Chris Yelland
expertise

Business activities and services

•  Thought leadership and analysis.
•  Research and writing assignments.
•  Consulting and special assignments.
•  Business intelligence for strategic decisions and planning.
•  Corporate presentations and engagements.
•  Media engagements and commentary.
•  Public and private speaking engagements.
•  Communication strategy and implementation.
•  Subscription-based information and analysis.
•  Strategic event facilitation and management.

Expertise: Energy and electricity

•  Traditional power generation – coal, gas, diesel, liquid fuels, nuclear, hydro power.
•  Renewable energy generation – wind, solar PV, solar CSP, biogas, biomass, green hydrogen and other emerging technologies.
•  Flexible generation – gas-to-power, pumped storage, battery storage, green hydrogen and fuel cells.
• Battery energy storage, electric vehicles and the e-mobility ecosystem.
•  Self-generation, embedded generation, distributed generation, wheeling, trading and electricity market reform.
•  Electricity supply and distribution industry restructuring.
•  Environmental sustainability in the energy and electricity sectors.
•  Just energy transition.
•  Eskom and municipal financial, operational and environmental performance and sustainability.
•  Eskom and electricity supply industry and electricity distribution industry restructuring in South Africa.
•  Eskom and municipal tariffs and electricity price trajectory in South Africa.
•  Energy and electricity policy, legislation, regulation and planning in South Africa.
•  Electro-technical standards and specifications in South Africa.
•  Electricity supply, demand, loadshedding and associated risks in Southern Africa.
•  Communication strategy in the energy and electricity sectors.