TEMPORARY POWER FOR RENTAL, CONSTRUCTION AND MINING
Crestline helps new power systems earn their keep before they scale.
Most deployment failures don’t begin in hardware. They begin in assumptions — about control logic, utilisation, integration responsibility, and field readiness. What performs in pilot conditions often breaks under fleet scale.
Engagements are structured. The aim is simple: reduce stranded assets while improving utilisation.
Identify where a new category can win, and where it will quietly fail.
Define requirements that align OEMs, integrators, and fleet teams.
Design pilots with success measures that translate to procurement.
Review delivery and early performance to stop avoidable support blowouts.
Independent work spanning fleet operators, manufacturers and investors.
“Craig worked with OPTHire to build capability around hybrid and renewable power systems, delivering practical training for our sales and technical teams and helping shape the functional specifications for both the solar calculator and the renewable site compound concept. His approach combines strong technical understanding with a clear grasp of how rental businesses actually operate, which made the work immediately useful for our team.”
“APS Power engaged Crestline Partners to help define the functional specification for our 60kW/120kWh BESS concept - a modular battery system aimed at temporary construction power applications. Craig helped translate the idea into a clear system architecture and highlighted the key engineering, compliance and commercial considerations early. This work gave us a clear and considered scope of what it would take to deliver this product to market, expected timeframes and overarching investment. Crestlines work was completed on time, on budget and the team went above and beyond to research and advise on key partners in production, driven by a firm mindset of quality, reliability and performance. ”
“We engaged Craig to undertake technical and commercial due diligence on a UK battery energy storage manufacturer, including travelling overseas with us to assess the technology and manufacturing operation firsthand.
Craig looked well beyond the product specifications, examining engineering maturity, operational reliability and the practical requirements of bringing the technology to Australia. His combination of technical depth and commercial understanding helped us separate an impressive product from a genuinely viable business opportunity, giving us a much clearer view of the risks and decisions ahead.”
“We engaged Craig to assess Cranepower’s battery systems and their potential to expand beyond tower cranes into the broader site power market.
His review combined a detailed product assessment with a practical understanding of rental operations, identifying opportunities to improve field reliability, deployment simplicity and commercial performance. Importantly, he challenged conventional system sizing assumptions and demonstrated where the technology could compete in applications traditionally requiring much larger generators. The result was a clear set of priorities and a practical pathway into a new market.”
Craig works at the intersection of economics, technology and on-site operations — helping clients make temporary power decisions that withstand scrutiny.
Experience spans hybrid and battery deployments, system architecture, functional specification, and commercial pilot development across the rental, construction and mining context.
Practical clarity for complex problems.
Crestline collaborates with specialist engineering and controls partners where required — while remaining independent in recommendations and decision framing.
If a decision needs to be defensible — commercially and technically — reach out. You’ll get a considered reply (not a sales funnel).
