Scenario Planner · Module I
Define the position
before you enter
the market.
Most procurement processes start too late — after the investment decision has already shaped what is possible. Scenario Planner builds your asset position first: where the CAPEX pressure sits, where the risk is, and what you are asking vendors to deliver. RFQ sent directly from the platform. Days, not months.
Five Decisions. One Position.
Every input that determines your CAPEX exposure and risk position.
These are not configuration choices — they are the structural decisions that determine what procurement can achieve. Each one has a direct, measurable impact on CAPEX, returns, and contractual resilience. Scenario Planner resolves them against benchmarked market data before a single vendor is contacted.
Asset lifecycle posture
Max early revenue, balanced, or long-life. Cycles per day, design life, battery replacement timing. Determines the degradation warranty you can credibly demand and what belongs in the financial model.
→ Drives warranty depth + financial model
Technical posture
Revenue model and market stance translated into technical requirements — installation type, thermal management, voltage level, market readiness at COD. These define what vendors are asked to price.
→ Drives CAPEX range
Technology pathways
2–3 validated pathways with COD, CAPEX, OPEX, and key tradeoffs — drawn from benchmarked market data. One pathway is selected and locked before procurement begins.
→ Locks the basis for vendor comparison
Procurement strategy
Single counterparty or distributed. How accountability is structured across the supply chain. Each model has different CAPEX pressure, interface risk, and warranty accountability implications.
→ Drives accountability structure
Procurement & risk posture
Strong protection or balanced bankable. Hard LD or pragmatic. Warranty depth vs CAPEX pressure. Each choice benchmarked against actual market outcomes — not against what feels reasonable.
→ Drives contract structure
Without Scenario Planner
- → CAPEX estimates come from vendor quotes. The investment model has no independent reference.
- → Technical choices are made during procurement, under vendor influence. EPC scope is shaped by what vendors sell.
- → Contractual terms are negotiated at the end, when time pressure is highest and leverage is lowest.
- → Tensions between decisions are discovered during contract execution — not before signing.
- → Preparing the RFQ takes weeks. Multiple consultants. No single source of truth.
With Scenario Planner
- → CAPEX benchmarks from actual transaction data. Your investment model references what the market delivers.
- → Technical posture resolved before vendor contact. Vendors respond to a defined scope. Responses are comparable.
- → Protection posture and warranty depth set before the first RFQ. Built in, not negotiated away.
- → Tensions surfaced and resolved before procurement starts. You enter with a coherent position.
- → RFQ sent directly from the platform. Vendors receive a structured format that demands comparable responses. Days, not months.
The Value Basis
What you know that you didn't before.
A structured asset position is not just a document. It changes what you can ask vendors, what you can defend to an investment committee, and what you can enforce in a contract. The value is in the clarity — before any commitment is made.
Where the CAPEX pressure sits.
Not a vendor quote — a benchmarked range drawn from actual transactions. You know what this asset should cost, where the variance comes from, and which technical decisions are driving it. Your investment model has a reference point that isn't the vendor's price list.
Where the risk is — before procurement starts.
Tensions between decisions are surfaced and resolved before a vendor sees the RFQ. Execution risk, warranty accountability gaps, and CAPEX pressure points are visible — not discovered mid-negotiation when leverage is lowest.
What you can defend — and what you can enforce.
Every structural decision is benchmarked and traceable. You can defend the position to an investment committee, explain it to a lender, and enforce it in a contract. The RFQ goes out from the platform — structured, comparable, days not months.
One Continuous Flow
The position you define here is the position vendors respond to.
Scenario Planner output feeds directly into Procurement. The benchmarks, the posture, the warranty requirements — all carry forward automatically. Every vendor response is evaluated against the position you built here.
Scenario Planner
Asset position · CAPEX benchmark · RFQ generated
Procurement
Multi-round tender · benchmarked · contract award
Resolve
Post-COD · warranty map · risk position
Build your position before you enter the market.
Scenario Planner is available as part of GRID. Access is provided to qualified teams working on active energy asset programs.