Development and finance
From site and demand to financial close
- Contract terms
- 48–180 monthsdepending on the model
- Vehicle
- SPVone company per project
- Critical infrastructure
- USD 500 M+in group projects
- Track record
- Since 1983designing, building and operating
Development and finance
An energy project gets financed when it is well developed
Banks and funds do not finance a plant. They finance an energy contract, permits, construction with a single accountable party and operations that sustain the payments. GIS Power develops each of those pieces and brings them together in a project company that can be financed.
What GIS Power does in development
The work that comes before groundbreakingA generation project spends years in development before it is built: the site is secured, demand is defined, permits and interconnection are processed, the energy contract is negotiated with the offtaker, and the company that will own the plant is structured.
GIS Power does that work and documents it the way a lender expects. We then design and build the plant under a single EPC party and operate it with contractual availability for the life of the contract.
Our core offering is solar with battery storage (BESS) as primary power. Cogeneration comes in where there is thermal demand.
When it is not a fit
- If your company prefers to buy the plant with its own funds and run it itself: a design-and-build contract is enough.
- If no offtaker is willing to sign a long-term energy contract: without that contract, the project is not financeable.
- If you need power within weeks: development takes longer, and the conversation starts with bridge power.
Topics
The pieces of a financeable project
Each has its own pageProject finance
Debt is repaid from the energy contract's cash flows, not from the offtaker's balance sheet.
Read 02 · ContractingContracting models
PPA, energy as a service, BOOT and leasing: who invests and who owns the plant.
Read 03 · VehicleSPV structure
The project company, the payment trust and the security package.
Read 04 · FundingCapital sources
Commercial and development banks, funds, listed vehicles and green bonds.
Read 05 · With the StateCFE mixed schemes
Mixed investment with a CFE stake of at least 54%.
Read 06 · StagesProject lifecycle
From origination to operations and the end of the contract.
Read 07 · PermitsPermitting and development
CNE, CENACE, land use, environmental and social impact.
Read 08 · ContractPPA structuring
Tariff, term, indexation, availability, security and termination.
Read 09 · CapitalInvestors
For funds and investors: the portfolio and the process, under NDA.
ReadThe path of a project
In order, from idea to closeOrder matters: each stage removes a risk the lender will review. Skipping one does not save time; it loses it at closing.
- 01 · Origination
Site, demand and offtaker. We decide whether the project makes sense.
- 02 · Development
Engineering, permits, interconnection, environmental and social impact.
- 03 · Structuring
SPV, energy contract, payment trust and security.
- 04 · Financial close
Equity and debt committed; construction is released.
- 05 · Construction and operations
EPC with one accountable party and operations with contractual availability.
Frequently asked questions
Does my company have to invest?
Not necessarily. Under PPA, energy as a service and BOOT, the project company invests and your company pays for the energy or the service. If you prefer to own the plant from day one, that works too.
What does GIS Power need to assess a project?
Location, demand (consumption and profile), how long you expect to stay at the site and, if available, details of your current grid connection.
How long is an energy contract?
From 48 to 180 months, depending on the model and the project.
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