Lender's Technical Advisory
Lender's Technical Advisory for Renewable Energy Projects
SgurrEnergy acts as lender's technical advisor for renewable energy projects, providing bankability assessment, technical due diligence, contract review and grid and environmental review before financial close, then construction monitoring, drawdown verification and operational review afterwards across wind, solar PV, battery storage, hydro and hybrid projects.
What Lender's Technical Advisory Covers
Scope spans the pre-financial-close review and the ongoing monitoring role through construction and into operations.
Bankability assessment
Independent review of whether project assumptions and design support the proposed financing.
Technical due diligence
Review of resource and yield, design, technology, grid and construction readiness.
Contract and commercial review
Technical review of EPC, O&M and supply contracts and their risk allocation.
Environmental and social review
Review of permitting and environmental and social compliance against lender requirements.
Construction monitoring
Site monitoring of progress and quality against design, schedule and loan conditions.
Drawdown and operations
Verification of milestone drawdowns and review of operational performance after commissioning.
Who This Is For
This service is designed for parties providing or arranging debt for renewable energy projects.
- Commercial banks and project finance lenders.
- Development finance institutions and multilateral lenders.
- Infrastructure debt funds and other institutional debt providers.
- Borrowers and sponsors who need to satisfy a lender's technical advisory requirement.
Why SgurrEnergy as Lender's Technical Advisor
Our advisory is independent and aligned with how lenders assess and monitor risk.
- Independent of contractors and equipment suppliers, with no stake in the projects we review.
- Findings expressed in bankability, conditions-precedent and drawdown terms that credit teams use.
- A single advisor across pre-close diligence, construction monitoring and operations.
- Coverage of wind, solar PV, battery storage, hydro and hybrid technologies.
Frequently Asked Questions
A lender's technical advisor independently reviews a project's technical basis for the financing parties, assesses bankability and risk before financial close, and then monitors construction, verifies drawdowns and reviews operational performance during the loan term.
Technical due diligence is usually a point-in-time review for a transaction decision. Lender's technical advisory includes that review but continues as an ongoing role through construction and into operations on behalf of the lender.
Yes. We monitor construction progress and quality against design, schedule and loan conditions, and provide drawdown verification at agreed milestones.
We support wind, solar PV, battery storage, hydro and hybrid projects, and can advise on projects across multiple regions; regional considerations are addressed within each engagement.
Discuss a lender's technical advisory mandate
Tell us about the project and financing structure, and we will scope an independent lender's technical advisory role around your requirements at close and through delivery.