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Interesting reflections from Shivali, our Associate for Energy Transition, on her recent trip to India and on some exciting opportunities emerging in the district cooling space, which Amberside Advisors is exploring in collaboration with our colleagues from Steer India. Shivali Mathur and Shravya Yerram-Garuda are the co-founders of the Women in District Cooling | India Chapter group which endeavours to connect female leaders in this field and facilitate collaboration on the district cooling initiatives. Stay tuned for more on that in the New Year! #Wearesteer #DistrictCooling #Sustainability #WomenInDistrictCooling

With holiday season just around the corner, we want to extend our warmest wishes to our clients, friends, and supporters. We hope you have a lovely, relaxing break over the festive period.   Reflecting on 2024, it has truly been an incredible year for Amberside Advisors. From delivering exciting projects for our loyal and new clients, to unveiling our refreshed brand look in November - we've got many reasons to celebrate and feel grateful for!   We've also welcomed many talented individuals to the Amberside Advisors' team this year. It was fantastic to see almost the entire team come together for our little festive gathering — a wonderful way to honour everyone’s hard work and accomplishments.   A heartfelt thank you to our amazing team and valued clients for making this year so special. Here's to an even brighter 2025!   🌟 Wishing you all a happy holiday season and a prosperous New Year! 🌟   #AmbersideAdvisors #Wearesteer #HappyHolidays

Proud to announce that Alan Samuels, Director at Amberside Advisors, will be joining the judging panel for the 2025 #PartnershipsAwards. With his financial advisory expertise and extensive experience across the PPP and renewables sectors, Alan is well-positioned to provide valuable insights and help select the most deserving winners. "I am looking forward to reviewing the innovative submissions and to being part of this esteemed awards panel. It's an honour to contribute to recognising the outstanding achievements in our industry.' commented Alan. We're thrilled to see the recognition of excellence in PPP and infrastructure, and can't wait to find out this year's nominees. #Infrastructure #PPP #Innovation

We are excited to share the first article in our new series on the state of the energy from waste sector in the UK. Despite recent challenges and negative press, the industry is making strides in addressing its environmental impact and exploring innovative solutions like carbon capture and co-location with other infrastructure. In this article, Viet Nguyen, Associate Director at Amberside Advisors, delves into the recent developments, ever-changing regulatory landscape and controversies surrounding energy from waste in the UK. Stay tuned as we explore the insights into what lies ahead for the EfW, as the private and public sectors alike strive to address energy security, waste management, planning and decarbonisation. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gfG59ZeC #EnergyFromWaste #Sustainability #EfW

We are delighted to hear that Westfield Energy Recovery Facility (WERF) in Fife has successfully managed its first fire. Congratulations to Viridor, Equitix and Kanadevia Inova for achieving this significant milestone within scheduled timescale. Amberside Advisors had previously supported Equitix with buyside financial modelling, through to financial close, related to the acquisition of WERF and subsequent formation of a Joint Venture with Viridor under Westfield Energy Recovery Limited (WERL), which was formed to oversee the construction and operation of the EfW Plant. Once fully operational, the site is expected to process approximately 240,000 tonnes of residual black bag waste and power around 55,000 homes. Further plans for WERF include potential heat network and carbon capture projects in the future. #EnergyFromWaste #EfW #FinancialAdvisory

We're looking forward to this exciting discussion next week. Steer and Amberside Advisors lead the way in commercial advisory for EV infrastructure rollouts, and together with our panel of experts, we are looking forward to sharing useful insights into the EV infrastructure journey. Sign up here to join our online event on 4th December: https://lnkd.in/e8i3RXsy #EVinfrastructure #LEVI #sustainablemobility #EVcharging #wearesteer

Having just come back from IPFA's Data Centre-focused event in Dublin, we are looking forward to this discussion tomorrow in London. Last week, Alan Samuels joined the fascinating conversation about the opportunities and challenges that project finance brings to the booming data centre industry, while catching up with Amberside Advisors' Dublin-based clients. Tomorrow, we'll have Philip O'Brien-Young and a few other team members joining the Future Leaders Network event, focused on the growing opportunities in the UK and European data centre market. Data centres are becoming a really hot sector for Amberside Advisors, so do reach out to us, if you want to discuss how we could support your next digital infrastructure project with our expert financial advisory services. #IPFA #DataCentres #ProjectFinance

How do we pay for Britain’s infrastructure? With the benefit of our work across the infrastructure finance sector, and supported by one of Steer’s top transport experts, Nicola Kane, we provided insights into Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) policy team in advance of the panel session referred to below. The participants discussed that while the government was happy for the private sector to fund UK energy, digital and to a lesser extent water, opportunities for private finance in rail - beyond High Speed 1 and rolling stock - have been limited and potentially a missed opportunity. The proposed pooling of pension funds was discussed – the conclusion was that progress is limited by delays in planning and the lack of a pipeline of investible opportunities rather than any unavailability of capital, though it was suggested it that investors with a higher risk tolerance than pension funds, could help accelerate the adoption of new technology into infrastructure. Spring 2025 will see the Government's 10-year infrastructure strategy, which may well reflect the National Infrastructure Commission's forward assessment, Darryl Murphy made the case for accompanying granular delivery plans to give investors comfort that the priorities to deliver that strategy have been considered. I liked the discussion about the need for a “Brian Cox” of infrastructure – one who could make the positive case for infrastructure as we did in the sixties to support the rapid rollout of pylons.

With data centres becoming a really hot sector for Amberside Advisors, we are looking forward to this discussion. Alan Samuels will be attending the event in person, so please reach out to him if you want to discuss how Amberside Advisors can support your next digital infrastructure project. In the data centre space recently we have: ✔ Supported the transaction modelling behind Kao Data’s recent debt raise. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ez3ExK2R ✔ Utilising our decentralised energy heat network team, we have provided modelling for the operations of commercial heat networks using DC waste heat as their source. ✔ Developed an operational model for Lefdal Mine DC to support budgeting, refinancing, expansion plans, and Lender/Equity covenants. ✔ Been appointed to develop large scale performance models to track the performance of a European DC portfolio. ✔ Been appointed to develop a DC asset feasibility model for a European based developer.   #IPFA #DataCentres #ProjectFinance

Announcing Amberside Advisors' new visual identity, marking an exciting era of growth! We’re proud to unveil our refreshed brand that reflects nearly two decades of impactful financial and commercial advisory work and our bold vision for the future. Our new brand image - including an updated logotype, colour scheme, typography and a redesigned website at www.amberside.uk/ better represents our commitment to innovation and expertise across infrastructure, renewables, and energy transition, while also reflecting our strong and continued role as part of Steer. As we continue to partner with investors, developers, and operators, advising on transformational projects across public and private sectors, we remain focused on delivering powerful solutions to complex challenges. With our team providing valuable services of financial and commercial advisory, comprehensive financial modelling and insightful data analytics, we combine commercial acumen, transactional excellence and granular industry expertise. Join us in celebrating this exciting new chapter! Read more about our new visual identity: https://lnkd.in/eegJHZgx #AmbersideAdvisors #wearesteer #FinancialAdvisory #Infrastructure #EnergyTransition #BrandRefresh