Everything. In fact, technical design of energy infrastructure used to be a tone-deaf exercise till a niche market emerged – where the engineers know how to talk balance sheets, and the finance team recommends smarter machines and IoT infrastructure for long term planning. The story isn’t very different for socially and economically sensitive project contexts, like energy deficient or otherwise vulnerable communities who are paying high marginal costs of energy access.
This brief introduction to assessing cashflows for project finance for showcasing bankability to potential investors was a valuable investment of academic time.