Energy companies, municipal utilities, project developers, investors and operators of energy-intensive infrastructure must commit capital before prices, demand, regulation and infrastructure are certain.
We combine financial modelling, scenario analysis and strategic decision logic to make visible which investments hold up — and what should be decided, staged, hedged or deliberately kept open now.
Why now
Investment needs are rising. Capital, time and delivery capacity remain limited.
Energy companies and infrastructure operators must invest simultaneously in grids, generation, storage, heat supply and new business models. Yet not all projects can be delivered at the same time.
The central challenge is therefore not only calculating individual business cases. It is about prioritising investments meaningfully across different technologies, time horizons and dependencies.
Grid expansion, renewable generation, storage, heat supply and the electrification of new demand all require substantial additional investment. At the same time, financing headroom, personnel resources and delivery capacity remain limited.
Energy prices, capture rates, negative price hours, subsidies, network charges and new revenue or contract models can materially change a project's economics and bankability. Decisions must be made even though many assumptions cannot be reliably forecast over an asset's lifetime.
Grid connection, curtailment, permitting processes, lead times and available skilled labour increasingly determine whether and when a project can actually be delivered. An economically attractive project may as a result be delayed, constrained, or need to be realised in a different configuration.
Grids, generation, storage, heat and demand cannot be planned independently of one another. Individual business cases may each be plausible yet together lead to excessive capital commitment or an unbalanced risk profile. What matters is which combination and sequence holds up across several plausible futures.
Services
Which assumptions drive value and bankability? Where are the break-even and tipping points? What conditions must hold for the investment case to still work in a downside scenario? We stress-test existing models, develop robust scenarios, and make visible whether an investment is resilient or hinges on a few optimistic assumptions.
Typical questions include, for example:
Which combination of generation, storage, grid connection and revenue model is economical and robust? We compare alternative set-ups and show under which conditions the preferred solution changes.
Typical questions include, for example:
Should you invest now, wait, pilot, or expand incrementally? We weigh the value of early market entry against the benefits of additional information, falling costs and preserved flexibility.
Among other things, we consider:
How should grid offtake, self-generation, long-term contracts, storage and flexible demand be combined? We help operators of large loads and critical infrastructure assess security of supply, economics and expansion pathway together.
Typical questions include, for example:
Which project gets the next euro of CAPEX? Which investments depend on one another? Where do concentration or delivery risks arise? We support the prioritisation and sequencing of investments across technologies, sites and delivery phases.
About us
Daniel Dantine
Energy Investment & Decision Advisory
Daniel Dantine combines 15 years at OMV — most recently as VP New Energy — with around six years of independent strategy and decision advisory.
His focus is on energy investments, business models, financial planning and complex decisions under uncertainty. He combines a management perspective with analytical depth: structuring alternatives, modelling scenarios, assessing risk, and translating this into robust investment and governance decisions.
This capability does not end with the advisory outcome. Daniel builds financial models and digital decision tools that companies can continue to use and scale themselves. With Net Zero Scout, he developed and implemented a SaaS solution in productive use for managing industrial decarbonisation.
Steerpoint Energy is led personally by Daniel Dantine. Depending on the task, he extends the project team with suitable partners and additional expertise — from larger project and transformation support to specialised technical expertise.
„The future cannot be predicted exactly. What matters is understanding alternatives, uncertainties and risks well enough to make robust decisions today.“
15 years at OMV
Energy and corporate practice
Former VP New Energy
Strategy, investment & new business
6 years of advisory
Strategy & decision support
Financial models & digital tools
Financial models, SaaS & decision tools
Support on strategic investment and decision questions, including energy infrastructure, hydrogen, geothermal energy, long-term financial planning and risk assessment.
Personal reference; exact wording subject to confirmation.
Development of a model- and tool-based approach to the financial evaluation, prioritisation and governance of complex transformation initiatives.
Personal or company reference subject to confirmation.
Reference
„Daniel has supported us across several projects on hydrogen, energy infrastructure and long-term investment decisions. What makes his contribution particularly valuable is his ability to combine strategic questions with rigorous economic analysis, and to create a sound basis for decisions even under high uncertainty.“
Head of Asset Decarbonisation & New Technologies, Wien Energie GmbH
Managing Director, Wiener Wasserstoff GmbH
Approach
Where it adds value, we develop or integrate interactive models and tools. This lets teams update scenarios themselves, compare investments consistently, and reassess decisions over time.
Specialised analyses and calculators explore individual questions in greater depth:
Calculator
A free screening tool: test how capture rate, power-shifting value and project costs change the economics of PV and PV+BESS projects.
Open calculatorAnalysen
Einzelne Fragestellungen vertiefen wir in fachlichen Analysen – mit Fokus auf Erlösprofil, Robustheit und Entscheidungslogik.
Die Beiträge sind bewusst knapp gehalten und schließen dort an, wo ein Business Case in der Praxis kippt.
Analyse
Solar-Kannibalisierung kann den Wert von Flexibilität erhöhen. Doch die Preismuster, die diesen Wert erzeugen, sind nicht statisch – entscheidend ist, unter welchen Bedingungen eine PV+BESS-Investition weiterhin Wert schafft.
Contact
Are you assessing an energy project, an investment portfolio, or an infrastructure decision whose outcome depends heavily on prices, demand, timing, regulation, financing, or other projects?
In an initial conversation, we clarify which decision is actually at stake, where the biggest uncertainties lie, and whether an independent review, a decision model, or an in-depth analysis would be worthwhile.
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The whitepaper sets out the decision logic in detail: "From project pipeline to portfolio decision" — free as a PDF.