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Risk & Sensitivity Analysis
Energy price uncertainty, technical risk (will it work?), occupancy/production change.
10 min read · Jacob Willis, Net Zero Lead · Last reviewed July 2026
Every investment carries uncertainty, and energy projects are no exception. Finance directors fund projects whose risks are understood and managed, not hidden. Assessing and presenting risk honestly is essential to a credible investment case - and often to winning approval.
In this lesson
- 01Why risk matters to the case
- 02Sources of risk in energy projects
- 03Sensitivity analysis
- 04Scenario analysis
- 05Managing and mitigating risk
- 06Energy efficiency as risk reduction
- 07Presenting risk honestly
- 08Sources and further reading