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InfraDev Advisory

Strategic Advisory for Renewable Energy & Green Hydrogen

Bridging technical excellence with commercial acumen to deliver bankable clean energy projects across emerging markets.

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$5B+
Transactions advised
4+ GW
Renewable capacity
300+ MW
Green hydrogen
15+
Markets

Services

From early development through financial close

Comprehensive advisory across the full project lifecycle — for developers, investors, and governments.

Project Development

End-to-end support from site selection through commercial operation. We structure transactions, negotiate agreements, and manage stakeholder relationships.

  • Site feasibility and resource assessment
  • Offtake agreement structuring
  • Permitting and regulatory navigation
  • Stakeholder engagement

Typical mandate

Developer-side — from site control and offtake through financial close.

Strategic Advisory

Market entry strategy, investment thesis development, and portfolio optimization for developers, investors, and corporates.

  • Market entry and expansion
  • Investment due diligence
  • Policy and regulatory analysis
  • Competitive positioning

Typical mandate

Investor-side — from market screening to a defensible investment decision.

Technical Excellence

Rigorous technical oversight ensuring projects meet bankability standards and deliver on performance commitments.

  • Technology selection and optimization
  • Independent engineering review
  • Performance modeling
  • Risk assessment and mitigation

Typical mandate

Owner- or lender-side — keeping the technical case bankable from feasibility to COD.

Exhibit A · Signature project

Ain Sokhna, Suez Canal Economic Zone · 29.6°N 32.3°E

Egypt Green Hydrogen

Africa's first green hydrogen plant — Ain Sokhna, Suez Canal Economic Zone

Project Director on Egypt Green Hydrogen, a Scatec-led consortium with Fertiglobe, Orascom Construction, and The Sovereign Fund of Egypt: a 100 MW electrolyser facility powered by around 270 MW of dedicated solar and wind, designed to produce approximately 13,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen for up to 74,000 tonnes of renewable ammonia each year.

The public record

  • 1.

    Selected in the first H2Global pilot auction

    H2Global ↗
  • 2.

    20-year renewable ammonia offtake agreement signed with Fertiglobe in June 2024

    Scatec ↗
  • 3.

    Consortium progressing project financing toward a final investment decision

    OECD ↗
100 MW
Electrolyser Capacity
270 MW
Dedicated Solar & Wind
13,000 t/yr
Renewable Hydrogen
20 Years
Fertiglobe Offtake

Figures per the consortium's public announcements.

Credentials

Who we have worked with

Alongside leading developers, investors, and governments advancing the clean energy transition.

  • Scatec ASA
  • Enel Green Power
  • Masen
  • Rwanda Energy Group
  • Zesco

Research

About the founder

Nawfal Saadi Failali

A technical-commercial hybrid with deep expertise in renewable energy project development and infrastructure finance. Nawfal has advised on over $5 billion in clean energy transactions across Africa, Middle East, and Europe.

  • Former Senior Associate at leading project finance advisory
  • Published researcher in Nature and peer-reviewed journals
  • Fluent in English, French, and Arabic
  • Based between Europe and MENA region

Nawfal Saadi Failali

Founder & Principal

Track record

15
Years in energy & infrastructure
8+
Countries
3
Continents
2
Peer-reviewed publications
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The other practice

InfraDev AI Delivery

Finite, human-accountable AI workflow delivery for infrastructure and project-finance teams — the same delivery discipline this practice brings to projects, applied to how your team works.

Contact

Start a conversation

Whether you have a specific project in mind or want to explore how we can work together, we would love to hear from you.

Write to us directly:

nawfal.saadi@infradevadvisory.com

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