Financial institutions and other capital providers needing technical expertise
Structuring loans or putting capital to work often requires dedicated due diligence. We both run the numbers, and cross-examine the underlying assumptions
Solar and battery costs have fallen sharply. The complexity of acquiring and financing a system hasn’t. We support your project planning with independent system analysis and professional guidance on procurement.
Years of experience in energy advisory, spanning both developed and developing country markets
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Solar backed by storage is becoming an increasingly cost-effective and reliable solution for businesses around the world.
Our services
Contracting for onsite solar generation and storage assets can take time, and raise a host of complexities relating to ownership, price agreements, O&M, and risk allocation. Our role is to identify and help you mitigate the risks and pitfalls that can arise along the way. In the process, we make sure that the system you buy (the kit, the contractor, the project sizing, the warranties) generate the most value in your circumstances.
THE VALUE WE PROVIDE
Over-sizing: installing an over-dimensioned storage system can add tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars to an EPC contract, and worsen the project's financials by lengthening the payback time.
Under-sizing: buying a battery that is too small to carry critical loads through a long outage can fail to fit the use case it was intended to fit.
Cutting corners: approving solar panels from lower-tier manufacturers, or batteries from companies with a short track record or weak product warranties, can lock-in under-performing tech, and force early replacement.
Structural: rooftop systems can be forced to be taken down a month after installation because the roof started leaking, or because no independent assessment of the roof’s load-bearing capacity was conducted.
Supplier: realizing too late that the company hired to lead the project is out of their depth, or on the brink of insolvency, can turn a great project into a costly mess.
Poor planning assumptions: we run multiple scenarios so you can have confidence your project will still be profitable in a changing economic climate
Solar+storage systems fundamentally change the equation — particularly for businesses located in areas where the grid is unreliable, or where power rates are rising fast
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TECHNICAL INSIGHTS
Every assessment starts with our own modeling — yield curves, tariff structures, and site-specific data, adjusting assumptions fit the circumstances on the ground.
About E3Applied
E3Applied brings together energy market professionals with over 70 years of experience across more than 50 markets worldwide. It was founded in 2026 as an independent advisory services firm focused on helping clients harness solar+storage to cut their costs, and improve their reliability.
Solar+storage systems have undergone a revolution in recent years, increasing massively in performance and declining rapidly in cost, making them increasingly affordable for homes and businesses. In countries like Benin, over 40% of firms’ total spending on electricity goes toward back-up generators; in some regions of Nigeria, the share is even higher. This is an experience that is increasingly widespread around the world and it is costing businesses billions.
In more mature markets like Europe and parts of Asia, reliability is often higher, but so are electricity prices. In a growing number of cases, adding onsite power supply can make commercial sense today.
Many businesses are interested in adding solar+storage to their operation, but have hard questions about the large upfront investment as well as the time and money it will take to navigate contractual and regulatory issues, or how best to mitigate forex risk. E3Applied was established to help clients navigate this space.
TC
Founder & Director — E3 Applied
I've seen first-hand the massive challenges that businesses face running back-up power systems, often having to deal with month-long periods of poor grid reliability. At the same time, power prices are continuing to rise, pushing customers to look at alternatives. Solar+storage systems have rapidly become a game-changer, enabling customers to lock-in lower power costs and higher reliability.
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