SgurrEnergy's technical due diligence is an independent expert review of a renewable energy project's yield, design, technology, contracts and technical risks, testing the assumptions behind an investment or financing decision before financial close. Delivered across wind, solar, BESS and hybrid assets, it gives investors and lenders a defensible, bankable technical basis for their decision.
Service Overview
SgurrEnergy reviews the technical basis of a renewable energy project or portfolio to identify material risks, validate assumptions and support bankable decision-making. The review can cover resource, yield, grid, design, permitting, contracts, CAPEX, OPEX, construction, equipment, environmental and social inputs, and operating performance where applicable.
When This Service Is Needed
- Investment or acquisition review
- Project finance or refinancing
- Portfolio transaction or data room review
- Pre-financial-close validation
- Construction-stage risk review
- Operating asset performance or refinancing review
How SgurrEnergy Helps
- Review project data room and technical documentation
- Assess resource and energy yield basis
- Review grid connection, design and technical assumptions
- Identify material technical, contractual and construction risks
- Prepare red flag, detailed due diligence and risk reports
- Recommend mitigation actions and decision priorities
Key Scope Areas
- Resource and yield assumptions
- Grid connection and evacuation readiness
- Design basis and technical specifications
- Permits, land, contracts and stakeholder interfaces
- CAPEX, OPEX, degradation and availability assumptions
- Construction quality, commissioning and operational performance where relevant
Outcomes
Client Outcomes
- Clear technical risk visibility
- Defensible inputs for investment decisions
- Reduced acquisition and financing uncertainty
- Improved negotiation and risk allocation
- Stronger bankability and lender confidence
Why SgurrEnergy for This Service
Clients choose SgurrEnergy for technical due diligence because the review is independent, multidisciplinary and bankability-focused. SgurrEnergy connects engineering, grid, resource, E&S, contract and performance perspectives to help clients understand not only what the risks are, but how they affect value, financing, delivery and long-term performance.
Acquisition Due Diligence
SgurrEnergy provides acquisition due diligence for renewable energy projects and portfolios, helping buyers identify technical risks, validate assumptions, understand hidden liabilities and support transaction decisions across wind, solar, BESS, hydro and hybrid assets.
In acquisitions, technical issues can affect valuation, warranties, transaction conditions, post-acquisition CAPEX, performance and refinancing. Acquisition due diligence helps buyers understand what they are acquiring before capital is committed.
Sell-Side Technical Due Diligence
SgurrEnergy provides sell-side technical due diligence for renewable energy assets, helping sellers identify technical gaps, prepare data rooms, address likely buyer questions and improve transaction readiness across wind, solar, BESS, hydro and hybrid portfolios.
Sell-side technical due diligence helps sellers anticipate buyer concerns before a transaction process begins. It strengthens the quality of data-room information, reduces avoidable transaction delays and improves confidence in the technical story presented to bidders.
Frequently Asked Questions
Technical due diligence is an independent review of project documents, assumptions, risks and technical readiness to support investment, financing, acquisition, construction or operating asset decisions.
SgurrEnergy can review resource and yield, grid, design, contracts, permits, CAPEX, OPEX, construction status, equipment, E&S matters and operational performance.
Investors, lenders, developers, infrastructure funds, asset owners and buyers use technical due diligence when renewable energy project assumptions need independent validation.
Yes. Technical due diligence helps validate assumptions and identify risks that affect investor confidence, lender confidence and financial model reliability.
Acquisition due diligence is independent technical review of a project, portfolio or operating asset before acquisition to identify risks, validate assumptions and support valuation and transaction decisions.
It can identify yield risk, grid issues, permit gaps, design defects, construction liabilities, underperformance, contract risks, hidden CAPEX and O&M concerns.
Strategic buyers, infrastructure funds, IPPs, investors, asset owners and lenders use acquisition due diligence before acquiring renewable energy assets.
SgurrEnergy reviews data-room material, identifies red flags, validates assumptions, prepares risk registers and provides buyer-side technical recommendations.
Yes. Technical findings can inform warranties, indemnities, condition precedents, price adjustments and post-closing action plans.
Sell-side technical due diligence is a vendor-side technical review that helps sellers prepare renewable energy assets or portfolios for sale by identifying gaps, improving data-room quality and addressing likely buyer concerns.
It helps reduce avoidable buyer uncertainty, improve transaction readiness, support valuation confidence and prepare clear technical responses before the sale process begins.
SgurrEnergy reviews technical documentation, yield, grid, design, permits, contracts, operating performance, O&M records and data-room completeness.
No. Buyer due diligence assesses acquisition risk for a purchaser. Sell-side due diligence prepares the seller to present credible technical information and anticipate buyer questions.
Yes. SgurrEnergy can help sellers respond to technical questions, clarify documentation and support transaction teams during bidder review.
Strengthen Your Technical Due Diligence Decisions with Independent Technical Advice
SgurrEnergy helps renewable energy stakeholders make technically defensible, financially credible and practically executable decisions through independent advisory, engineering depth and bankability-focused review.
Related projects
A selection from our global track record relevant to this work.
AGP Capital: 450 MW Technical Due Diligence in Mandsaur, India.
Encavis: 6.7 MW Technical Due Diligence in France.
Encavis: 9.2 MW Technical Due Diligence in France.
Hexa Climate: 100 MW Independent Engineering Review in Kadapa, India.
IB VOGT: 220 MW Independent Engineering Review in Solapur, India.