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Aquastrat offers consulting and advisory services to clients in utility markets worldwide. We have particular expertise in the water sector in both developed and emerging economies, working in the areas of long-term strategy development, regulatory and management structuring, M&A and investment planning. Helping our clients with sustainable resource management is the core of our expertise and work portfolio, and as such we work also in the renewable energy sector. Aquastrat is led by Michael Coffey, an executive and consultant with over 25 years’ experience in global energy and water markets. Click on the "Market Insights" pages on this site to read what we think of current trends in the water and renewables sector. Some reflections on broader management issues are in "How we think about Business". Recent articles include... |
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Just how restless are the natives? |
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The best kept secret in England and Wales - at least until the recession really bites - is that you don't have to pay your water bill. True, you'll get threatening notes from the debt collection agencies to whom the utilties have outsourced the unsavoury task of chasing recalcitrant customers, but if you stand your ground, the law is on your side. And in consequence bad debt is a growing problem on water companies' balance sheets. |
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Britain has been luckier than it deserves in its energy resources. Abundant coal reserves gave us a head start in the Industrial Revolution, North Sea oil and gas offered tax windfalls and cheap power in the late twentieth century, and now as the heydays of both are behind us, we find ourselves with access to an unrivalled offshore wind resource. |
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