What you don't know about the OWL Group

The OWL Group is the only truly ASEAN highend power engineering consultancy companyhaving been established in Thailand and expandedinto the Philippines.

Although OWL’s core business is engineeringconsulting it also develops projects in which it is anequity shareholder. This unique approach meansthat OWL understands the risks and concerns ofits clients in more depth than many of its competitorswhether they be boutique or global consultingcompanies.

Issues in ASEAN

Tony Segadelli, OWL’s Managing Director, was one of the speakers at the recently held POWER-GEN Asia conference in Bangkok. He spoke on the characteristics of the power industry within Southeast Asia, from the holistic impact of the ASEAN integration, down to the effects on the power industry.

These insights gave an opportunity for companiesthat are either new to ASEAN or want to expandaround the region to better understand the opportunitiesand the environment in which they will beoperating.

Mr. Segadelli noted that one of the main issues inthe ASEAN power industry is labor. Singapore is reluctantto have more immigrants and the Philippinesdesperately needs people to return. “There’s basicallya labor shortage of skilled labor in the Philippines.As a company that recently set up there, I’ve seen alot higher wages than I was expecting. Although thequality is there, but you do have to pay a lot more,”said Segadelli.

He added,“Capital is going to move more easilyaround the region, and that’s going to focus government’smentalities towards making investmentsin these countries more attractive.”

Philippine Project

OWL is working on a 19.6 megawatt solar projectin the Philippines. It’s the first utility scale PV projectin the country because the way they feed in tariff isset up, you have to go commercial first before youcan get your final permit in place to be an accredited
seller.