How to secure the project budget?
Installing CNG infrastructure

Project budgeting involves :

• provide a breakdown of total costs (capex and opex);

• obtain subsidies if possible (Ademe, regions...);

• agreeing a budget allocation between the project's financial partners; challenges in this process include costing and uncertainty about future CNG demand (which affects revenues and the overall business case for the investment).

To achieve this, the plant operator must :

• first, draw up a business plan detailing the project's various costs and revenues, then the assets, liabilities and projected income statement for the project's operating company and lifespan;

• present this business plan to funding bodies and private and public...