Hybrid Power for AI & Data Centers, Project Triage, & Capital.
Partners we’ve worked with
Compute-grade power, without the guesswork
You don’t build billion-dollar compute on hope and handshakes – you build it on bankable megawatts.
We design and deliver compute-grade power — resilient, scalable, and financeable — so you can commit to tenants, GPUs, and timelines without crossing your fingers every time the grid is mentioned.
Time to Power is the New Gold
Every week you save on power delivery adds millions to your bottom line.
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Power Generation Hardware Delay is the new bottleneck.
• Global lead times on turbines, BESS, and switchgear are at historic highs.
• A 250 MW data-center campus loses $3–7 million per week of delayed revenue.
• Meanwhile: idle civil, stranded M&E crews, and blown tenant SLAs burn your CapEx.
• BreakPoint Energy accelerates your data-center power projects—cutting weeks or months off turbine, BESS, and switchgear delivery. -
Traditional consultants get paid regardless of schedule. We flipped that.
• We get paid for performance, not PowerPoints.
• You pay a nominal retainer—then a success fee for every week we save on your critical-path hardware delivery.
• Incentives aligned to your CFO’s reality: cash goes out only when time comes back. -
We embed with your procurement and EPC teams and pull the levers that move factory calendars.
• Hands-on with your PO flow, vendor schedules, and logistics.
• OEM network and escalation channels to pull forward factory slots and shipment windows.
• Measured in weeks saved on the critical path—documented, auditable, tied to our fee.
Get the truth fast.
Project Triage — 1 Week Reality Check
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Get the truth fast: what’s real, what’s risk, what to do next.
• Interconnection sanity check: queue, study status, substation constraints, re-study risk
• Hardware reality check: turbine/BESS/switchgear lead times vs POs and factory calendars
• Design & protection review: one-line/three-line, fault duty, relay philosophy, black-start/islanding gaps
• Schedule & cash burn: critical path, idle crews, slip points, cost exposure
• Commercials: EPC/LTSA terms, LDs, curtailment/availability language -
A decision-ready bundle you can act on immediately.
• Triage Report (10–12 slides): green/amber/red by workstream with date-certain actions
• Critical-Path Map: the three moves that pull COD forward fastest
• OEM Escalation Plan: who to call, how to pull slots, what to trade
• Executive Decision: proceed, pause, or pivot—with budget ranges
• Targets: 1–3 weeks of pull-forward identified; zero avoidable re-studies; 10–15% cost exposure flagged -
We get paid for time saved, not PowerPoints.
• Fixed 120-hour triage: $50k flat
• Credit: 100% applied to a Recovery Sprint or Hybrid Blueprint within 30 days
• Inputs Day 0: latest one-/three-line, protection notes, load profiles; IA/FA & utility emails; turbine/BESS/switchgear POs & vendor schedules; current Gantt/Primavera and change-order register
• Why it works: we embed with procurement/EPC and escalate with OEMs to pull factory slots and ship windows
Power Generation Capital
$650m+ secured before—now we fund your MW fast.
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Hundreds of millions+ raised, now focused on your campus. We turn your power plan into a fundable story: clear MW and dates, on-site hybrid + grid path, SLAs tenants will sign, SPV/holdco structure, cash waterfall, ITC/transfer strategy (where applicable), and risk allocation that passes IC. Outcome: a concise deck and term map that get you from “interesting” to “approved.”
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Investor-grade model with sensitivities, a clean dataroom (legal, technical, interconnection, EPC, OEM), a red-flag tracker, and a Q&A log that anticipates IC questions. We rehearse your team, align terms with the power story, and keep a weekly deliverables burn-down so nothing slips. Outcome: you walk into IC with numbers that tie to MW, dates that stick, and a package that says “bankable.”
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We map the market to the capital that fits your deal—strategics, infra credit, project equity, tax-credit buyers—and tune the pitch to each: resilience-first for tenants, uptime economics for IC, and schedule insurance for lenders. You get a short list of real buyers, a sequencing plan, management coaching, and a calendar that gets you in the room with decision-makers. Outcome: fewer tire-kickers, more yes-votes, and term sheets on a timeline that matches your build.
“Nigel's in depth knowledge of the electricity sector is invaluable in connecting the dots to bring the best in international IP to his client base.” James Munro, General Manager Retail & Corporate Affairs, Mighty River Power
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“An outstanding leader and a pleasure to work with.…very effective at getting great ideas and innovative projects off the ground.” Bruce Smith, GM Sales, Intergen
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“A useful combination of enthusiasm and pragmatism, openness and integrity, responsiveness and punctuality” Dr Leonid Itskovich, Energy Manager, Christchurch City Council
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"You have the ability to put people at ease while representing Meridian’s interests and achieving your goals. You leave the recipient with the impression that you are technically competent and can be trusted.” Dr Ann Smith, GM Technical, carboNZero
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“Nigel was key in helping WEL understand its position in the electricity value chain. Nigel's involvement in developing a unique solution was core to our success in the negotiations (Hobsonville)” John Van Brink, GM Asset Investment & Growth, WEL Networks
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“Listens more than he says, good depth and insightfulness, good balance of reserve and forth rightfulness” Dave Pearce, Chief Winemaker, The New Zealand Wine Company
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“No matter what the outcome. His enthusiastic manner and diligence were as they remain, unquestionable and highly respected. He’s a tough taskmaster but completely objective and fair.” Chris Cameron, Director, Cameron Management Group
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“I find you to be committed to ‘sustainability’, but with a commercial understanding of what it actually means” Dr Nick Marsh, Managing Director, Next Corporation
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“An enthusiastic visionary, an excellent networker and business linker, but definitely one step ahead both in ideas and actual play. I always feel reinvigorated after spending time with Nigel as a business person” Laurie Foon, Director/Designer, Starfish NZ
Dream it
“Nigel understands the broader concepts of sustainability and is able to discuss issues that impact on the social, political, environmental and economic aspects of sustainable practice” Dr Barry Law, Sustainability Director, Shannon’s Way
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“Nigel has a strong grasp of both political and commercial implications involved in building a sustainable future. This understanding coupled with lateral thinking & creatively working in new angles and win-win partnerships make working with Meridian of real value for us” Peri Drysdale, MBE, CEO Snowy Peak
“Nigel's in depth knowledge of the electricity sector is invaluable in connecting the dots to bring the best in international IP to his client base.” James Munro, General Manager Retail & Corporate Affairs, Mighty River Power -- “An outstanding leader and a pleasure to work with.…very effective at getting great ideas and innovative projects off the ground.” Bruce Smith, GM Sales, Intergen -- “A useful combination of enthusiasm and pragmatism, openness and integrity, responsiveness and punctuality” Dr Leonid Itskovich, Energy Manager, Christchurch City Council -- "You have the ability to put people at ease while representing Meridian’s interests and achieving your goals. You leave the recipient with the impression that you are technically competent and can be trusted.” Dr Ann Smith, GM Technical, carboNZero -- “Nigel was key in helping WEL understand its position in the electricity value chain. Nigel's involvement in developing a unique solution was core to our success in the negotiations (Hobsonville)” John Van Brink, GM Asset Investment & Growth, WEL Networks -- “Listens more than he says, good depth and insightfulness, good balance of reserve and forth rightfulness” Dave Pearce, Chief Winemaker, The New Zealand Wine Company -- “No matter what the outcome. His enthusiastic manner and diligence were as they remain, unquestionable and highly respected. He’s a tough taskmaster but completely objective and fair.” Chris Cameron, Director, Cameron Management Group -- “I find you to be committed to ‘sustainability’, but with a commercial understanding of what it actually means” Dr Nick Marsh, Managing Director, Next Corporation -- “An enthusiastic visionary, an excellent networker and business linker, but definitely one step ahead both in ideas and actual play. I always feel reinvigorated after spending time with Nigel as a business person” Laurie Foon, Director/Designer, Starfish NZ Dream it “Nigel understands the broader concepts of sustainability and is able to discuss issues that impact on the social, political, environmental and economic aspects of sustainable practice” Dr Barry Law, Sustainability Director, Shannon’s Way -- “Nigel has a strong grasp of both political and commercial implications involved in building a sustainable future. This understanding coupled with lateral thinking & creatively working in new angles and win-win partnerships make working with Meridian of real value for us” Peri Drysdale, MBE, CEO Snowy Peak
Mission
From our 2014 launch as Break Point Consulting in New Zealand, one of the most complicated energy markets in the world (85% renewable, 285 trading nodes, 29 electricity distribution businesses), we've amassed 10+ years of grid-hardened expertise, now channelled through BreakPoint Energy to deliver compute-grade hybrids that outpace today's interconnection chaos.
BreakPoint Energy exists to get real megawatts on real dates for AI and data-center programs. We parallelize on-site hybrid generation (turbine + BESS) with grid interconnection, rescue slipping schedules with a 7-day Triage Sprint, and package capital-ready stories that tenants, investors, and utilities will sign.
What we do
Rapid Assessment to prove a credible path to MW, dates, and uptime
Scope and reference design that won’t trigger re-studies or scope thrash
Tenant Concept packs that win LOIs with bankable SLAs and timelines
Build Leadership (consulting only): governance, procurement cadence, OEM escalations
Capital Pack: model, term map, and dataroom that pass IC
Our results
Secured $650m from one capital partner and over $2bn from another for a single Atlanta based developer.
engaged in accelerating a 750MW backup generation project and a 500MW behind the meter project.
lead a $1.25B and $240m RFP for OEM hardware to successful conclusions under budget by 23% and ahead of schedule by 3 months
96% repeat client rate
we speak utility, our team has worked in transmission, generation, distribution and energy retailing. Currently working with ConEd and SDGE on demand response programs and incentives
Goal
Deliver measurable value—defined in your terms: weeks pulled off the critical path, risk removed, and decisions made.
We can embed with your team or operate discreetly. Start with a short intake, and we’ll align the scope to the fastest path to value.
