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Wind Farm Financial Model
Plan turbine deployment, energy revenue, and project funding over 10 years. Connect up to five deployment tranches to construction costs, PPA or wholesale revenue, operating expenses, financing, three financial statements, and investor returns.
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See the model in action
Walk through the inputs, logic, and outputs.
See how turbine deployment, construction financing, production assumptions, and energy pricing flow into the financial forecast.
What the model includes
Connect the turbine rollout to project cash flow.
Build the forecast around deployment timing, energy monetization, operating costs, and the funding required to bring the project online.
Plan up to 120 months
Review monthly and annual pro forma detail across construction, deployment, and ongoing operations.
Build the wind farm in stages
Configure up to five turbine deployment groups, each with its own timing and turbine count. The number of turbines within a tranche is not fixed.
Choose PPA or wholesale sales
Select a revenue method for each tranche, using either a monthly PPA contract value or production-based wholesale assumptions.
Include optional revenue streams
Model Renewable Energy Credits, government subsidies, and one other ancillary income source when relevant to your project assumptions.
Separate construction and operating debt
Use up to five construction loans, one per deployment tranche, plus up to two general operating loans.
Review all three statements
Follow the integrated Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement in both monthly and annual views.
Evaluate the project and its investors
Review DCF analysis, IRR, ROI, optional exit value, and joint-venture / cap-table assumptions.
Bring the key results together
Use the annual executive summary, KPI visualizations, and capacity-analysis view to review and explain the forecast.
Deployment and construction
Give each turbine tranche its own plan.
Stage the build with separate assumptions for when turbines are deployed, what they cost, and how construction is financed.
Timing and turbine count
Define each tranche's start month, number of turbines, and construction-period length.
Land and turbine costs
Enter land acquisition costs and the cost per turbine based on the selected megawatt capacity. Set land purchase costs to zero when land is leased.
Construction costs
Account for site preparation, transportation, logistics, insurance, permitting, legal costs, project management, and electrical infrastructure.
Construction funding
Set the percentage of construction costs financed and adjust the loan terms for each tranche. Choose an interest-only or regular loan structure.
Energy revenue and production
Choose how each tranche earns revenue.
Use the revenue approach that fits each deployment group, then incorporate the production and pricing assumptions that drive the forecast.
Define the contract revenue
Enter a monthly PPA contract value and an annual escalation rate for the tranche.
Connect output to energy prices
Set the price per MWh and its expected change over time, together with turbine count, average MW capacity, and maximum monthly production hours.
Reflect monthly production differences
Define capacity factors for months 1 through 12 to reflect seasonality in the wholesale production forecast.
Account for declining performance
Apply an annual degradation assumption to reflect wear and tear in the modeled capacity attained over time.
Costs, debt, and ownership
Follow energy revenue through to cash and returns.
Layer in the cost of running the turbines and supporting the business, then review funding needs and the economics for equity participants.
Direct operating costs
Schedule monthly costs for each active tranche, costs per MWh transmitted, and costs per turbine.
Overhead and staffing
Use the detailed corporate-overhead and staffing input schedules, plus other one-time startup costs, to reflect the organization supporting the farm.
Interest treatment
Construction financing includes a payment-in-kind option. Interest-only loan interest can accrue or not accrue, depending on the selected setting.
Operating finance and taxes
Include up to two general operating loans and the model's tax assumptions alongside the project operating forecast.
Exit value and joint venture
Include an optional exit value and joint-venture / cap-table structure. Annual DCF outputs include the project and a view for each joint-venture party.
How to use it
From turbine deployment to a financial forecast.
Build the deployment schedule
Set the start month, turbine count, construction period, land costs, turbine costs, and other construction spending for each tranche.
Choose the energy revenue assumptions
Select PPA or wholesale revenue by tranche. Enter contract terms or production, capacity-factor, pricing, and degradation assumptions, plus any optional income streams.
Add costs and financing
Enter direct costs, corporate overhead, staffing, startup costs, construction debt, and operating loans. Set interest treatment and ownership assumptions.
Review results and compare cases
Evaluate monthly and annual financial statements, the executive summary, capacity and KPI charts, DCF, IRR, and ROI. Change assumptions to compare alternative project plans.
Who gets value from it
Built for wind project planning and analysis.
Wind farm developers
Plan staged turbine deployment, construction spending, energy revenue, and the funding needed to support the build.
Owners and operators
Review capacity, production economics, recurring costs, and the financial impact of alternative rollout plans.
Investors and partners
Evaluate project value, modeled returns, capital requirements, and joint-venture economics.
Finance teams and advisors
Use a connected framework to discuss operating assumptions, construction finance, and project feasibility.
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A few useful details.
How long is the forecast?
The model supports up to 120 months, or 10 years, with monthly and annual pro forma detail and connected financial statements.
How many turbines can I model?
You can configure up to five deployment tranches. Each tranche has its own turbine-count input, so the model does not impose a fixed number of turbines per deployment.
Can I model both PPAs and wholesale sales?
You select the revenue method for each tranche. PPA inputs use a monthly contract value and annual escalation. Wholesale inputs use production capacity, monthly capacity factors, production hours, energy prices, and degradation assumptions.
What financing is included?
The model includes up to five construction loans, one per deployment tranche, and up to two general operating loans. Construction loan terms are adjustable, with interest-only or regular loan options and a setting for whether interest-only interest accrues.
Does it include investor and joint-venture analysis?
Yes. The model includes DCF analysis, IRR, ROI, optional exit value, and joint-venture / cap-table assumptions. Annual DCF outputs provide a project view and a view for each joint-venture party.
Can I include other revenue sources?
Yes. Optional revenue streams are available for Renewable Energy Credits, government subsidies, and one other ancillary income source. Use assumptions appropriate to your specific project.
Is it included in any bundles?
Yes. It is included in the Industry-Specific, Renewable Energy, Capacity-Based, Industrial, and Super Smart bundles linked above.
Build the wind project around the numbers
Connect turbine deployment, energy revenue, and returns.
Get the 10-year Wind Farm Model with staged deployments, PPA or wholesale revenue, construction financing, connected financial statements, and return analysis. One-time purchase for $65.
