Our Cutting-Edge Platform for Energy Transactions
Our team has partnered with industry-leading procurement and auction software engineers to develop Polaris, our purpose-built technology platform designed to support a broad spectrum of energy transactions and structured RFP processes.
Polaris represents a step-change evolution over traditional energy auction and sourcing platforms – with a dynamic user interface, intuitive desktop and mobile applications, powerful auction functionality, AI integration, communications portal, and robust cyber security protocols.
The framework that Polaris is built upon has flawlessly supported over 100,000 auction events, facilitating the transaction of billions of dollars in resultant contracts.
Polaris is the culmination of our decades of experience in supporting technology-enabled energy transactions and represents a central component to our Energy Transaction Advisory practice.
Alvaro is an energy economist with over 25 years of experience in economic, technical, and policy analysis with expertise in renewable energy, decarbonization, and energy markets. Prior to joining Polar, Alvaro led Enel X’s global net zero consulting team, responsible for delivery of SBTI-target setting and decarbonization services to several Fortune 500 customers and their value chains. He has reviewed and supported 1000s of MWs of generation projects and power and certificate purchase agreements from multiple renewable energy types including solar, wind (onshore and offshore), hydro, biomass, and geothermal.
He joined Enel X from Daymark Energy Advisors, where he worked in a variety of areas including energy procurement, renewable energy project analysis and pro forma development, regulated rates and cost analysis, and analyses of energy and capacity market rules, prices, and performance.
Prior to Daymark, he was with the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources and led the analytics group responsible for economic and technical analyses of energy policies, programs, and regulatory filings, including development of the statewide regulations for renewable portfolio standards, energy efficiency programs, and the RGGI carbon market. He also served on the state’s energy procurement committee alongside representatives from the state’s facilities’ office, the Attorney General’s Office, and other agencies.
Dr. Pereira is an experienced expert witness in regulatory proceedings involving energy markets, utility regulation and regulated rates, and renewable energy costs and benefits. He also has expertise in rate design and analysis, demand resources, and economic-impact modelling and forecasting. He holds a Masters in Transportation and Ph.D. in Regional and Urban Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
