Local stakeholders are reclaiming control over energy policy. We help them develop their strategies, adapt their governance, and identify subsequent regional development opportunities. CMI has also acquired experience with local authorities to provide sustainable project management guidance in the combined interest of our clients and regional communities concerned.
CMI’s expertise brings value across each of the following development stages:
- Assessing potential CMI has developed tools to create hydrogen adoption and development scenarios such as penetration rate assumptions, production capacity and equilibrium price calculations.
- Jobs and resources We help our clients assess the skills they will need tomorrow, identify gaps and develop subsequent strategies to get to scale: training, recruiting, learning through partnerships or outsourcing.
- Strategic plans We help local authorities evaluate renewable energy development projects, particularly in the context of equity investments..
- Communicating to align stakeholders When developing regional energy & environment strategies or projects, our clients call on us to support their communication needs across stakeholders, and if necessary, the general public, to build a genuine, engaging narrative.
We help local authorities take control of their energy and environmental policies:
Gaining an objective understanding of a region's existing situation and potential
First things first : energy & environment policies command a thorough understanding of a region's existing energy landscape and potential in terms of natural resources, skills or customers. We help our clients establish that inventory, analyze potential gaps then prioritize which gaps to bridge.
Scenario-based thinking
Once potential has been evaluated, we help our clients build different development scenarios. To that end, CMI has designed specific configurable projection tools, particularly as it relates to green hydrogen.
Communicating and sharing
Scenarios trigger open discussions across stakeholders.They are essential to building momentum and gaining buy-in to ensure successful deployment, particularly for lesser-known energies.
Implementing governance instruments
To drive and maintain momentum, governance structures and taylored processes are required. In most cases, all or part of these structures already exist, but CMI helps local authorities redistribute roles and adapt processes to cover a number of essential steps: consultation, decision-making, steering, investment, and monitoring.
Gradually structuring the energy sector and related ecosystem in the interest of the region
Regions want to move toward carbon neutrality and energy autonomy. They also aspire to have their local economy benefit from the development of renewable energy sectors. CMI helps them address both