Synergies has a skilled team of analysts that develop customised financial and economic models to assist clients with decision-making. Financial modelling is concerned with analysing operating and capital costs, depreciation, revenues, cashflow and profit.
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The Port of Abbot Point and Townsville have both been identified as prospective hubs for the largescale production and export of green hydrogen by the Queensland and Commonwealth Governments. Acknowledging the significant technical hurdles that must be overcome for Australia to develop a commercially viable green hydrogen export industry, effective infrastructure planning is a critical requirement to facilitate the growth of the green hydrogen and other emerging energy industries.
The North Queensland Water for ...
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Synergies was engaged by the Department of Local Government Water and Volunteers to develop a cost allocation model to inform the setting of prices for the Toowoomba to Warwick Pipeline, a pipeline that is to be constructed to alleviate drought risk for communities in the Southern Downs Regional Council in addition to providing additional urban water security for Toowoomba Regional Council. First principles cost allocation principles informed the development of the model, which was applied ...
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After a sustained period of strong performance, the last five years in the Nogoa Mackenzie WSS has been characterised by relatively poor availability of Medium Priority water entitlements for agricultural users. Compounded by the removal of the inflatable bag from Bedford Weir, this period of poor reliability has coincided with strong performance in most other water supply schemes throughout Queensland.
This has significantly impacted irrigation users in the scheme, which includes largescale cotton producers ...
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The South East Queensland agriculture sector is characterised by intensive, high-value horticulture and intensive animal production, with the industry subject to a range of pressures including urban encroachment and access to reliable water supplies. Synergies was engaged by the Department of Local Government Water and Volunteers to undertake the service need assessment for the SEQ Agriculture RWA, in addition to assessing the economic and financial feasibility of the shortlisted options. The service need assessment included ...
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BMA commenced a sale process for its Blackwater and Daunia coal mines in Central Queensland in 2023. Blackwater and Daunia mines produce some of the world’s highest quality coking coal for steelmaking. Whitehaven Coal (Whitehaven) engaged Synergies to undertake due diligence on the product flow as well as rail and ports arrangements applicable for the Queensland mine acquisitions.
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Synergies was engaged by Western Power to prepare an expert report on the outlook for wages, inflation and productivity to support its proposed access arrangement to the Economic Regulation Authority for the 2021-22 to 2026-27 regulatory period. Our expert report provided forecasts of Wage Price Index (WPI) for the Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services sector (EGWWS) and the Consumer Price Index (CPI), as well as for opex productivity.