Example 1.
A supplier does not have
sufficient staff or expertise to fully appreciate the complete technical
and finacial nature of a complex project and how to most effectively position
their service or product.
Example 2.
A supplier does not have
a regional representative available to support a particular project and
requires additional temporary staff services.
Example 3.
A financial or insurance
institution involved in a potenetial project requires additional technical
assessment (with associated financial performance and risk) services so
as to better "qualify" exposure issues and improve their performance.
Example 4.
A legal firm is preparing
associated project contracts and is not comfortable with the complex technical
issues involved. Their needs are to have a better understanding of the
technical and financial issues so as to better protect their client's interests.
The above examples are intentionally
simple and generic in order to better represent the range and scope of
the interface services offered.
We believe that our interface
services can provide an extremely cost effective means of increasing a
firms professional capabilities. In many cases these services can literally
"pay" for themselves by increasing the potential to identify potential
problems and/or incrementally improving project performance.
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Sample Situation
For instance, a simple 1%
improvement in a 10 MW cogen project's net heat rate
(basis of 6,000 btu/kwh @
$2.50/mmbtu fuel and 80% load factor)
can save over $10,000 per
year, or almost $80,000 NPV on a 15 year project life
(10% effective discount rate
after tax).
This in turn improves the
projects coverage ratio, reduces performance risk, and could qualify a
project for better debt costs and/or reduced insurance fees.
In contrast a similar project
which has had its heat rate underestimated by 3%
(basically a 6,000 estimate
as opposed to an actual 6,180)
could cost a project almost
$240,000 in NPV, thereby decreasing coverage ratio and increasing project
risks.
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