Develop Higher-Value Projects with Greater Confidence
Uncertain siting decisions, difficult-to-defend valuations, and volatile market conditions can erode project value. Ascend delivers integrated market intelligence and software to help site and develop high-performing projects, improve revenue certainty, and monetize assets with confidence.
50,000+
U.S. Nodes Modeled for Pricing Dynamics & Project Revenue
$50+ Billion
In Project Financing Assessments
Up to 5X
More Asset Sale Bidders vs. Standard Process
Trusted by the Power Industry’s Leading Developers
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“Throughout the transaction process, Ascend quickly delivered a vetted and diverse list of buyers that were proven operators of clean energy assets. Ascend backed its deep buyer bench with 20+ years of subject matter expertise in the energy sector and evaluated alignment from technical and operational perspectives.”
Identify Better Opportunities and Maximize Project Value
Achieving development success in today’s power markets requires speed and precision in siting and valuation. Ascend gives developers the market intelligence and analytics needed to site and develop high-performing projects, maximize revenue certainty, optimally size load/flexible load, and monetize assets with confidence.
Identify High-Potential Sites
- Screen and rank locations using geospatial analysis, including transmission lines, tax incentives and more
- Quantify congestion, curtailment risk, and basis exposure at specific interconnection points
- Optimize project siting/sizing and minimize interconnection costs to maximize revenue stacking across all ISOs
Identify High-Potential Sites
- Screen and rank locations using geospatial analysis, including transmission lines, tax incentives and more
- Quantify congestion, curtailment risk, and basis exposure at specific interconnection points
- Optimize project siting/sizing and minimize interconnection costs to maximize revenue stacking across all ISOs
Make Confident Decisions with Defensible Valuations
- Build bankable project valuations across solar, storage, wind, hybrid, and thermal assets
- Defend project economics to offtakers, lenders, and investment committees with 30+ year nodal price forecasts
- Evaluate multiple PPA structures, tenors, and market conditions in a single platform
Make Confident Decisions with Defensible Valuations
- Build bankable project valuations across solar, storage, wind, hybrid, and thermal assets
- Defend project economics to offtakers, lenders, and investment committees with 30+ year nodal price forecasts
- Evaluate multiple PPA structures, tenors, and market conditions in a single platform
Optimize Project Sizing
- Analyze energy value and interconnection data across a range of scenarios and sizes
- Leverage substation headroom mapping and flexible load feasibility modeling
- Produce cost-ranked upgrade scenarios
Optimize Project Sizing
- Analyze energy value and interconnection data across a range of scenarios and sizes
- Leverage substation headroom mapping and flexible load feasibility modeling
- Produce cost-ranked upgrade scenarios
Maximize Asset Value
- Utilize the successful asset M&A advisory service and marketplace, led by SMEs and leveraging the deepest pool of buyers and sellers
- Make confident decisions: expert advisors ensure pre-vetted, high-quality assets
- Move efficiently from first valuation through final transaction in a unified workflow using the trusted Ascend Energy Exchange™ M&A advisory service and marketplace
Maximize Asset Value
- Utilize the successful asset M&A advisory service and marketplace, led by SMEs and leveraging the deepest pool of buyers and sellers
- Make confident decisions: expert advisors ensure pre-vetted, high-quality assets
- Move efficiently from first valuation through final transaction in a unified workflow using the trusted Ascend Energy Exchange™ M&A advisory service and marketplace
How Ascend Helps
From initial siting decisions through sizing, valuation, and monetization, Ascend's unified suite of powerful software and market intelligence support every stage of project development.
For Developers
Turn market complexity into competitive advantage with trusted forecasts, expert advisors, and unified suite of solutions designed to help development teams move faster and more confidently at every stage of the project lifecycle.
Ascend Analytics Helps Developers
- Identify optimal project locations using geospatial siting and transmission modeling solutions that cover 50,000+ modeled US nodes for pricing dynamics and revenue
- Leverage bankable near-term and long-term price forecasts to ensure accurate asset valuations across US power markets
- Optimize project sizing by combining energy value and interconnection data across a range of scenarios
- Access the most efficient and competitive asset sale process, with significantly reduced transaction costs and a deep network that results in more qualified bidders
For Developers
Turn market complexity into competitive advantage with trusted forecasts, expert advisors, and unified suite of solutions designed to help development teams move faster and more confidently at every stage of the project lifecycle.
Ascend Analytics Helps Developers
- Identify optimal project locations using geospatial siting and transmission modeling solutions that cover 50,000+ modeled US nodes for pricing dynamics and revenue
- Leverage bankable near-term and long-term price forecasts to ensure accurate asset valuations across US power markets
- Optimize project sizing by combining energy value and interconnection data across a range of scenarios
- Access the most efficient and competitive asset sale process, with significantly reduced transaction costs and a deep network that results in more qualified bidders
A Unified Product Ecosystem that Powers Planning through Performance
Maximize long-term value and decision-making speed while managing risk with Ascend's unified ecosystem of software, intelligence, and consulting solutions.
Key Resources
Enabling BESS Portfolio Growth for New Market Entrants with AEX Asset Sales
Golden State Renewable Energy (“GSR-E”), a California-based energy storage project developer, expanded its development capabilities to originate and develop Distributed Generation Resource (“DGR”) standalone battery energy storage system (“BESS”) projects in Texas.
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