What we offer

Structuring & Origination

We support you with

  • Structuring deals to move your risk/return profile in the target direction
  • Setting up or further-developing your in-house tool to price complex commodity structures
  • Running internal alignment and approval processes
  • Exemplary deal structures are:
  • Gas Storage & swing contracts
  • Power Purchase Agreements - wind & solar
  • Battery

Portfolio Management

We support you with

  • Manpower in times of high people demand or to fill temporary personal shortages, e.g. due to parental leaves or prolonged sick-leaves
  • Developing forecasting tools for Energy demand
  • Analyzing your portfolio’s risk/return profile
  • Making risk/return profile-oriented hedge decisions

Analytics as a Service

We support you with

  • Uncovering information hidden in your data, e.g. demand / load forecasting
  • Improving the forecasts for your production portfolio of wind or solar farms
  • Data Analytics and Machine Learning services related to your energy portfolio management

Workflow Optimization

We support you with

  • Analyzing your existing workflows and tools, with a focus on integration, automation, and collaboration to identify areas for improvement
  • Implementing new collaborative workflows customized to your needs, along with recommended tools and interfaces to enhance ROI, NOI, and other crucial metrics
  • The evaluation of the results of the implemented collaborative workflows to ensure the desired targets are achieved

Value Chain Management

We support you with

  • Steering of internal commodity value chains like power, gas, oil or hydroghen
  • Set-up and monitoring of internal markets (focus on arm's length principle)
  • Creation of internal flexibility products to allocate risks along the value chain to achieve group's optimum
  • Arbitration board services for internal pricing issues
  • Developing of commodity risk limits along the entire value chain - allocate the risk where they can be best managed

Capital Allocation

We support you with

  • Creating an efficient process for group wide capital allocation within the yearly strategy and planning process
  • Development of investments KPIs based to compare investments and prioritise them according to company targets
  • Support of stakeholder management during the entire capital allocation process
  • Preparation of decision proposals for the board
About us

Mastering Stable & Renewable Energy Solutions
Together.

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Our culture
Flexible & Understanding

We understand that life is full of twists and turns, and sometimes plans need to be adjusted. That's why we take a dynamic and accommodating approach to provide you with tailored solutions.

Growth & Development

We understand that growth takes many forms – from personal development to organizational advancement. Our mission is to be your partner in this transformative journey, providing you with the resources, tools, and guidance you need to thrive.

Open & Transparent

We understand that transparency is not just a buzzword; it's a guiding principle that influences everything we do. From our communication with clients, partners, and team members to our business practices and decision-making, we strive to be forthright and candid.

Executive Team

Our success is a result of teamwork and building upon our technical expertise and creative style providing a full-service solution to our clients.

Arno Staude
Energy Professional, Digital Entrepreneur, Human Leader
Arno has 20 years experience along the energy value chain. He has expertise in energy strategy, energy forecasting, and gas & power portfolio management. He is passionate about innovation and digital transformation. He is the founder of collaborative workflows and is the CEO of GroupLotse and controlex companies providing cutting-edge solutions for optimizing collaboration, workflows and business intelligence solutions
Markus Schicks
Energy Professional, Quantitative Structurer, Researcher
Markus is a quantitative commodity expert with a strong background in academia and the energy industry. After studying and researching in mathematics, he has worked in Energy for already more than ten years. He always focused on quantitative topics along the power and gas value chain with a specialist focus on natural gas. He is an experienced quantitative structurer, negotiator and project manager. For more than a year he works as an Energy consultant from Gdańsk for European utilities.
Gebhard Schrader
CIO, Full Stack Developer, Human-Centric Technologist
With a remarkable track record of over 20 years in IT and his own successful IT consulting project, Gebhard Schrader stands as a driving force behind our team. As a CIO and Full Stack Developer, he possesses unmatched expertise in both technology and psychology. He combines his technical prowess with a keen understanding of the human element, ensuring that every technical problem is solved with utmost consideration for the people involved.
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