Most manufacturers have made the first investment. But solar and a battery is a product, not a strategy. What comes next requires someone who can see the whole picture.
The bills are still high. You've invested in solar and a battery - but you're still only 40% of the way there, and you don't know where to go next.
Everyone has solar now. When you're applying for tenders and everyone in your industry has made the same investment, how do you stand out? A comprehensive energy strategy is how you differentiate - and how you answer the Scope 3 questions your customers are starting to ask.
You're making decisions in the dark. Without a whole-of-system view - across your heat loads, cooling, water, production schedules, and energy use - you're investing in pieces instead of a strategy.
Solar was the obvious move. It makes sense on almost every roof. But solar is a product - and a product is not a strategy. A strategy starts with understanding your whole energy picture: when you use energy, in what forms, what it's actually costing you, and where it's being wasted.
Most of the businesses I work with have made sound individual investments. The gap is almost never the technology - it's that no one has ever sat down and mapped a staged journey from where they are today to where they need to be, without trying to sell them something at the end of it.
That's the work NECTO does. And the starting point is a 30-minute conversation.
Meaningful cost reduction from a whole-of-site approach that optimises how energy is generated, stored, and used across your operations.
A documented, staged energy plan that answers the questions your supply chain customers are starting to ask - and sets you apart in tenders.
Infrastructure choices built around your planning horizon and ownership structure - so the investment made today makes sense in 2035.
I'll ask you a series of questions about your current setup, your costs, and your goals. By the end of 30 minutes, you'll have at least three specific things you can act on - some immediately, some that point toward a bigger opportunity.
If it makes sense to go further together, I'll tell you what that looks like. A full strategy engagement typically runs $5,000-$15,000. Most clients find significantly more on the table than they expected.
Pick a time directly in my calendar. You'll walk away with something useful either way.
Senior leadership - MD, Operations Manager, or CFO - who has already made one round of energy investment and needs an independent view on what the next round should look like.
The businesses I work with are typically responding to tenders from organisations at $100M+ revenue - mandatory reporters who are beginning to ask their supply chain about carbon intensity. Your sustainability performance is starting to affect your ability to win work.
I started my energy career by travelling to Vanuatu to install solar power systems in remote communities. That trip taught me something I've carried through everything since: the point of energy is never the energy itself. It's what it makes possible for people.
Over the past two decades, I've worked across almost every part of the energy sector - wind farm development with Garrad Hassan and Acciona, energy policy for the South Australian Government, international clean energy programs across Southeast Asia and the Pacific as Regional Director for REEEP, and most recently, energy storage technology with Enernet Global and EnerVenue in the US. I've done the work at every level, from installing systems in the field to advising governments on policy to representing Australia at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi.
What I kept seeing, across all of it, was the same gap. Businesses that had made smart individual decisions - good equipment, sound investments - but no one had ever helped them see the whole picture. No staged strategy. No view of where the journey was actually heading.
I started NECTO because I wanted to be that person. Not selling a product. Not tied to a vendor. Just genuinely excited about helping manufacturers figure out what their energy needs are, where they want to go and what strategy it will take to get there.
That's what I get to do now. And I love it.
Energy bills, SCADA data, energy management systems, physical layout and space constraints. A complete picture of when you use energy, in what forms, and what it's actually costing you.
A staged roadmap built around your planning horizon, ownership structure, and operational goals - designed so the decisions made today hold up in ten years.
Specification writing and go-to-market support for implementation. Independent oversight of delivery - not tied to any vendor, not shaped by any product margin.
No prep needed. Pick a time that works and I'll do the rest.
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