Green Hydrogen (Electrolysis) Plant - Project Finance Model

Today, the most common way of producing green hydrogen is via electrolysis - a process whereby water is split into hydrogen and oxygen using electricity generated from entirely renewable energy sources. This occurs in units known as electrolyzers.

This Finance Model provides a dynamic (up to 20 years) forecast and profitability analysis of a development and operating scenario for a Green Hydrogen (Electrolysis) Plant. The main purpose of the model is to enable users to get a solid understanding of the financial feasibility of the project and to evaluate the return to investors.

The model includes all necessary data to calculate development and construction costs, hydrogen production, revenue, and operating expenses, financing through Debt & Equity and project return metrics (IRR, NPV, MOIC, Payback, etc.)

The structure of the template follows Financial Modeling Best Practices principles and is fully customizable.

Model Structure

• Setup Assumptions
This section is used to input all the assumptions for the project.
It includes assumptions for Project Timing, Plant Capacity, Hydrigen Production, Pricing, Tax Credit Incentives (ITC & PTC), CapEx, Opex & Financing

• Debt Schedule
Loan amortization Schedule of project’s debt including an optional interest-only (IO) period.  

• Annual Operating Model, Project Returns & Performance Dashboard
Presentation of Project results in Annual Periods. Sections include:
– Annual Development & Construction Cash Flow
– Annual Operating Cash Flow
– Pre-Tax and After-Tax Cash Flow
– Unlevered & Levered Project Return Metrics (IRR, MOIC, Payback, NPV)
– Levelized Cost of Hydrogen (LCOH)
– Equity, Debt, CapEx & Depreciation and Tax Schedules
– Business Performance Dashboard

• Investor Returns (Waterfall)
Investors Distribution Waterfall Model including a GP Catch-up provision

• Project Executive Summary
Professional Executive Summary report containing all of the high-level relevant information for review and is designed to be easy to read, print, and save to pdf. The report includes Project General Info, Timing, Sources, and Uses of Cash, Operations Summary and Key Metrcis, Project and Investor return metrics.

Instructions on the use of the model are included in the Excel file.

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