"We were looking for an offtaker that could not only provide a competitive and bankable CfD offtake arrangement, but also allow us the flexibility to maximise our pre-CfD merchant revenues. SmartestEnergy were able to meet all of our requirements, and also ensured that the relevant contracts were in place to allow energisation and financial close on schedule." – Christine McGregor, Managing Director, BayWa r.e. UK Ltd.

“The five hydropower schemes constructed across Atholl Estate, not only help power Blair Castle, which is a popular tourist destination, but provide a vital revenue stream to help with the day-to-day upkeep of the vast 145,000 acre estate. During construction, we were careful to respect local communities and wildlife, which meant adapting routes to protect otter families and efforts to reduce visual impacts. Now during operation, we continue to refine our energy management of the five schemes.” – Andrew Bruce Wootton, Chief Executive, Atholl Estate

“The blustery weather conditions that frustrate our local farming and tourism sectors are ideal for the production of renewable electricity. With high performing wind turbines, which can achieve annual capacity factors of up to 55%, we continue to successfully repay our non-recourse loan and equity investors, while giving back to the local Ardrishaig Community Trust, which owns a one twelfth share in the Allt Dearg Wind Farm. In the future, we will leverage flexible PPA contracts to participate more actively in the wholesale energy market.” – James Lithgow, Director, Allt Dearg Wind Farm

“Being able to hedge power prices ahead of time and smooth out market volatility with SmartestEnergy is a key component of our strategy. This gives us better revenue visibility and, ultimately, helps ensure we’re able to provide the income our shareholders seek.” - Ross Driver, Managing Director, Foresight Solar Fund (FSFL)

"Investing into energy infrastructure takes careful management of risk around energy pricing, to understand the impact on investor portfolios both now and in the future. We’re delighted to be able to work with SmartestEnergy who have collaborated with our team to build agreements that help us drive forward towards our goal of securing the renewable energy supply to the UK.” - Alan Gorman, Investment Director, Blackfinch Energy

“In the initial stages, SmartestEnergy played a key role in testing and validating the systems and software as well as providing ongoing support for optimisation of the storage…Their input on pricing has also helped us better schedule the storage and enable greater understanding of the energy-related costs and revenues of storage which is an area where there are gaps in knowledge across the industry.” – Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Innovation Engineer and Project Manager, UK Power Networks