Feasibility and Financial Model
Numbers that investors and lenders can test
Before anyone commits capital, someone will test your numbers. An independent specialist builds them with you, so the case you take to investors is consistent, from the first technology choice to the last line of the financial model.
Where feasibility sits in your project
Feasibility is the second step of the Roadmap to Bankability. The idea has been screened. The question now is whether it works technically and pays back in a model that others can audit. Banks and DFIs will read these numbers when you open project finance discussions, and the input costs depend on a secured feedstock supply.
How the feasibility work runs
1. Scope. The specialist starts from what you already have: studies, quotes, a first model, or only a concept.
2. Build. The technical and financial work is produced, and checked against what investors and lenders will ask.
3. Hand over. The findings come as one consistent set, presented by the specialist and ready to use in investor and lender discussions.
Who carries out the work. An independent specialist from the network I work with, with a technical and financial background, leads the work, speaks with you directly and presents the results. My part is to introduce the right expert and to connect the findings to your discussions with investors and lenders.
What the feasibility study covers
Technology and maturity
How proven the technology is, what remains to be shown at industrial scale, and which providers can stand behind their performance claims.
Process design and site
A first design with material and energy balances, main equipment and a cost estimate, tied to the site, the capacity and the real cost of feedstock and energy.
Financial model and stress tests
A model fed by the technical data and tested against price, yield, utilisation and subsidy assumptions, so you know what threatens returns most.
What you get from the feasibility work
- A technical and economic case you can put in front of investors
- A financial model with sensitivity tests
- A list of technical gaps, with the actions that close them
- Alternative options if the first design does not hold
- A pilot or scale-up test plan, where needed
Are your numbers ready for investors?
Tell me where you are. I will tell you which gaps investors are likely to find.