Energy Consultancy
Independent energy advice for offtakers — from a single site to a corporate portfolio.
INDEPENDENT ADVICE · NO MARK-UP ON EPC QUOTES · FROM IDEA TO ON-SITE · ONE PARTNER, END TO END
Electricity is no longer just a utility cost — it’s a strategic risk, and most businesses face it alone. EPC sales teams are paid to sell installations. Funders are looking for projects to fund. There is no one independent on the offtaker’s side of the table.
That gap is what Enerthia fills. We sit on your side of the table — not paid by you, not marking up EPC quotes, not tied to a single funder — and we stay with you from the first assessment until the system is on and producing power.
Single-Site Advisory
For a business that knows it needs an energy solution but doesn’t know where to turn. A no-fee advisory entry point that takes a single site from assessment to a signed, funded, installed system — with someone independent guiding every decision.
Corporate & Portfolio Consultancy
For corporates and groups running an energy programme across multiple sites and a development pipeline. A contracted engagement — per-project or portfolio retainer — in which we act as the in-house energy team you don’t have to build.
Why offtakers use us
You don’t pay us
The consultancy stage costs you nothing. Funders pay us when projects close — and only then.
No hidden mark-ups
EPC quotations come direct to you. We don’t add a margin. Nothing in the EPC quote is an Enerthia fee.
Genuine optionality
A panel of 32 funders plus direct bank relationships. The funder we recommend is the one that fits.
What an energy consultancy engagement covers
Whether the engagement is a single site or a portfolio programme, the deliverable scope is the same. What changes is the number of sites it runs across.
Strategy and assessment
Energy assessment across the site or portfolio — consumption, infrastructure, tariff structure and rollout priority reviewed site by site. From that, a strategic recommendation: the technology mix, the commercial structure, the sequencing logic and the headline economics. Capital and tax structuring inputs are part of it, including Section 12B applicability, ownership structures and balance-sheet impact.
Procurement and funding
EPC procurement runs through a 55-strong network — shortlisting, scope definition, quotation comparison and contract negotiation. Funding origination draws on a panel of 32 funders and direct relationships with South Africa’s major banks, with term sheets translated into plain language. Negotiation is conducted in the offtaker’s interest: term lengths, escalation, end-of-term positions, buy-out values, cession rights and force majeure.
Delivery and commissioning
The build programme is monitored, snags resolved, EPC accountability maintained and sign-offs managed. We attend commissioning, document the hand-over and stay involved through the first month of operation. Post-commissioning, performance is reviewed and anomalies investigated.
Governance and reporting
Programme dashboards track per-project status, milestone progress, financial close and — once operational — energy production. Reporting is formatted for board papers, audit committees and risk reviews, with project documentation and generation data aligned to your ESG reporting framework.
The technology options assessed
Recommendations are made against what the site actually needs, not what a supplier has to sell: solar PV, battery storage, wheeling, virtual PPAs and hybrid configurations. The right answer for a single manufacturing site is rarely the right answer for a retail portfolio, and both differ again where a development pipeline is involved.
Why independence changes the outcome
Enerthia is not paid by the offtaker for advisory entry, and does not mark up EPC quotes. That removes the incentive to specify the most expensive solution, and it is why the recommendation can name a provider outside the network where the project genuinely suits one better.
Not sure which path fits your business?
Start with a conversation. We’ll tell you early whether engaging us makes sense — and which route is right.