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Portfolio Prioritisation

Ranked projects by IRR, risk, strategic fit; bundling for cost-sharing.

10 min read · Jacob Willis, Net Zero Lead · Last reviewed July 2026


Energy managers rarely have just one project - they have a pipeline of opportunities competing for limited capital and attention. Prioritising them as a portfolio, and presenting them strategically, is how to maximise the energy and value delivered from a constrained budget.

In this lesson

  • 01From single project to portfolio
  • 02Ranking projects
  • 03The marginal approach
  • 04Balancing the portfolio
  • 05Bundling projects
  • 06Presenting the portfolio
  • 07Matching to the budget
  • 08Sources and further reading