Energy Market Research, part of STS Research Group
www.stsresearchgroup.com located just north of Boston, specializes in custom market research and business implementation recommendations for companies seeking to expand and diversify in U.S. and global energy markets. We are hired on a project basis by corporate strategy, business development, and marketing to conduct assignments tailored to client specific needs.
Our clients include top companies such as Alcoa, ITT, General Electric, Mine Safety Appliances, Lockheed Martin, United Technologies, and dozens of other multi-national organizations.
Our expertise centers on emerging business in high-growth energy markets, establishing: 1) what is the real business opportunity in a particular energy segment?, 2) where should our client focus in terms of applications and customers for the greatest revenue and margin?, and 3) what will constitute a truly differentiated and preferred customer offering to secure leverage and market share dominance?
The major added value from our energy market research assignments is providing independent and highly actionable insights, showing clients precisely where to focus, and recommending specific actions to accelerate their business growth.
Our clients offer a wide range of technology products, systems and services to improve energy operations, streamline processes, enhance worker safety and productivity, manage risks and operating costs, comply with changing regulations, and ensure optimum security in key energy sectors.
These opportunity sectors include:
- On and Offshore Oil & Gas Exploration and Production
- Power Plant Upgrades, Retrofits and Refining Operations
- Utility and Electricity Generation
- Pipeline Transmission and Distribution
- Renewable Energy (Solar, Wind, other) Including Smart Grid Integration
- Government Market Support Contracts (DOD, DOI, DOE, EPA, other agencies)
- Transportation: Electric, Natural Gas (and Alternative Fuel) Vehicles and Support Infrastructure
We are engaged when a client realizes that off the shelf research reports are no longer helpful, internal resources are stretched, and there is a definite value in independent and outside expert validation.
Almost always our clients are seeking to accelerate business expansion and growth in new or emerging areas, or counter a competitive threat.
Established in 1989, we are a team of 12 research analysts with extensive energy industry contacts and market expertise across all energy segments.
Advantages versus other research firms:
- Expertise with companies currently operating in energy markets but also leading companies from other sectors seeking business diversification in energy. These include, for example, major aerospace-defense companies with unique and relevant technologies and large-scale systems integration expertise.
- Enable clients to make decisions as well as implement. We not only provide market research, analysis and recommendations but also directly assist clients in entry planning, initial market entry, and rollout implementation
- Extensive contacts with key decision-makers and energy industry experts with whom we conduct in-depth, custom research tailored to the specific business interests of our clients. We know the pitfalls of theorizing on secondary data alone without validation from key decision makers
Types of project assignments:
New Business, "White Space" Opportunity Assessment-Product, Service, Market
- Market Entry Planning, Rollout Recommendation and Support
- New Acquisition, Strategic Partner Identification and Screening
- Government Contract Opportunity Identification, Assessment, Capture Support
- International Market Opportunity Analysis
- Competitive Research and Analysis
All projects are executed with strict confidentiality, often with a signed NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement).