Marco Poliafico is an energy consultant with over 11 years of experience in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable tourism. He has two master's degrees and is fluent in Italian, English, and Spanish. His consultancy services include renewable energy technologies, energy markets and policy, energy efficiency, feasibility studies, modeling, and project management. Notable projects include energy analysis models, energy strategies, systems development, markets consulting, teaching, and research publications.

1. Energy Consultancy Services
Marco Poliafico

2. Professional Profile
• 1st Masters degree - environmental engineering (Italy)
• 2nd M Eng. through academic research in anaerobic digestion (Ireland)
• More than 11 years professional experience (8+ in the UK)
• Professional experience in the energy and tourism sectors
• 3 languages and work experience in 5 countries
• Trained in project and business management
• Setting up a new energy consultancy brand
Languages:
Italian
English
Spanish
2 Masters
Degrees
11+ years
professional
experience
Business
Experience

3. Consultancy Services
• Renewable energy generation technologies
• Energy markets and policy
• Energy efficiency and management
• Sustainable tourism
• Strategic, technical and market analysis for decision makers
• Energy strategies, master planning, systems development
• Mathematical modelling
• Resource assessment, performance forecasting
• Feasibility studies, technology assessment
• Training, Research and development
• Project management
• Software development and financial modelling (Excel / VBA)
• Business and market intelligence, Due diligence
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4. Featured Projects
• Excel / VBA / SQL Energy Analysis Models & Dashboards
• Energy Strategies and Master Planning
• Energy Systems Development and Due Diligence
• Energy Markets Consulting
• Lecturing and Training
• Business Intelligence Research
• Business Intelligence Research Publications

5. Excel / VBA / SQL Energy Analysis
Models & Dashboards
2014 Predictive analytics model (clients profitability and churn rate)
2014 OPEX Cost distribution model
2013 Sales data business analysis
2013 Software for market opportunities ranking and analysis
2013 Software for gas curve analysis (business process engineering)
2011 Dashboard - techno-economic-environmental analysis of PV systems
2010 Dashboard - commercial CHP units sizing
2010 Dashboard - budget allocation within organisation
2010 Dashboard - evaluation of refurbishment options in buildings
2007 Decision Support System Software for technical, economic and
environmental feasibility analysis of AD technology

6. Energy Strategies and Master Planning
2014 Technical & Financial feasibility study (Mauritius based industry)
2011 PV feasibility study for a school (UK)
2011 CHP and district heating network technical and economic feasibility
study (Chichester University, UK)
2011 Demand analysis and biomass CHP / PV generation scenarios for
retrofitting strategy (Stantonbury’s campus, UK)
2011 Design stage demand forecast and zero carbon generation scenarios
for a large tourist area (UK)
2010 Demand and PV generation model for a city in the Middle East
2009 Design stage energy demand and generation scenarios for a
business park (UK)
2009 Waste to energy concept scheme for a Middle Eastern city

7. Energy Systems Development
and Due Diligence
2013 Due Diligence analysis for land renting conditions for a wind farms
2013 Economic & technology assessment for parabolic trough CSP system
2012 Regulatory and policy review - AD plant retrofitting project (UK)
2012 Wind measurement methodologies report and procurement
support (Tanzania)
2012 Kathmandu UK embassy, AD pre-feasibility analysis (Nepal)
2012 Tehran, theme park AD feasibility assessment (Iran)
2011 Chester Zoo, AD feasibility and commercial assessment (UK)
2011 Wind farm design stage carbon analysis (UK)
2010 AD technical and economic feasibility (Local Authority waste
strategy)
2007 Technical and economic assessment for biofuel production
(business plan - Ecuador)

8. Energy Markets Consulting
2015 Presentation - Wholesale electricity Market (UK)
2011 Power station commitment model (UCP) incorporating a complex
mathematical methodology (Dynamic Programming) to define the
most profitable operational schedule
2010 Power station production and electricity price simulation to
estimate profitability
2010 Review of power markets structure (Vietnamese power market
liberalisation)
2010 Demand and grid interconnection constraints model for power
station market performance analysis
2009 GDP and electricity demand forecast (economic due diligence for a
900 MW CCGT power station in Turkey)
2009 Transmission grid simulation software (Planning & development -
Energy Ministries of Nigeria and Zambia)
2009 ROCs value formulation model maintenance

9. Lecturing and Training
2014 Invited speaker at the third Solar Expo in China (SIPE link)
2013 Training on project management and resource planning (British Gas)
2009 - 13 Guest lecturer in Sustainability in Buildings at the Art University
College of Bournemouth (AUCB)
2009 and
2011
Guest lecturer in Sustainability in Buildings at the University of
Portsmouth
2011 Presentation on PV technology to a Local Authority
2011 Company workshops on AD technology
2005 -
2007
Part time lecturer at the Cork Institute of Technology (Ireland),
Department of Environmental Engineering (AutoCAD ® and Fluid
Dynamics)
2004 -
2010
1:1 and small group tuition / training on academic subjects and
project development

10. Business Intelligence Research
2012 - 13 CSP markets profiles
2012 CSP power plant projects development milestones
2012 World CSP plants database
2012 Planning regulations for CSP projects in the main markets
2012 European tourism flows to Canada
2009 UK power stations database
2009 Oil price forecasting techniques

11. Business Intelligence Research
Publications 1/2
The Potential for Pig Slurry to Power Trains in Ireland Conference Paper
Anaerobic Digestion for Treating Animal Waste Conference Paper
Anaerobic Digestion in Ireland: Decision Support System Conference Paper
Anaerobic Digestion: Decision Support Software (web link) Book
End of Warranty Wind Farm O&M Options 2012 (web link) Technical Report
Local Content of CSP Plants - Benefits for Emerging Markets
(web link)
Technical Article
CSP vs. PV - LCOE (web link) Technical Article
CSP vs. PV - Financial Comparison (web link) Technical Article
CSP Cost Trends (web link) Technical Article
CSP vs. PV - Technical Comparison (web link) Technical Article
Hybridization and Off-grid Application: New Markets for CSP
Technology (web link)
Market Report
ISCC vs. NGCC: How do They Compare in Cost and CO2
Emissions? (web link)
Technical Article

12. Business Intelligence Research
Publications 2/2
Performance vs Cost? An Inclusive Approach Needed to
Speed-up CSP Cost Reduction - Peer review by Svante Bundgaard,
Aalborg CSP, Denmark - (web link)
Technical Article
New Technologies that Can Reduce the Cost of CSP - the Case
of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide - Peer review by Craig Turchi, NREL,
USA - (web link)
Technical Article
New Technologies that Can Reduce the Cost of CSP - the Case
of CO2 as a Working Fluid in Small Scale CSP - Peer review by
Eduardo Zarza, PSA, Spain - (web link)
Technical Article
CSP Market Report 2014 - (web link) Market Report
CSP Towers and Chile, Market Evolution - (web link) Market Article
O&M Strategies for Onshore Wind Farms 2014 - (web link) Technical Report
CSP Markets Reports Series 2015 - (web link) Market Report

13. Some Clients So Far...

14. Thank You
Please feel free to contact me:
 marco.poliafico@gmail.com
 00 44 7500421596
 uk.linkedin.com/in/marcopoliafico
Looking Forward to Collaborating with You