Gather Technical Financial and Legal Inputs
Collect and audit all existing technical specifications, preliminary front-end engineering design studies, letters of intent from off-takers, grid or site access agreements, and financial model assumptions. Verify the data quality and underlying assumptions with lead engineers, commercial leads, and external advisors. Systematically catalogue these inputs to expose data gaps and baseline metrics before model synthesis.
Assembling validated technical and commercial inputs establishes a single source of truth for all project assumptions. This rigorous baseline prevents compounding errors in financial modelling and project structuring, maximising credibility with institutional lenders.
An executed Input Audit Register detailing every technical, site, offtake, and financial assumption alongside its source, verification status, and confidence level. Any missing critical inputs must be flagged with a concrete action plan to acquire or estimate them.
Five questions an expert would ask when reviewing your output
Use these to challenge assumptions, pressure-test your logic, and check the quality of this action's output in the context of the parent task and wider venture development.
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Which assumptions in your financial model are backed by third-party engineering reviews versus internal founder estimates?
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What legal commitments exist in your current off-taker letters of intent, and are they binding enough to satisfy project finance underwriters?
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How recently were your vendor quotes and EPC budget estimates updated to reflect current material costs?
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Where are the single points of failure in your site access, permitting, and environmental approval pipeline?
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What evidence demonstrates that your feedstock or supply chain inputs are secured at the required price and volume over the project lifecycle?