Feasibility & business case

Site assessment

Before any number is produced, the site has to be understood: what the ground will carry, what the resource actually is at this location, and what is legally or physically in the way.

• Resource evaluation from measured and modelled data, with the source justified
• Topographical analysis: slope, orientation, usable area, access
• Geotechnical screening: soil stability, drainage, foundation implications
• Constraints mapping: protected areas, archaeological zones, buffers, existing rights

Energy production assessment

The production figure is the number the whole business case rests on. It is modelled here, defended here, and carried into the financial case without being handed over as a standalone product.

• Solar irradiance, wind regime or hydrological flow assessed for the technology
• Production modelled in PVsyst and the industry standard tools for the technology
• Every loss assumption written down: soiling, shading, mismatch, degradation, availability
• P50 and P90 stated, with the spread explained rather than quoted

Regulatory and permitting route

A country’s rules, not your programme, decide the timetable. The permitting route is mapped against the actual authority before land is committed, because a wrong turn here costs a year rather than a month.

• Permitting route mapped against the responsible authority, stage by stage
• Environmental screening and the studies the route will require
• Grid connection options, indicative capacity and the queue position that matters
• Community and land factors that realistically affect approval

Business case

A feasibility study that never says no is not a study. The output is a case with its breaking points visible, not a case built to survive a meeting.

• Capital and operating cost build-up at the level the stage supports
• Revenue case against the production model and the market route
• Sensitivities that show where the case breaks, and by how much
• A clear recommendation: proceed, restructure, or stop