Does tenant electricity pay off?
The honest answer.
Tenant electricity can be highly profitable, or a loss-making venture. The difference lies in the model, assumptions and regulatory coverage. Here's what matters.
No sales talk. Just numbers.
Why many feasibility calculations are misleading
PV providers only calculate best-case - real consumption profiles, vacancy and degradation are missing.
Model selection not compared - full supply, surplus and contracting have completely different return profiles.
Tax effects (trade tax, VAT deduction) are ignored or incorrectly applied.
No scenario comparison - what happens with 20% less yield or 15% vacancy?
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What makes a reliable feasibility calculation
Our calculation methodology
Baseline Analysis
Capture consumption profiles, generation profiles, self-consumption ratio and residual electricity costs.
Model Comparison
Return calculation for 3 models (full supply, surplus, contracting) with identical input data.
Scenario Simulation
Best case, base case, worst case - including sensitivity analysis for critical parameters.
- Complete model comparison with IRR/NPV
- Scenario simulation
- Tax implications analysis
Typical return ranges
Economics of full-supply model
Economics of surplus model
Investment risk (contracting)
Ranges based on anonymised project data.
Frequently asked questions about profitability
Further reading
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