Market Analysis and Forecasting

AFRY Management Consulting delivers comprehensive advisory services that empower businesses to address complex challenges and enhance performance.

With a team of over 800 consultants and access to AFRY's global network of 18,000 experts, we combine deep sectoral knowledge with cutting-edge engineering and digital expertise to offer holistic solutions across industries. Our advisory services are crafted to guide companies through the sustainability transformation, enabling sustainable growth and long-term success.

AFRY provides tailored consulting services in the bioindustry, energy and sustainability sectors, addressing the unique needs of each client with a bespoke approach. Whether it’s strategic advice, forward-looking market analysis or operational and digital transformation, we equip businesses with the tools to thrive in an evolving landscape. Our expertise spans M&A and transaction services, ESG strategies and regulatory compliance, ensuring clients are well-prepared to make critical decisions.

With global coverage and innovative approaches powered by in-depth analysis, data management tools, and scenario modelling, we at AFRY Management Consulting are dedicated to achieving impactful outcomes and developing lasting partnerships with our clients.

The reports of AFRY Management Consulting present condensed insights into industries across the bioindustry and energy transformation sectors and global markets. With them, we enable businesses and organisations to make informed, strategic decisions by transforming complex data into clear, actionable findings that can be tailored to meet the specific needs of our clients.

By identifying trends, forecasting market dynamics and highlighting challenges and opportunities, our reports guide operational and strategic planning while supporting sustainable growth and innovation. Their adaptability allows them to meet stakeholder requirements and empower clients to respond effectively to evolving business and regulatory landscapes.

Bioindustry

Bioindustry reports provide comprehensive insights into market dynamics, offering both annual standard reports and tailored solutions to meet specific client needs.

These reports are designed to guide industry stakeholders, from manufacturers and investors to policymakers, by addressing emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities within the evolving bioeconomy landscape.

AFRY Long-Term Outlooks

The AFRY Long-Term Outlook reports deliver in-depth, data-driven insights into the future demands, trends and challenges across key bioindustry sectors. They aim to equip stakeholders with the tools and information needed to make informed strategic decisions over the long term, focusing on markets like paper, fibre, and wood-based panels.

These reports are essential for stakeholders such as manufacturers, suppliers, investors and policymakers to understand industry dynamics. Their insights are key in today’s rapidly evolving markets, sustainability shifts and changing economic conditions. By combining data, visual forecasts and expert analysis, these reports drive unity and collaboration within these industries to address both opportunities and challenges.

World Fibre Outlook up to 2035

This report explores papermaking fibre and speciality pulp markets up to 2035, focusing on supply-demand dynamics, pricing trends and resource development. It covers various fibre types, including recovered paper and non-wood pulps, and highlights global fibre sources and future trade flows.

AFRY Smart, our digital platform for bio-based industries, lets users easily merge, compare and download data, simplifying production and trade analysis for industry stakeholders.

World Paper Markets up to 2035

This report projects the global paper and paperboard market through 2035, covering 80+ countries and key product areas like tissue, packaging and speciality paper. It highlights regional factors, such as Europe’s energy costs, and growth drivers like China’s role in the industry.

AFRY Smart, our integrated digital tool, enables flexible data exploration and personalised forecasts.

Wood-based panels and surfacing materials up to 2028

This report examines the market for wood-based panels and decorative surfacing materials through 2028, using three scenarios based on economic recovery trends. The study covers production, demand, end-use applications and costs, while addressing uncertainties like unemployment and shifting customer behaviour. The analysis provides clear guidance for leaders to navigate both stable and volatile market conditions.

Energy transition

Our energy transition reports deliver precise forecasts and projections that help industry stakeholders strategically navigate the complexities of the energy transition. By addressing critical aspects like decarbonisation, decentralisation and market dynamics, these reports provide actionable insights for decision-makers aiming to adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing landscape.

AFRY Independent Market Reports (AIMRs)

The AFRY Independent Market Reports (AIMRs) are a trusted resource for long-term price projections and in-depth market intelligence, widely recognised by utilities, banks and developers for over 25 years. These reports provide comprehensive analyses of electricity, gas, carbon and other commodity markets, delivering critical insights across more than 80 markets worldwide.

With their bankable projections of power markets, drivers, and projections of future wholesale prices, AIMRs play an essential role in guiding strategic decisions for stakeholders navigating the complexities of the energy transition. Covering regions from Europe and the Middle East to Asia, Africa, and the Americas, AIMRs play an essential role in guiding strategic decisions for stakeholders navigating the complexities of the energy transition.

Powered by AFRY’s cutting-edge BID3 software, the reports include detailed scenario analyses that reflect key drivers such as renewable energy integration, technological advancements, decarbonisation commitments and economic growth.

Each AIMR offers transparent methodologies, market structure overviews, regulatory insights, and wholesale price projections extending up to 2050-2060. By providing actionable and precise guidance, AIMRs empower stakeholders to anticipate market trends, adapt to policy shifts, and make confident, future-focused investment decisions.

Flexibility reports

Our flexibility reports provide bankable projections of reserve markets, intraday trends and future developments, offering actionable insights to help stakeholders adapt to changing market dynamics.

Other reports

We also deliver detailed reports on carbon markets, gas markets, imbalance costs, and Guarantees of Origin (GoOs), giving clients the essential information they need to make well-informed decisions.

AFRY Management Consulting offers a range of powerful software solutions designed to empower strategic decision-making across the bioindustry and energy transition sectors. These tools integrate advanced analytics, market modelling and data-driven insights to address complex challenges with precision and efficiency.

• AFRY Smart provides comprehensive business intelligence for the bioindustry, delivering high-quality, real-time data and tailored market analyses to support investment planning and strategic decisions.
• BID3 Power Market Modelling enables detailed simulations of electricity markets worldwide, offering insights into market pricing, capacity evolution and renewable integration through an intuitive and highly adaptable interface.
• Pegasus4: Global Gas Market Model models gas supply, demand and infrastructure to deliver accurate projections and analysis for pipelines, LNG and storage capacities globally.
• AFRY Analytics Capture delivers precise revenue forecasts for wind and solar assets, using location-specific data and hourly market price projections to optimise asset valuation and portfolio management.
• Daily Valuation Curve combines AFRY’s long-term price projections with market-based insights to provide consistent valuation frameworks, helping stakeholders manage risk and maximise the value of renewable energy investments. The Daily Valuation Curve is a joint production with codeveloper and renewable energy market data and insights company Pexapark.

AFRY Management Consulting's Data Solutions help businesses turn raw data into clear, actionable insights, making it easier to make smart decisions. Designed for forward-thinking organisations, these solutions boost efficiency and strategy by fitting smoothly into existing workflows.

To meet the growing global demand for advanced data analytics, we offer customised solutions in business intelligence, data platforms and strategy development, helping clients stay competitive in today’s fast-changing market. By leveraging cutting-edge cloud technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, we deliver scalable, secure, and future-proof tools designed to support sustainable growth.

AFRY Management Consulting works closely with clients to help them unlock their full potential in highly complex and competitive industries. By combining deep industry expertise with a forward-thinking approach, we provide tailored insights and actionable strategies designed to enhance market positioning and drive strategic growth. Through rigorous analysis, we assist clients in identifying opportunities, mitigating risks, and adapting to evolving market dynamics with confidence.

Our market analysis and forecasting services empower businesses to develop effective strategies and gain control over dynamic market conditions. By leveraging cutting-edge technology and proven methodologies, AFRY offers unparalleled insight into market trends, helping businesses assess assumptions and their implications for decision-making.

From streamlining operations to forecasting market trajectories, AFRY's comprehensive processes ensure the optimal implementation of strategic plans. Our team of experts enhances your ability to adapt swiftly and improve resilience in fast-changing industries, providing actionable data to address complex challenges with confidence. These solutions are designed to integrate seamlessly with your business operations, delivering customised insights and robust models that drive your success.

• Market modelling, forecasts and scenario planning
  • Bespoke scenarios
  • Sensitivities and risk analysis
• Market strategies, including market entry
• Assessment of competitive environment
• Navigating regulatory frameworks
• Demand forecasting and analysis
• Supply analysis
• Cost competitiveness
• Price forecasting
• Sales planning
• Financial planning
• Asset assessment
  • Generation assessment
  • Storage assessment
  • Interconnector assessment
• Carbon markets assessment
• Market design and regulation