We advise policymakers, grid operators, and the energy industry on every question around electricity markets
We are a Berlin-based consulting firm for energy economics. Since Lion Hirth founded it in 2014, we have stood for sophisticated quantitative assessments and rigorous economic perspectives on electricity markets. Plain language, concise graphics, and clear communication are integral to our work. More ▸
As a specialized boutique, we support our clients with studies, advisory projects, and courses. Our studies shape energy policy debates; our advisory work serves decision-makers in government and industry; our courses train the next generation of power market specialists. Assignments range from short analyses delivered within weeks to multi-year projects with a range of consortium partners. More ▸
A close-knit team combining more than 70 years of electricity market expertise, set apart by extensive project experience and a deep grasp of regulatory detail. Lion Hirth and Silvana Tiedemann lead the company, together with partners Ingmar Schlecht and Anselm Eicke. More ▸
We work on every question around electricity markets – ideally where demanding economic problems meet complex regulation. That covers the whole cascade of wholesale markets, from imbalance pricing through intraday and day-ahead to forward markets, as well as ancillary services, locational price signals, and support schemes that bear on the market. Each field has a dedicated contact in the team.
Many central players in policy and industry put their trust in us. We advise ministries, regulators, and EU institutions, transmission and distribution system operators, generators and trading houses, flexibility providers and utilities, energy-intensive industry, as well as think tanks and NGOs. About half of our projects come from Germany, the rest from the Benelux countries, Austria, Switzerland, and Brussels.
We advise federal ministries, regulators, and EU institutions. For the German economics ministry, our longest-standing client, we recently worked on capacity markets and locational price signals.
Transmission and distribution system operators in five countries are among our clients. Recently the focus has been on grid tariffs, alongside congestion management, imbalance pricing, and market design.
For utilities, retailers, and trading houses we cover dynamic retail tariffs, intraday trading, and balancing. For a group of trading houses, we assessed balance-responsibility strategies econometrically.
For developers and operators of utility-scale batteries, wind farms, and solar parks, our optimization model quantifies revenues and the impact of connection restrictions.
Energy-intensive companies come to us on electricity procurement, grid tariffs, and making processes flexible. For a group of 17 companies, we develop a grid tariff forecast.
For think tanks, industry associations, and international organizations we produce studies that ground energy policy debates in solid numbers.
Project enquiries are best addressed directly to Silvana Tiedemann and Lion Hirth – by email or phone. A first conversation about scope and timing comes at no cost.
Dr. Silvana Tiedemann
tiedemann@neon.energy
+49 157 79 594 910
Prof. Dr. Lion Hirth
hirth@neon.energy
+49 157 55 199 715