Competence and Track Record

Full Advantage as a company is rarely matched in the region in terms of experience in advising, developing and implementing projects and enterprises in the energy and environment sectors. Being a business and project developer ourselves with years of experience in conceptualizing, designing, and developing numerous projects in the region, the team at FA possesses the practical knowledge and skills in establishing projects from conceptual stage to operation. Thus, we are able to use the lessons from these experiences from different countries, to avoid the pitfalls and assess parameters that have most likelihood for success.

 

The Team of FA (corporate and individual) has been involved in the different stages of more than 100 renewable energy projects in the different countries of Asia and beyond. Many of these projects have reached operation stage amounting to a combined operating capacity of more than 300 MWe. Hence, we bring in not only the success factors of these projects, but also the experiences on a regional level and the challenges faced by these projects.

 

Our experience in the three business units of FA are described below.

Advisory and Consulting

Full Advantage provides advisory and consulting services to both institutional and private sector clients. The combined experiences of the Directors of Full Advantage are extensive and the spectrum of their project involvement spans far and wide in the energy and environment field. Our track record encompasses the following:

• Worked with major institutional clients such as the Asian Development Bank, the European Commission, GIZ, IFC, UN agencies, USAID, the World Bank and other public sector and government agencies.
• Experience and network covers many countries in Asia and beyond.
• Possesses a pool of experts and specialists allowing the company to provide a comprehensive package and complete solution to a wide range of energy and environment projects and activities.

Business/Project Development

With years of experience in the development and implementation of numerous projects in the region, the team at Full Advantage possesses the practical knowledge and skills in developing energy and environment projects from conceptual stage to operation. Our achievements in this business activity include the following:

• Track record in development/co-development of several renewable energy, biogas, MSW and biofuel projects.
• Involvement in the development, financing and implementation of clean energy projects with an aggregate portfolio of around 300 MWe of operating projects.
• Competence in varied types of technologies and capacities ranging from 10 kWe to 100 MWe.
• SPRING-1, a project developed by Full Advantage has won the Business Plan Competition held in Singapore in March 2009 and “was deemed to be one of the most promising clean energy investment opportunities in the ASEAN region.”
  

 

Climate Change Activities

FA is at the forefront of the Climate Change activities and carbon financing market in the region, having been involved in the different aspects of more than 30 Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects. Moreover, because we have a strong technical expertise in the energy and environment sector, we are able to provide advice and service that is most appropriate and effective for the Climate Change projects we are engaged in.

 

The competence of Full Advantage has been recognized by international institutions and reputable private sector companies, through the Climate Change activities that Full Advantage has conducted for these institutions and companies.

 

Some highlights of our competence and expertise in this field are:

• Active participation in the CDM decision making at the global level through our experts who provide advice to the Registration and Issuance Team (RIT) of the Executive Board of the UNFCCC. The RIT provides inputs and expertise to the Executive Board on CDM projects that request for registration and issuance of CERs.
• One of the Directors of Full Advantage was, until recently, a member of the UNFCCC Methodology Panel, which was established to develop recommendations to the Executive Board on guidelines for methodologies for baselines and monitoring plans.
• Full Advantage currently offers post-registration monitoring package to assist projects during monitoring and evaluation stage, GHG accounting services and project development leading to the creation of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs).
  

 

Range of Services

Choosing an independent consultant or adviser who could provide objective, competent and cost-effective services and solutions that are best suited to the client’s requirements is key to the success of a project.

With its team of multi-disciplinary and multi-national experts, the group provides a wide range of services in various aspects such as: