Energy

The world’s economy is now living out the end of its oil-addiction, with profound consequences for how we secure our future energy needs. Thus energy security in its widest sense will be at the heart of each country’s priorities, just as securing adequate food supplies was an ongoing concern for Europeans in the years that followed World War II.

New Frontier Services is developing an increasing specialization in the energy field. Below we describe some of our recent or ongoing work.

Management Services to the ManagEnergy Programme


NFS is providing management services to the consortium providing a range of support services to the ManagEnergy Programme, one of the EC’s largest energy efficiency programmes. These support services are targeted to local and regional energy actors and especially towards the almost 400 ManagEnergy local and regional energy agencies located across Europe.

These services include a sectoral advice facility, which provides short-term technical assistance to energy agency requests in areas such as e.g. photovaltic noise barriers, energy-efficiency display house, biomass and biofuels, energy efficiency in buildings, energy efficiency in street lighting, wind energy best practices. Other services include ManagEnergy workshops, good practice identification and providing management training for directors of energy agencies.

Regional Study on Africa’s Energy Security within the context of the new EU-Africa Partnership and Joint Action Programme
NFS staff have been appointed as part of a team to provide the European Commission with a forward looking analysis and strategy on Africa's energy security, and to identify areas where Africa and Europe can work together to improve Africa's energy security. The study is intended to serve as a tool for the Commission and its partners in the further implementation of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership. The work involves addressing Africa's energy security situation and suggesting what the EU can do in the framework of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership. The analysis/strategy includes the issues such as Africa's current energy balance, including energy sources, conversion, transmission, distribution and end uses, access levels to energy services; Africa's energy trade with other countries, such as USA, European countries, China and India,

Structural Funds and Energy - Managing the Ex-Ante Evaluation of the Energy Component of Bulgaria’s Competitiveness OP
New Frontier Services staff were appointed to lead the first Structural Funds ex-ante evaluation of the 2007-2013 programming period. This ex-ante evaluation of the Bulgarian Competitiveness OP included management of the evaluation of the energy component of the Operational Programme. more