Building and modelling robust and market facing financing structures Infrastructure Finance Navigating family offices, private equity, banks, MLAs, and insurance to build robust capital structures. Contact CMEI CM Energy Insight builds robust capital structures designed to survive financial close, construction, and operation. We focus on: Debt sizing and equity raising in high-yield environments Risk allocation and hedging strategies to protect against market volatility Bankable PPA structuring for hyperscale and industrial offtakers Capital structure design across family offices, PE, Banks, MLAs and insurance Securing infrastructure finance in 2026 requires more than a spreadsheet; it requires a strategic read of macroeconomic risk. The first conversation is always free and always confidential. Read our recent blog post Let's Start a Conversation Whether you need a sounding board on a live deal, an interim project lead, or a fresh perspective on market strategy — the first conversation is always free and always confidential. Phone: +44 7884 231 261 Email: chris@cmenergyinsight.com LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/cmenergyinsight Name* Email* Company* Message* Send Message

Ongoing Manadates for Datacentre, embedded BTM generation, BESS, Grid Connections 2026 Projects This project portfolio thesis: energy transition is multidimensional. Capital deployed across vectors—storage, flexible generation, clean fuels, and nuclear—builds the most resilient position against systemic and geopolitical risk Datacentre | Fuel Cell | OCGT | Gas Engines | TSO Connection UK Entrant (Confidential) CMEI lead the Site Assessment, Lease negotiation, Grid Connection, Permitting, Equipment Procurement, and capital raise process SMR - Small Modular Reactors DP World Pre-FEED / Feasibility Study / LCOE modelling, Advanced Nuclear Framework alignment, grid connection study, OEM assessment, EN7 alignment, and funding market warm testing for 300+ MWe SMR project. Battery Energy Storage System - BESS InterGen Supporting a large industrial real estate owner operator to develop, permit, procure and optimise a fleet of 500MWe 2 hour BESS projects UK Gas Flexibility Peaking Business Wall St Investor Support to investment fund considering acquisition and growth of a gas peaker flexibility business with future international expansion. Green Hydrogen to Ammonia Steel Decarbonisation M&A Due Diligence and Ongoing Development for a 600MWe hydroelectric to ammonia project in West Africa. SAF Feedstock Development Castor beans, croton, cotton, soybean, sunflower, camelina, sesame and jatropha to BioDiesel Overview of the process of designing and funding a large reforestation project to deliver inedible vegetable oils for subsequent hydrogenation together with voluntary carbon credits. Comparison with known "waste to liquids" processes including Velocys, Fulcrum and other Fischer-Tropsch (FT) pathways. Waste Plastics Chemical Recycling PhiGenesis CM Energy Insight has advised and supported: Phigenesis -plastics chemical recycling Sustainable Aviation Fuel €500m+ capital raise via Alexa Capital port-located facilities for biofuels & biomass feedstocks development of international feedstock supply solutions. EfW / RdF Trading In the 1990s Chris was part of the Cory PowerGen JV that developed the UK's largest EfW plant (now Riverside), and the Kemsley Waste Paper EfW plant (a large FBC). More recently CMEI has advised clients on the identification of greenfield development sites for EfW projects. Feedstock counterparties have included Geminor, Transwaste, N+P, Andusia and Renewi Gigafactory, EV Charging Infrastucture, and Storage Development CM Energy Insight supports market entrants during the rapid cross-geographic growth of their business: Regulatory framework at a Eu and UK level Site identification & acquisition Project development (permitting, regulatory approval, FEED study) Project procurement & project finance Teaming & project management / collaboration Fund Raising Investment in SRF Supply Chains Afforestation project investment consisting of Eucalyptus, Poplar, Southern Yellow Pine, and Leylandii for pension backed investment fund wanting long term returns and access to the voluntary carbon credit market.

Email us, Call us, or arrange a meeting. The initial triage is always free. Address Pearmain House, The Orchard, Westergate Street Westergate, Chichester PO20 3RH Email chris@cmenergyinsight.com Phone +44 7884 231 261 Social Media First Name Last Name Email Message Send Thanks for submitting! We will reply as soon as possible. First conversation is free and confidential What happens next: You send a two-line outline of the challenge Ask for a 30-minute call with Chris We will reply with a short written view on your options Replies within one working day.

Gigawatt Scale Battery Storage (BESS) development and M&A Advice. LDES and Battery Storage Built for Bankability For BESS developers, owners and investors positioning for the 30GW-by-2030 market. The UK's grid-scale battery pipeline is scaling to 30GW by 2030. Duration is extending, revenues are stacking, and financial sophistication is rising fast. Contact CMEI What We Do: Revenue-stack modelling across wholesale, BM, Capacity Market and ancillary Gate 2 connection positioning and viability review Gate 2 Supporting Documentation - SSEP, CSNP, RESP and RNP Procurement, EPC and technology selection (incl. LFP vs sodium-ion risk) Capital raise and investment structuring to FID Read our recent blog post Let's Start a Conversation Whether you need a sounding board on a live deal, an interim project lead, or a fresh perspective on market strategy — the first conversation is always free and always confidential. Phone: +44 7884 231 261 Email: chris@cmenergyinsight.com LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/cmenergyinsight Name* Email* Company* Message* Send Message

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