About Us

Tristram Scott is an independent energy consultant based in Cambridge, England.  He holds a PhD in Operations Research from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and has been involved in  modelling the energy sector for over twenty years.  Tristram's primary focus is on building optimisation and simulation based models for the energy sector. 

He is an expert in stochastic dynamic  programming, a technique which he has applied to a wide range of problems in the energy sector, especially in the areas of hydro reservoir management, gas storage optimisation, and short term power station optimal dispatch.

Recent work has included:

  •  Gas storage valuation.
  •  LNG terminal investment analysis.
  •  Transfer pricing for portfolios of both hydro and thermal power stations.
  •  Swing contract valuations.
  •  Analysis of imbalance costs for wind farms.
  •  Code review and audit of client portfolio dispatch software.