Selected Projects
Orez helps organisations make better commercial decisions across the energy transition — from assessing opportunities and developing propositions to launching, improving and scaling them.
The projects below show the types of challenges we have supported, the work involved and the outcomes achieved.
Client names and some commercial details have been withheld where appropriate. The examples reflect real engagements, with wording limited to information that is appropriate for publication.
Featured Outcomes
AI Weather Forecaster
From pilot to multi-year contract
Technology · 2026
Challenge
Demonstrate the commercial value of improved generation forecasts and identify a viable route from pilot activity to a longer-term product or service.
Orez support
Market assessment, commercial modelling and strategic review of the opportunity and its potential value to customers.
Outcome
The opportunity progressed from pilot activity to a multi-year commercial contract.
Relevant support
Community Energy
A community energy model with a viable route to market
Community energy · 2025–26
Challenge
Develop a commercially viable PPA route to market that could support community benefits and contribute to addressing fuel poverty.
Orez support
PPA route-to-market analysis, commercial model development and assessment of the requirements for a fundable proposition.
Outcome
A clearer commercial model and route to market were developed, with the potential to support both project funding and fuel-poverty objectives.
Relevant support
Integrated Supplier
Renewable export products delivery
Energy supplier · 2022–25
Challenge
Develop renewable export products that could be taken to market with appropriate pricing, governance and reporting arrangements.
Orez support
Product design, pricing model development, governance framework and reporting support.
Outcome
A portfolio of renewable export products was developed with the commercial and governance arrangements needed to support delivery.
Relevant support
Market Entry Sprint · Commercial Health Check · Fractional Commercial Partner
Selected Projects
Tech Startup
A commercial foundation for an energy technology proposition
Technology startup · 2025–26
Challenge
Build the commercial foundations required to develop and scale an energy technology proposition.
Orez support
Pricing engine development, risk framework design, forecasting and trading analysis, and wider commercial model support.
Outcome
A clearer commercial, pricing and risk framework was established to support product development and future market growth.
Relevant support
Combined Authority — PPA programme
A PPA programme with clearer routes to delivery
Public sector · 2024–26
Challenge
Develop a PPA programme across multiple sites while considering delivery options, procurement principles and the requirements of public-sector stakeholders.
Orez support
Programme delivery, pilot design, commercial assessment and development of procurement principles.
Outcome
A clearer programme structure and set of delivery principles were established to support the next stage of development.
Relevant support
Investor-Generator
Value gaps closed across a corporate PPA consortium
Investor-generator · 2022–24
Challenge
Assess the commercial value of a corporate PPA consortium, including contract value gaps and the contribution of REGOs and embedded benefits.
Orez support
Consortium development, contract value analysis and assessment of the wider PPA value stack.
Outcome
The key value gaps and additional value opportunities were identified, creating a clearer basis for commercial structuring and negotiation.
Relevant support
Combined Authority — local energy
Local energy options assessed against commercial reality
Public sector · 2021–22
Challenge
Develop local energy market options that could support net-zero objectives while remaining commercially and operationally realistic.
Orez support
Local energy market design, Heat as a Service assessment and solar valuation.
Outcome
Decision-makers gained a clearer understanding of the available delivery models, value opportunities and commercial risks.
Relevant support
Tech Startup — VPP
A route to commercial deployment for a virtual power plant
Technology startup · 2021–24
Challenge
Identify how a virtual power plant proposition could be deployed commercially at scale and connected to viable routes to market.
Orez support
Commercial deployment planning, route-to-market analysis and assessment of the requirements for scaling the proposition.
Outcome
A clearer commercial deployment model and route-to-market approach were established.
Relevant support
Energy Supplier
A more integrated commercial operating model
Energy supplier · 2021
Challenge
Improve the relationship between trading, pricing, forecasting and business intelligence so that commercial decisions could be made more effectively.
Orez support
Review and transformation support across trading, pricing, forecasting and BI.
Outcome
The organisation had a clearer basis for integrating its commercial activities and improving decision-making across the operation.
Relevant support
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