving landscape.
Energy Consumers
Meridian offers firm-level support to energy consumers, including commercial and industrial businesses, with their energy security and decarbonisation goals.
Firms face risks and opportunities in energy sourcing due to new decarbonisation, security, and cost imperatives, and often lack the expertise to navigate these complexities. Meridian assists by understanding each firm’s specific energy needs, including load profiles, business flexibility, decarbonisation requirements, and alternative energy costs. By leveraging extensive market expertise, policy knowledge, and advanced quantitative modelling, Meridian empowers decision-makers to gain critical insights and develop optimal strategies to achieve their energy and decarbonisation goals.
See this brochure on our service offerings for energy consumers
Public Sector
Public sector entities play a pivotal role driving a just energy transition but face significant challenges in doing so. These include reducing reliance on an ageing and unreliable coal fleet while eliminating load shedding, managing the growing integration of renewables, maintaining and upgrading transmission and distribution infrastructure, transitioning from Eskom’s vertically integrated monopoly to a competitive multi-market structure, and addressing the mounting debt at Eskom and municipalities.
Ensuring the transition is just requires additional measures to protect vulnerable groups including skills development plans, job creation and economic diversification. With these pressing needs, public sector stakeholders must design and implement effective solutions. Meridian offers support in the form of new paradigms, insights, and innovative governance, delivery, and financing models to help public entities tackle difficult challenges and accelerate a sustainable transition.
Public Benefit Work
Stakeholders across society need to be informed about and understand the complex transition in the climate and energy sector. These stakeholders require reliable data, effective mental models, independent perspectives and processes to navigate increasing complexity and uncertainty.
In its think-tank role, Meridian addresses these needs by collating, packaging, and publishing freely available energy and climate related research. We also develop media to help stakeholders understand complex issues and actively contribute to public discourse by offering expert commentary and insights on key aspects of the energy transition.