Due Diligence - Are all Wind Farms a good investment and how can you tell?
First you can ask questions about the internal consistency of the numbers.
Below are financial projections from a recent prospectus for a community-owned windfarm.
These tables show cashflows over 25 years for the project.
The first shows overall returns to individual shareholders of 6% as shown in the prospectus.
The second shows assumes the windfarm was financed entirely by shareholders.
The third shows cashflows where there is a bank loan and government grant in place.