Businnes plans of projects of small plants

Today, a popular trend in the development of alternative energy in Ukraine is the construction and operation of small hydropower plants with a capacity of 10 MW, production and sale of electricity at “green” tariff. “RICC” Ltd. provides services to develop business plans of investment projects of hydropower, provides consultations by specialists, analyzes regulatory framework.

Realization of small hydro projects is the construction, equipping and operation of hydroelectric power station (or a cascade of power plants). Produced electricity is sold to wholesale electricity market on a special “green” tariff in compliance with the Law of Ukraine “On alternative sources of energy”.



It is possible a comparative calculation of efficiency of different variants, which differ in the composition of technological equipment.

Business plan developed by “RICC” Ltd. includes a market analysis of the energy sector in Ukraine, a review of alternative energy industry, analysis of current legislation and the prospects industry.

Business development strategy describes the prerequisites for the implementation of the project and gives a full description of the planned business, including the selection of process equipment and design solutions. An important factor in calculating the economic hydropower and selection of equipment, are the parameters of water availability in the river, the dependence of the water and power flow on the season.

Sample of the plan of electricity production and the calculation of annual income given in Table 1.

Таble 1 Plan production of electricity and the calculation of the annual income of the project

“RICC” Ltd. specialists calculate calculation of the financial part of the project, which takes into account the sources and terms of financing the project; income plan, depending on the season and given a “green” tariff and other revenues; the calculation of investment requirements, conditions and period of loan repayment; construction plan of cash flows and calculation of key performance indicators of the project; tax plan, risk analysis and sensitivity of the project.