UK data centre solutions inc grid, embedded power generation, CCGT OCGT Gas engines, BESS, and SMR Helping datacentre developers, real estate landlords, hyperscalers, and investors facing a decade-long grid queue Data Centre Power Contact CMEI We advise on : Embedded generation development: Fuel Cells, CCGT, OCGT, gas engines, utility-scale BESSGrid connection strategy and queue positioning — 132kV to 400kV, ICP/IDNO / ITSO OFGEM Demand connection queue reform and Reservation Fees: NESO / OFGEM "Curate, Plan and Connect" AI Growth Zone support / DESNZ Connections Accelerator engagement Behind-the-meter BTM generation: private wire, Grid Code compliance, regulatory structure Self-build pathways (BOOT or BOO) under the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 Corporate PPA structuring and wholesale power market engagement strategy Why CM Energy Insight: Chris Moore holds an active GW scale 400kV TSO connection mandate for a UK data centre developer. He founded IPP's that delivered utility-scale power plants ahead of incumbent utilities, and has 40 years of execution experience across CCGT, OCGT, gas engines, 400kV TSO connections, and 500 MWe BESS. Read our recent blog post First conversation is always free Contact Chris Moore: Phone: +44 7884 231 261 Email: chris@cmenergyinsight.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismoore0908/ Name* Email* Company* Message* Send Message

Consultant for execution and advice from energy policy, Asset M&A, commodity trading, to infrastructure finance. Power Projects that Reach FID 40 years getting UK data centre, BESS, SMR, grid connection and flexible-power assets de-risked, financed, & built — advised by practitioners who have delivered. Book a free call Services - How we can help you Asset Development We can support your strategic assessment, regulatory alignment, financial model gating, through NSIP / DCO planning, procurement, and commodity agreements to FID-ready investment case. Learn more Commodity Trading & De-risking Supply, fuels, freight, FX, offtake, floors, tolls, PPA structuring, route-to-market strategy, and hedging frameworks. Geopolitics shift commodity risk overnight, and long-dated agreements are strategic assets, not just financial instruments Learn more Fund Raising: Startup through to Infrastructure Finance We have navigated family offices, private equity, banks, MLAs, and insurance to build robust and competitive capital structures. Learn more Interim & NED We do it all: hands-on short term consulting, medium term interim management or board-level non-executive oversight during critical project phases. Learn more Core sectors we serve Battery Storage The UK BESS Boom: Are You Positioned? Duration is extending, revenues are stacking, and financial sophistication is rising fast. With NESO's Gate 2 offers now landing, developers face hard decisions on timing, viability, and re-application. Read More Grid Connections Grid Queue Reform: What Gate 2 Means for Your Project 132-400kV. New GSPs. NESO Gate 2 Compliant connection applications. Datacentres and Generators need local experience at larger scales. Read More Data Centres 315 Projects - 73GW of Datacentre Demand Data Centre Commitment Fees (DCCF), Queue Management Milestones, evidence packs, and more statutory consultation. What does this mean for energy investors? Read More UK SMR Navigating the Advanced Nuclear Framework - Accelerating Delivery CM Energy Insight is the energy expert for a South Coast UK SMR Development Read More UK Flexibility Markets "Keeping the lights on" The Roadmap to 66 GW of Green by 2030 CM Energy Insight unpacks the Clean Flexibility Roadmap and what it means for investors in CCGT, OCGT, LDES, Algorithmic Trading, and fast-start gas peakers. Read More Clean Power 2030 UK Action Plan Unpacked Policy: 95% clean generation by 2030. SSEP, CSNP, RESP, RNP AR7 auctions, flexibility roadmaps, and non-commodity cost pressures all flow from this single target. Read More Why CM Energy Insight? Unique 40 year perspectives from a combination of Asset Development, Energy Commodity trading, and Funding expertise 400kV transmission (TSO) grid connections — delivered, not advised upon 500 MWe BESS project moves from development, to capital raise and construction Active on NESO/ DSIT Connections Accelerator and AI Growth Zone power programme Live data centre CCGT/OCGT/gas engine / TSO connection mandate (2026) Cross-domain: engineering, commodity trading, regulatory alignment and infrastructure finance in a single engagement Get in Touch Latest Thinking: Working on a UK Data Centre or AI Growth Zone? If you need a practitioner who has delivered and is actively advising — the first conversation is always free and confidential. Phone: +44 7884 231 261 Email: chris@cmenergyinsight.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chrismoore0908/ Renewable Energy Project Management Name* Email* Company* Message* Send Message

Transaction focussed interim and NED for energy businesses Interim Management and Non-Executive Director Support Senior interim management and board-level NED support for energy asset developers, investors, and funds during critical project phases. Contact CMEI When to 📞call: leadership gap · stalled financing · EPC dispute · board oversight Sometimes What a Project Needs Is Not a Report. It Is a Decision-Maker. Energy transition leadership requires a practitioner who can hold the geopolitical, regulatory, and financial picture simultaneously. Scar tissue is a prerequisite, not an advantage. There are moments in the lifecycle of an energy project when a consultancy deliverable is not the right answer. When the programme is off track, the financing is stalled, the EPC contractor is in dispute, or the board needs independent oversight that the executive team cannot (due to bandwidth) provide to itself — the requirement is for senior hands-on leadership, not analytical support. CM Energy Insight provides two distinct forms of senior personal engagement: interim executive management and non-executive director support. Both are grounded in the same fundamental proposition: forty years of direct experience in energy asset development, commodity trading, project finance, and energy transition strategy, applied at the point where it is most needed. Interim Management: When the Project Needs a Senior Leader, Not a Consultant Interim management engagements are typically triggered by one of four circumstances: a leadership gap caused by departure or incapacity; a project that has reached a critical phase — FID, financial close, EPC mobilisation — that requires dedicated senior resource; a turnaround situation where previous management has failed to deliver; or a strategic inflection point where the organisation needs external discipline to make and implement a decision. The engagements CM Energy Insight undertakes at interim executive level include: Project Director roles for energy assets at development, consenting, financing, or construction stage — BESS, onshore wind, solar, gas peaker, hydrogen, and waste-to-value. Chief Strategy/Commercial/Executive Officer engagements for energy businesses navigating M&A, market entry, commodity strategy redesign, or fund formation. Programme director roles for multi-asset portfolios where a developer or investor needs a single point of accountability for project execution across a pipeline. Turnaround management for projects or businesses where commercial assumptions have broken down, relationships with key counterparties are stressed, or programme delivery is at risk. The distinguishing characteristic of an effective interim executive is not the speed with which they produce a document. It is the speed with which they understand the commercial and technical reality of the situation, build the trust of the team and the board, state what's wrong, and make the decisions that move the project forward. That requires direct experience — not delegation to a delivery team. Non-Executive Director: Independent Oversight at Board Level The energy transition investment market has generated a large number of special purpose vehicles , project companies, and fund structures that require independent board governance. For family offices investing in a BESS platform, a PE fund building a portfolio of flexible generation assets, or an SMR development company preparing for institutional investors, a credible and experienced independent NED is not a governance box to tick. It is a material contributor to investment committee confidence and long-term asset value. The contribution an effective energy sector NED makes is specific and measurable: Investment and commercial scrutiny — challenging financial model assumptions, stress-testing revenue cases, and ensuring the board is not making decisions on the basis of optimistic projections without adequate sensitivity analysis. Regulatory and policy navigation — bringing current, direct knowledge of the UK energy regulatory framework — Ofgem, DESNZ, NESO, the Capacity Market, REMA, grid connection reform — to the board's strategic discussions. Policy risk is a first-order risk for every UK energy asset in 2026. A NED who understands it in depth is not a luxury. Stakeholder and counterparty credibility — in an industry where reputation and relationships matter, the composition of the board signals to lenders, offtakers, and co-investors the seriousness and competence of the enterprise. Governance and accountability — ensuring the executive team is held to account for programme delivery, commercial commitments, and risk management in a structured and disciplined way. CM Energy Insight's NED engagements are selective. A board position is taken only where there is genuine value to be contributed — and where the time commitment can be sustained at the level the role demands. The result is a small number of active NED positions characterised by genuine engagement, not nominal governance. Who This Is For Interim and NED support from CM Energy Insight is typically sought by: Asset developers who have reached a critical development stage and need senior leadership resource that their in-house team cannot provide. Investment funds and family offices building or managing a portfolio of UK energy assets who need experienced board-level oversight and challenge. Corporate boards in the energy sector undergoing strategic transformation — entry into new markets, commodity strategy redesign, M&A integration, or response to regulatory change. Lenders and investors who need an independent technical or commercial expert to sit on the board of a project company in which they have a position. The engagement is always personal. Chris Moore leads every assignment directly — there is no sub-delegation to a junior team. That is the CM Energy Insight model, and it is not negotiable. If your project or business is at a point where senior leadership or independent oversight would make a material difference, let's have a direct conversation. Contact CM Energy Insight. 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. 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40 years in asset development, commodity trading, and infrastructure finance. Experience you can depend upon... Our Mission: Deploying "Game Changing" capital at the intersection of engineering, finance, commodity risk & policy Chris Moore — Founder, CM Energy Insight 40 years at the intersection of energy engineering, commodity markets, and institutional capital. From coal and flue gas desulphurisation to BESS, OCGT/CCGT, nuclear SMR, hydrogen, SAF, and waste-to-value — I have developed, traded, financed, and advised on assets across the full energy transition spectrum. Credentials MBA, Warwick Business School (1997) — Major Elective: New Venture Creation B.Eng Chemical Engineering CEng, MIET The Journey 1987 - PowerGen European Thermal Asset Development, M&A. Chris started his "utility-scale" energy project development with PowerGen plc, focussing on coal conversion, EFW, pyrolysis, flue gas cleanup, and biomass and gas-fired CHP. Early entrant into the post Berlin Wall east German marketplace, M&A of the MIBRAG coal mines and district heating plants.... 1997 - Enron European Power Origination - UK, Croatia, Hungary, Italy Chris started energy commodity trading and origination at Enron, joining in 1997 and staying to the very end. Whilst at Enron Chris developed large CCGT projects in Italy, UK, Croatia and Hungary , and was establishing Enron's European renewable energy trading platform as ROCs were traded.... 2004 -2007 Renewable Fuel Supply Ltd MBO and Founder of Dry Bulks Trader - Sold to EDF Trading From 2003 to 2007 Chris was MD of Renewable Fuel Supply Limited, a new startup that grew to become the UKs largest importer of biomass fuels for coal fired power stations, with operations in Denmark, Spain, Greece, Scotland, Wales and England. RFSL was sold to EDF Trading in 2007 2002 American Electric Power Establishing the Green Energy Origination and Trading Team From 2002 to 2003 Chris set up the European green products trading desk at AEP (American Electric Power) with responsibility for some of the industries first long term green contracts and pioneering the use of imported biomass to decarbonise coal power stations... 2007 MGT Power and MGT Teesside Worlds Largest Biomass Power Plant - 300MWe From 2007 to 2012 Chris was the founder and CEO of MGT Power, a development company that pioneered the concept of 300MWe CFBC biomass boilers located at ports and fed by global forestry . MGT Teeside was acquired by Macquarie in 2016 and constructed (£1bn). 2012 StratKraft Establishing Dry Bulks Trading From 2012-2017 Chris headed up Statkrafts biomass trading and origination business, establishing new flows of biomass fuel across Scandinavian and European ports. 2019 - 2026 CM Energy Insight Supporting Businesses through Transactions Chris has been focussed on BESS , waste plastic chemical recycling, gigafactory development, AMR/SMR feasibility studies, gas peakers , power flex trading platforms, electrolysers , smart grids , and new build CCGT . 2018 Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Large ticket pension fund investment Deployment of pension funds into risk-reduced project finance structures with long dated contractual structures.

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