CEP.Energy is at the forefront of low cost renewable energy production for Australian businesses.

In the 1980s, Australia was one of the lowest cost energy producers globally.
Today it is one of the highest.

Further, according to the OECD2, Australia now has the highest minimum wages in the world.
Manufacturers are struggling to survive with the combination of high energy costs and wages. Many are moving offshore, creating significant employment gaps and reducing economic activity.

Australia is at the forefront in the adoption of rooftop solar panels in the residential sector with amongst the highest installation rates per capita globally. State Governments catalysed this phenomenon providing significant grants, incentives and interest-free loans. 
This dynamic has not yet flowed into the C&I sectors where Governments have struggled to create the appropriate support. ​The disconnect between landlord and tenant has meant a low penetration of rooftop solar and energy storage in these sectors. It is currently an untapped, fragmented and immature market. It is a new investment frontier for private capital
CEP.Energy recognised these gaps in the market. Together with a group of private property developers & investors, CEP.Energy has created a ‘BTM gentailer’ business that will deliver renewable energy at a discount, primarily to C&I users.​
CEP.Energy's strong relationships these private property developers has enabled it to be a party to long term leases at competitive rates. The terms of those leases will at least cover the design life of the renewable energy and energy storage assets that CEP will deploy fund and own. CEP.Energy will be a stable long term investment partner to property owners.

CEP.Energy's low-cost renewable energy will greatly reduce the operating costs of businesses. This low-cost renewable energy will help bring back jobs and economic activity to the manufacturing hubs of Australia. It will also help corporate Australia and manufacturers demonstrate their environmental, social and governance bona fides. 

Power systems globally are undergoing a massive transition. They are fast becoming decarbonised, decentralised, data driven and digitised, and the pace of this transition is accelerating. At its core is a structural shift in the economics of renewable energy and societal views of accelerating carbon reduction and climate mitigation activities. Consequently, reliance on fossil fuels is rapidly changing and coal’s position of dominance in the energy mix is materially weakened. CEP is competitively positioned and at the forefront of this transition.​

In the future, the shift from centralised, carbon intensive generation to renewable distributed generation will be the norm, with intelligent, data driven and tailored energy solutions that suit each user’s needs and expectations.
Legacy grid infrastructure and federal policy uncertainty are softening utility-scale renewable investment, supporting BTM rooftop C&I as a promising class for de-risked economic and environmental returns.

The Hon. Morris Iemma,
Chairman at CEP.Energy.