How we read the Energy opportunity
We see every opportunity through three converging shifts and four characteristics that distinguish the work.
The Energy Bi Lens
Digitise The data already inside meters, half-hourly settlement, and SCADA systems is the cheapest source of value in any energy estate. Most operators do not use it well. Most consultants do not know how to. We start here because it is where strategy meets evidence.
Decarbonise Carbon is now a commercial variable, not just an ESG narrative. Pricing, regulation, supply contracts, capital availability, and customer expectations are converging. Done well, decarbonisation is value creation. Done badly, it is greenwashing with a price tag.
Decentralise The economics of generation, storage, flexibility, and connection are shifting power from centralised utilities to sites, portfolios, and local networks. The highest-return projects of the next decade are being built here — and most of the structural risk sits here too.
Why clients work with us
Asset intelligence
We understand operational constraints — refrigeration loads, weather sensitivity, contracted versus actual capacity, real connection headroom — because we have spent years embedded in operating sites.
Execution credibility
Our recommendations come from people who have built, financed, commissioned, and operated the assets being discussed. Boardroom strategy through to G99 application, PPA term sheet through to commissioning programme.
See what this looks like in practice
multi-disciplinary
We are not aligned to a hardware brand, supplier panel, or fund. Our remit covers the full stack — connections, metering, generation, storage, flexibility, supply, EV, and the commercial and regulatory frameworks that bind them
Selected engagements across logistics, ports, EV, agriculture, telco/data, and capital markets.
International reach, senior delivery
Engagements led across UK, EU, US, and APAC, with a track record spanning more than ten countries. Every engagement is partner-led; clients deal with senior people throughout, not a pyramid of associates.
Luke Backhouse - Founder
Luke started his career in the family business, B-Line Project Services, delivering everything from small to large electrical contracts, renewable energy installation, energy efficient solutions and consultancy services.
Over the last 17 years Luke developed his extensive knowledge in Energy Management Efficiency & Renewables, Battery Storage and EV charging solutions in the commercial, industrial & domestic sectors.
An “Expert Generalist” Luke’s skills cover the entire Energy matrix. Working in Industry 4.0, Energy Generation and Flexibility, EV charging, Financial Services and Utilities.
Aside from Energy Bi, Luke also founded a Food Supplement start-up Hence, that is rapidly becoming a Net-Zero business.