Shulman Advisory

Services

We offer services across the value chain, ranging from industry
monitoring and analysis all the way to local operational support.

Our team of seasoned consultants provides comprehensive support and in-depth analysis, ensuring you stay ahead of market trends and regulatory changes. From market entry strategies to power trading expertise, we offer tailored consultancy services to help you achieve your business objectives with confidence

We equip our clients with the tools and insights they need to achieve their business objectives through: 

  • market, technical, and regulatory research and analysis 
  • seminars and workshops 
  • market entry strategy and support 
  • local representation, business development and project management
  • focused and specialized tools developed with our partners, such as interactive maps and other graphical platforms

See our services by clicking on the options below

Project Phase

Regulation & Market Structure Analysis

Market Mapping

Strategy and Business Planning

Project Feasibility Studies

Our consulting team offers a tailored approach to your business needs. We pride ourselves on having:

  • Strong bilingual analyst and consulting teams with extensive knowledge of the Japanese power market and regulations
  • An analytic and quantitative approach to solving problems combining our team’s mix of consulting and operational experiences
  • Monitoring and analysis of Japanese energy policy and regulation at the center of our day-to-day operations
  • An extensive network of local industry contacts that we draw upon to corroborate our understanding of market developments, and through which we have extensive access to partnership opportunities for our clients

See “Ongoing Support” to learn more about our bespoke retainer services

Project Implementation

Market Entry

We help our clients successfully execute projects and establish their businesses in the Japanese market. We can support you with:

  • Obtaining the necessary licenses to conduct your business in the Japanese energy industry
  • Establishment and operation of PMO, as well as other key local administrative functions
  • Development and execution of marketing strategies and campaigns ideal for entering or increasing presence in the Japanese market
  • Negotiation support for energy procurement, corporate PPA’s and more (read about our partnership with E&C consultants)
  • Partnerships and M&A, by identifying potential target companies that best align with your needs

Ongoing Support

Our bespoke retainers provide consistent support to your needs relating to the Japanese energy industry through:

  • Monthly brief highlighting the most important developments relevant to client’s business in Japan
  • Analyst package combining the above report with monthly one-on-one session with one of our analysts for in-depth coverage of the report’s content
  • Weekly news report curating the latest news related to the Japanese energy industry relevant to your needs
  • Operational support that allows our clients to gain access to resources with experience in the Japanese energy industry in a flexible manner

Client Type

Power Traders & Retailers

We support power traders in developing new service offerings and implementing operations in Japan. Particularly, we focus on:

  • financial transactions
  • risk management
  • market access
  • power procurement optimization services. 

Additionally, we can provide the latest market, grid, production, and consumption data and regulatory framework updates through our regular reports.

Power Consumers

We help power consumers optimize power procurement cost and meet environmental goals through: 

  • feasibility studies
  • financial modeling
  • environmental impact assessment of projects. 

We provide support with project implementation and partnership development covering PPAs, CO2-free power procurement, standard power retail contracts and more.

Asset Developers & Owners

We assist asset developers, investors, and owners with their activities in the post-FIT market with a particular focus on FIP and corporate PPAs. 

We offer: 

  • reports about the regulatory framework and business schemes
  • specific project-related feasibility studies
  • financial modeling
  • partnerships development assistance
  • subsidy application assistance

And more!

Energy Technology Enablers

Optimizing energy assets usage and integration into the Japanese market requires an understanding of the available monetization options, regulatory framework and technological limitations

Among other things, we help our clients with matters related to technologies such as:

  • asset aggregation
  • VPP
  • DER optimization software
  • hydrogen and ammonia production

Specialty Tools

Japan Benchmark Power Curve

The Japan Benchmark Power Curve is a comprehensive power price modelling service, providing market and technology-specific forecasts in partnership with Cornwall Insight. It delivers long-term 30-year price forecasts, informed by significant market, policy, and regulatory expertise, along with direct access to our experts

Key Commercial Features

  • 30-year forecasts of JEPX power prices for generating technologies covering Hokkaido, Tohoku, Tokyo, Chubu, Hokuriku, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu
  • Credible scenarios presented covering potential outcomes for policy, regulation, technology mix, and commodity price developments informed by in-depth and extensive market research
  • Forecasts are underpinned by leading modelling practices for capacity planning and dispatch utilizing the latest PLEXOS software
  • Models are calibrated to the traded market, ensuring forecasts are consistent with our practical expertise in real market operations

Key Benefits

Our comprehensive service offers regular price and value monitoring of key revenue streams.

  • Understand the range of credible long-term electricity prices captured by different technologies
  • Incorporate asset-level revenue forecasts into project/portfolio financial models to support investment cases, budgeting, asset benchmarking and business planning
  • Mitigate risk arising from changes to regulation, policy and the prevailing market conditions
  • Benchmark and assess the value delivered by different routes to market

Industry Monitoring

Market Mapping

Strategy and Business Planning

Project Feasibility

Project Implementation

Market Entry

Ongoing Support

Industry Monitoring

Our J-ENERLYTICS suite of products provides monitoring and analysis of the latest developments in the Japanese electric power industry.

Industry Monitoring

Market Mapping

Strategy and Business Planning

Project Feasibility

Project Implementation

Market Entry

Ongoing Support

Market Mapping

Strategy and Business Planning

Project Feasibility

Our consulting team offers a tailored approach to your business needs. We pride ourselves on our:

Industry Monitoring

Market Mapping

Strategy and Business Planning

Project Feasibility

Project Implementation

Market Entry

Ongoing Support

Project Implementation

Market Entry

Ongoing Support

We help our clients successfully execute projects, establish business, adapt and grow in the Japanese market. We support them with: