Bioenergy producer financial model, built free.
A three-statement Excel model for a bioenergy producer (biofuels, renewable diesel, biogas, biomass), built from your own figures and checked to balance.
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Converts feedstocks — used cooking oil, tallow, oilseeds, grain, organic waste or wood residues — into biodiesel, renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel, ethanol, biomethane or biomass power, earning the fuel price plus environmental credits and co-product sales, less feedstock cost.
In short
- 01
Three linked statements
Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow, linked in every period.
- 02
Valued and tested
Discounted cash flow, with scenarios on the key drivers.
- 03
Monthly to annual
Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annual periods, for up to 30 years.
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Checked every period
A Checks sheet shows the balance sheet balances and the cash reconciles.
The sample, as Excel draws it.
Built by the same system and checks as yours, on illustrative figures: every sheet as Excel draws it, or live.
Illustrative figures: the sample describes no real business. The live preview shows values; your model’s Excel file has every formula.
How the model works for a bioenergy producer.
- How it earns revenue3 formulasBiofuel and biomethane output and sales · All energy assetsBiofuel and co-product salesFuel salesCo-product salesBiofuel and biomethane output and sales · All energy assetsFeedstock costFeedstock processedFeedstock pricePrice indexBiofuel and biomethane output and sales · All energy assetsFuel producedFeedstock processedConversion yield
- What drives its costs2 formulasOperating costs · All energy assetsOperating costsO&M contractAsset managementLand leaseInsuranceGrid (TUOS) and connection chargesCommunity fundFuel, charging energy and carbon costs · All energy assetsCharging energy costEnergy chargedCharge (off-peak) pricefrom off-peak) priceNetwork charge on energy charged
- What it invests in3 formulasAsset base and depreciation · All energy assetsCapital expenditureConstruction capex (development and construction)from development and constructionSustaining capexAsset base and depreciation · All energy assetsDepreciationOpening net book valueCapital expenditureShare of the period in operation (after COD) (development and construction)from development and constructionshare of the yearRemaining life at period startAsset base and depreciation · All energy assetsClosing net book valueOpening net book valueCapital expenditureDepreciation
- How it is funded3 formulasDebtRepaymentsScheduled repaymentsPrepayments from an equity raise and the cash sweepDebtClosing balanceOpening balanceDrawdownsRepaymentsDebtInterest expenseOpening balanceAll-in interest rateshare of the year
- How profit becomes cash3 formulasClean energy tax credits · All energy assetsInvestment tax credit earnedPlaced in service in the periodEligible project costCredit rateBonus addersWorking capitalTrade receivablesRevenuefrom statementsDebtor daysDays in periodWorking capitalInventoryDirect costs (positive)from statementsInventory daysDays in period
24 parts, each one tested.
Every part is a tested building block with its own checks: yours is put together from the ones your business needs.
- CPI forecastConsensus curve with long-run anchor
- Exchange rate (US dollar)Exchange rate by financial year
- Corporate costsFixed cost base indexed to CPI
- Working capitalFull working capital
- Income taxCorporate rate with tax losses
- DebtAmortising term loan
- Equity raisingDistribution reinvestment plan
- Dividends and distributionsPayout of net profit
- Discounted cash flow valuationDCF on free cash flow to the firm
- Wholesale electricity price curveAdviser price curveThe wholesale electricity price forecast used by the revenue and cost parts that need it.
- Decommissioning and restoration provisionsPresent value with accretionProvisions to remove generation assets, abandon wells and restore sites — recognition, unwinding and spend.
- Energy and utility KPIsGeneration unit metricsThe ratios investors and lenders use to judge energy and utility businesses.
- Key-metric summaryLast-twelve-month and run-rate metrics
- Discount rate (WACC)CAPM at target gearing
- Clean energy tax creditsInvestment tax credit on eligible costProduction and investment tax credits earned by an asset, whether used by the owner, sold to a third party or allocated to a tax equity investor.
- Biofuel and biomethane output and salesFeedstock × yield × fuel priceFuel produced from feedstock at conversion yields and sold at fuel-linked prices, plus environmental credits and co-products.
- Asset registerEnergy asset registerThe facts every other part of the model builds on — capacity, opening book value and remaining life.
- GenerationStorage cycles and state of healthElectricity sent out (or discharged) by each asset in each period.
- Energy revenuePPA with merchant tailRevenue from selling electricity (or discharging storage) under contracts and in the wholesale market.
- Operating costsCost lines with escalationSite operating costs — O&M, asset management, land lease, insurance, grid charges and community payments.
- Asset base and depreciationStraight-line depreciation over remaining lifeSustaining and replacement capex and depreciation of each asset's property, plant and equipment.
- Development and constructionTotal capex spread to CODConstruction capex, commercial operation date and ramp-up for new assets, and the development pipeline.
- Certificates, ancillary and capacity revenueGreen certificates × certificate priceRevenue beyond energy sales — green certificates, frequency control and other ancillary services, and capacity or support payments.
- Fuel, charging energy and carbon costsCharging or pumping energyVariable cost of the energy an asset consumes — gas, coal, charging or pumping electricity, electrolyser power — and its carbon cost.
The numbers it tracks.
- 01fuel output (litres or GJ)
- 02feedstock cost per litre
- 03credit value per litre
- 04conversion margin
- 05plant utilisation
- 06EBITDA
What it is used for.
- Operating forecastGuide · Financial projections
- Budget and rolling forecastGuide · Cash flow forecast
- ValuationGuide · DCF valuation model
- Lending and credit analysisGuide · Three-statement model
- Project financeGuide · Financial modelling services
- Development feasibilityGuide · Financial modelling services
- Equity capital raisingGuide · Startup financial model
- Scenarios and sensitivities
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