INFRASTRUCTURE · PILLAR 03 · 8 PROJECTS

Energy systems

Energy transition assessment, clean-energy programme design and investment review

Energy transition assessment, clean-energy programme design, port-as-energy-hub concepts, and solar PV and battery storage investment reviews across island and emerging markets.

  • CCREEE / PMAC Green Caribbean Ports Programme (GCPP) Phase 1 concept note
  • CREP landscape assessment (UK GCIP) and CCIC climate-technology market study

OUTCOME BREAKDOWN across 8 projects:

4MoneyCapital mobilised or saved
1ReachRevenue, users or markets
3ResilienceRisk reduced or recovery
St Kitts at dawn, its green mountains under low cloud, seen from a ship entering the port of Basseterre
St Kitts at dawn

PILLAR 03 · 4 PROJECTS

Selected projects

PROJECTS (4)CLIENT · DELIVERED THROUGH · YEAR · STATUS
03 · ENERGY SYSTEMS · ALSO 05 DEEPTECH & DIGITAL FINANCE, 04 MARITIME & PORTS

Caribbean Green Competitiveness Cluster (Greenularity)

ResilienceProgrammeCluster memberInfrastructure readiness
Problem

Caribbean firms, ports and logistics operators must compete on green performance: energy efficiency, smart green ports and logistics, and greenhouse-gas measurement.

Designed / Built / Financed

Technical Lead in the Caribbean Green Competitiveness Cluster (Greenularity), leading architecture, emissions measurement (MRV), finance readiness and training for firms, ports and supply chains.

Result

Leads the MRV and energy-efficiency workstream: digital emissions measurement for ports, cargo and supply chains, with Naxxar Technology as the cargo dMRV partner, plus energy audits and efficiency programmes. Builds on the MACEE energy-efficiency programme (see the CDF Country Assistance Programme).

Facts
Client
CEAL Green Energy Limited (cluster lead)
Delivered through
Quintessence Consulting
Role
Technical Lead (Architecture, MRV, Finance-Readiness and Curriculum); Managing Director, Quintessence Consulting
Year
2026
Status
Cluster member
03 · ENERGY SYSTEMS · ALSO 04 MARITIME & PORTS

CCREEE / PMAC Green Ports concept note (GCPP)

ResilienceAdvisoryDelivered
Problem

Caribbean port authorities needed a structured regional concept note to access clean-energy technical assistance and decarbonisation funding.

Designed / Built / Financed

Authored the Phase 1 concept note for the Green Caribbean Ports Programme (GCPP) with the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) and PMAC.

Result

Phase 1 regional concept note authored

Phase 1 Green Caribbean Ports Programme (GCPP) concept note authored for CCREEE and the Port Management Association of the Caribbean.

Facts
Client
CCREEE and PMAC
Delivered through
Direct engagement
Role
Lead Author
Year
Delivered
Status
Delivered
03 · ENERGY SYSTEMS · ALSO 07 DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

CREP landscape assessment (UK GCIP)

MoneyAdvisoryDelivered
Problem

Clean-energy transition programming under the UK Green Cities and Infrastructure Programme required a rigorous landscape assessment of Caribbean climate-finance bottlenecks.

Designed / Built / Financed

Delivered the Caribbean Renewable Energy Programme (CREP) regional climate-finance and clean-energy landscape assessment within a PwC-led consortium with MDY Legal.

Result

Regional clean-energy finance assessment

Regional clean-energy and climate-finance landscape assessment delivered for the UK GCIP consortium.

Facts
Client
UK GCIP
Delivered through
PwC-led consortium
Role
Regional Climate Finance Expert
Year
2024
Status
Delivered
03 · ENERGY SYSTEMS · ALSO 08 READINESS & LEARNING

CCIC climate-technology market study (2014)

ReachAdvisoryDelivered
Problem

The newly launched Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre needed baseline market data on clean-energy and climate-tech ventures across the region.

Designed / Built / Financed

Conducted a regional climate-technology market study engaging approximately 80 stakeholders across the Caribbean clean-tech ecosystem.

Result

~80 regional stakeholders mapped

Regional climate-technology market assessment completed across approximately 80 stakeholders for the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre.

Facts
Client
Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre
Delivered through
Direct engagement
Role
Lead Researcher and Market Analyst
Year
2014
Status
Delivered

RELATED PROJECTS FROM OTHER PILLARS (4)

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RELATED PROJECTS (4)CLIENT · DELIVERED THROUGH · YEAR · STATUS
04 · MARITIME & PORTS · ALSO 03 ENERGY SYSTEMS, 01 CAPITAL & RISK

CARNERGY: infrastructure readiness package for the Antigua and Barbuda Port Authority (CHOGM 2026)

MoneyAdvisoryDeliveredInfrastructure readiness
Problem

Caribbean ports need bankable, non-sovereign investment structures that turn port land and assets into clean-energy and logistics revenue generators.

Designed / Built / Financed

Prepared a US$1.1bn two-programme port and energy hub for investors at CHOGM 2026: market model, costing, business case, Cabinet paper and investor deck, in about 40 days.

Result

US$1.1bn infrastructure readiness package

Late pre-feasibility, ready to raise preparation funding: 12 deliverables including a 47-slide investor deck, Investment Memo, Cabinet Submission, Five Case Business Case, shore-power costing study, financial model and Path to Bankability.

Facts
Client
Antigua and Barbuda Port Authority
Delivered through
Quintessence Consulting
Role
Lead Adviser (Quintessence Consulting Inc.)
Year
2026
Status
Delivered

Read the full CARNERGY (ABPA CHOGM 2026) case →

04 · MARITIME & PORTS · ALSO 03 ENERGY SYSTEMS

InGReD (Inclusive GreenPort Resilient Infrastructure and Decarbonisation)

ResilienceProgrammeIn progressInfrastructure readiness
Problem

Caribbean ports face rising climate risk, high diesel energy costs and tightening maritime decarbonisation standards without a joined-up investment framework.

Designed / Built / Financed

Architected the regional InGReD programme turning Caribbean ports into resilient trade and clean-energy hubs with the Port Management Association of the Caribbean (PMAC) and the Antigua and Barbuda Port Authority.

Result

Regional resilient port infrastructure and decarbonisation architecture with the Port Management Association of the Caribbean (PMAC) and the Antigua and Barbuda Port Authority. Includes the Green Berth Blended Performance Bond, a US$210M climate-resilient port mechanism (Structuring and Strategy Lead).

Facts
Client
With PMAC
Delivered through
Quintessence Consulting
Role
Lead Architect
Year
In progress
Status
In progress
04 · MARITIME & PORTS · ALSO 03 ENERGY SYSTEMS, 02 SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

Green Berth Blended Performance Bond (US$210M)

MoneyAdvisoryIn structuring
Problem

Port authorities struggle to finance shore-power and clean-energy upgrades on balance sheet alone.

Designed / Built / Financed

Designed a blended performance-bond instrument linking concessional and private capital to verified port energy and emissions performance.

Result

US$210M climate-resilient port mechanism

A US$210M climate-resilient port financing mechanism under InGReD, linking grant, concessional and private capital to verified port energy and emissions performance (in structuring).

Facts
Client
InGReD (with PMAC), for Caribbean ports
Delivered through
Quintessence Consulting
Role
Structuring and Strategy Lead
Year
In structuring
Status
In structuring
01 · CAPITAL & RISK · ALSO 03 ENERGY SYSTEMS, 07 DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

CARICOM Development Fund Country Assistance Programme (CAP), St Kitts and Nevis

MoneyProgrammeDeliveredInstitutional & DFI readiness
Problem

St Kitts and Nevis needed a joined-up programme for resilient infrastructure financing, manufacturing competitiveness through energy efficiency, agricultural competitiveness and resilient water in Nevis.

Designed / Built / Financed

Team Leader for the CARICOM Development Fund’s Country Assistance Programme in St Kitts and Nevis: designed the programme, secured a US$4M development-bank credit line, rebuilt Nevis’s irrigation water supply, and brought ISO 50001 energy management to 14 manufacturers.

Result

US$4M credit line secured

Three sub-projects: (1) a US$4M credit line for the Development Bank of St Kitts and Nevis, after institutional assessment and loan-portfolio due diligence; (2) irrigation and resilient water for Nevis: a new well near the Hamilton reservoir (230+ imperial gallons a minute), filtration, a 400,000-imperial-gallon glass-fused tank and a roofed 1904 stone tank, opening the way to CDB co-financing; (3) MACEE (US$0.5M): ISO 50001 energy management in 14 manufacturing plants with investment-grade audits.

Facts
Client
CARICOM Development Fund, with the Government of St Kitts and Nevis
Delivered through
Direct engagement by the CARICOM Development Fund (Barbados)
Role
Project Manager / Team Leader
Year
Sept 2010 – Nov 2011
Status
Delivered

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