01
Regulation, Policy & Market Design
What rules, incentives, planning frameworks and market structures are needed to accelerate both the deployment and scaling of infrastructure, system assets and innovation?
- Fit-for-purpose market rules and participation arrangements
- Innovation sandboxes & regulatory pilots
- Land access, rights-of-way & corridor acquisition
- Granular price and tariff signals
- Long-term policy, planning and grid investment visibility
- Institutional capacity for reform
- Spatial planning, permitting & grid-connection approvals
- Network cost allocation rules
02
Bankability & Risk Allocation
What de-risks projects and secures long-term revenue so capital flows consistently and at scale?
- Longer-term revenue certainty and patient capital
- Regulated returns, anticipatory investment and cost-recovery frameworks
- Portfolio and blended financing
- Standardized bankability assessment and investment case templates
- Concessional and first-loss capital
- Refinancing pathways for deployed assets
- Guarantees and credit-support instruments
03
Data, Digital & AI Foundations
What standards, requirements and frameworks must be in place for digital and AI solutions to be trusted and deployed at scale?
- Open, standardized & accessible data infrastructure
- Trusted data access and governance, including regulated operational data access
- Legacy interoperability requirements
- Cybersecurity standards & certification
- Asset data, digital twin & asset registry standards
04
Procurement & Delivery Infrastructure
What supply chain, procurement, permitting, workforce and delivery capabilities are needed to move from commitments and plans to repeatable deployment and faster system build-out?
- Long-lead equipment and supply-chain readiness
- Workforce, contractor capacity and commissioning capability
- Standardized technical and performance requirements
- Modular and repeatable reference designs
- Standard commercial and contractual frameworks
- Multi-party coordination and governance structures
05
Responsible & Inclusive Deployment
What social, economic and governance conditions are needed to ensure that power system transformation is trusted, affordable, equitable and broadly supported?
- Environmental assessment, biodiversity mitigation and timely permitting pathways
- Community engagement and social licence
- Affordability and consumer protection
- Equitable transition and safeguards
- Security of supply and strategic resilience