Waste-to-energy plant financial model, built free.
A three-statement Excel model for an energy-from-waste plant, built from your own figures and checked to balance.
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Burns or gasifies residual municipal and commercial waste to generate electricity and heat, earning gate fees from councils and waste companies (often under put-or-pay contracts) plus energy and recovered-metal sales, less residue disposal.
In short
- 01
Three linked statements
Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow, linked in every period.
- 02
Valuation built in
Choose from 7 methods, from discounted cash flow to precedent deals.
- 03
Monthly to annual
Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annual periods, for up to 30 years.
- 04
Checked every period
A Checks sheet shows the balance sheet balances and the cash reconciles.
10 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.
- Wholesale electricity price curveThe wholesale electricity price forecast used by the revenue and cost parts that need it.
- Asset registerThe facts every other part of the model builds on — capacity, opening book value and remaining life.
- Development and constructionConstruction capex, commercial operation date and ramp-up for new assets, and the development pipeline.
- GenerationElectricity sent out (or discharged) by each asset in each period.
- Energy revenueRevenue from selling electricity (or discharging storage) under contracts and in the wholesale market.
- Certificates, ancillary and capacity revenueRevenue beyond energy sales — green certificates, frequency control and other ancillary services, and capacity or support payments.
- Operating costsSite operating costs — O&M, asset management, land lease, insurance, grid charges and community payments.
- Asset base and depreciationSustaining and replacement capex and depreciation of each asset's property, plant and equipment.
- Decommissioning and restoration provisionsProvisions to remove generation assets, abandon wells and restore sites — recognition, unwinding and spend.
- Energy and utility KPIsThe ratios investors and lenders use to judge energy and utility businesses.
The numbers it tracks.
- 01tonnes processed
- 02gate fee per tonne
- 03MWh exported per tonne
- 04availability
- 05residue cost per tonne
- 06DSCR
- 07equity IRR
What it is used for.
- Project financeGuide · Financial modelling services
- Development feasibilityGuide · Financial modelling services
- Operating forecastGuide · Financial projections
- ValuationGuide · DCF valuation model
- Lending and credit analysisGuide · Three-statement model
- Scenarios and sensitivities
- Asset acquisition
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See a finished model, sheet by sheetThe sample is built on illustrative figures and describes no real business. Models are calculations prepared from the information you provide. They are not financial advice and must be independently verified. See our terms.