Advisory and Market Development
Designing facilities, strengthening capacity and building markets for clean energy investment
Before evolving into a fund manager, GreenMax had its roots in consulting and transaction advisory. Today, our advisory and market development practice focuses on building the institutional capacity of key market actors—including governments, national development banks, commercial financiers, project developers and companies—to strengthen the enabling environment for climate finance solutions to achieve impact at scale.
Where capital stalls across the energy ecosystem
Where project pipelines are weak, policies or regulations are unclear, projects aren't investment-ready, or financial institutions won't lend—we work to strengthen capacity and remove market barriers. Our services encompass RBF program and facility design; capacity building and training of governments and financial institutions; and transaction advisory, investment readiness and other technical assistance for project developers and enterprises in the distributed energy sector (namely the standalone solar, mini-grid, productive use, e-mobility and clean cooking segments). Our market development activities are grounded in decades of global experience across emerging markets in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and the South Pacific.
How We Build Markets
Financing Facility Design
We specialize in designing results-based financing (RBF) programs and facilities that are delivering funding and technical assistance at scale to mini-grid developers, off-grid enterprises, productive use appliance distributors and EV operators across the continent.
Government and Financial Sector Capacity Building and Training
We work with governments, national development banks and commercial lenders to develop financial products, risk-sharing approaches, and credit frameworks tailored to clean energy and energy access investments.
Pipeline Development and Investment Readiness
We help developers advance their projects through feasibility analysis, financial modeling, permitting and investor engagement to reach bankability.
Market Intelligence and Strategy
We deliver in-depth market studies, investment landscape analyses and other sector mapping and research to identify market opportunities and inform strategy development.
Transaction Advisory and Technical Assistance
We provide structuring and investment facilitation support across the project lifecycle, including capital raising, due diligence, PPA structuring, and partnership engagement. This includes targeted support for early-stage project developers and enterprises through the GET.invest Finance Readiness Support (FRS) program.
Our Track Record
- Sector Diagnostics
AfDB Nigerian Green Mini-Grid Market Strategic Advisory
- Transaction Advisory and Technical Assistance
Akiira Geothermal Ltd. Concessional Funding
- Financing Facility Design · Government and FI Advisory and Capacity Building
BRD Rwanda E-Moto Credit Enhancement Facility
- Sector Diagnostics
CLASP Carbon Credit Financing for Productive Use Appliance (PUA) Markets
- Transaction Advisory and Technical Assistance
Darway Coast Mini-Grid Debt Financing
- Financing Facility Design
Design of the CAR PARSE Off-Grid Energy Fund
- Government and FI Advisory and Capacity Building
EBRD Regional Energy Efficiency Program (REEP) – Public Sector ESCO Project Preparation in the Western Balkans
- Sector Diagnostics · Government and FI Advisory and Capacity Building
FDN Assessment of Capital Market Instruments to Finance Renewable Energy
- Transaction Advisory and Technical Assistance
GET.invest Finance Readiness Support (FRS)
- Sector Diagnostics
GET.invest Funding Database
- Sector Diagnostics
GET.invest Market Insights: Burundi
- Sector Diagnostics
GET.invest Market Insights: Mozambique C&I Solar Applications
- Sector Diagnostics
GET.invest Market Insights: Mozambique Renewable Energy IPP Projects
- Sector Diagnostics
GET.invest Market Insights: Nigeria
- Sector Diagnostics
GET.invest Market Insights: Uganda
- Financing Facility Design
GGGI Colombia FENOGE Fund Design
- Financing Facility Design
GGGI Mongolian Green Credit Fund Design
- Financing Facility Design
GGGI Vanuatu National Green Energy Fund Design
- Transaction Advisory and Technical Assistance
Havenhill Synergy Solar Mini-Grid Project Development
- Government and FI Advisory and Capacity Building · Financing Facility Design
IDB Green Financial Product Design, Dominica
- Government and FI Advisory and Capacity Building · Financing Facility Design
IDB Green Financial Product Design, Suriname
- Sector Diagnostics
IFC Distributed Solar FI Mapping
- Transaction Advisory and Technical Assistance
Kano Mini-Grid Project Portfolio Development
- Government and FI Advisory and Capacity Building
KfW Development Bank of Nigeria Renewable Energy Portfolio Development
- Transaction Advisory and Technical Assistance
PFAN Investment Facilitation Services
- Sector Diagnostics
Papua New Guinea Off-Grid Regulatory Framework Development
- Sector Diagnostics
SEforALL Increasing Energy Access in Sierra Leone
- Transaction Advisory and Technical Assistance
Solar Era Holdings Solar PV Project Development
- Transaction Advisory and Technical Assistance
Solynta Distributed Solar PV Project Development
- Transaction Advisory and Technical Assistance
Transaction Advisory for Menengai Geothermal Prospect Development
- Transaction Advisory and Technical Assistance
Transforming Energy Access (TEA) Energy Catalyst Technical Assistance
- Transaction Advisory and Technical Assistance
USTDA Darway Coast Mini-Grid Project Development Technical Assistance
- Transaction Advisory and Technical Assistance
USTDA Standard Micro-Grid Technical Assistance
- Transaction Advisory and Technical Assistance
Vitalite Series A Equity and Debt Facility
- Sector Diagnostics
World Bank Central African Republic Off-Grid Solar Market Assessment
- Financing Facility Design · Government and FI Advisory and Capacity Building
World Bank Ecuador National Energy Efficiency Investment Fund Design
- Transaction Advisory and Technical Assistance
World Bank Lesotho Mini-Grid Transaction Advisory
- Sector Diagnostics
World Bank Mini-Grid Data Collection and Synthesis Project
- Sector Diagnostics · Financing Facility Design
World Bank Mozambique Off-Grid Electrification Roadmap and RBF Facility Design
- Sector Diagnostics
World Bank RISE Data Collection (2016)
- Sector Diagnostics
World Bank RISE Update (2018)
- Sector Diagnostics
World Bank RISE Update (2020)
- Sector Diagnostics
World Bank RISE Update (2022)
- Financing Facility Design · Sector Diagnostics
World Bank Regional Off-Grid Electrification Project (ROGEP)
