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Project Risk Assessment Tool

Rates the risk of a green hydrogen project at each phase - pre-construction, construction and operation - from the answers to 47 questions.

User guide (PDF)

About the tool

What it does

The tool identifies risk at each phase of a green hydrogen project. Users answer the defined parameters of each risk category, and the tool weighs them into the risk of each category and of the project overall.

It is the first tool of its kind in the public domain built specifically for green hydrogen projects, free to use and flexible across countries. The output gives overall and sector-wise risk guidance - for example, whether land access or grid power is a challenge, or whether the electrolyser technology is proven.

Built for

  • Project developers and sponsors
  • Lenders and investors
  • Government agencies
  • Development finance institutions
  • 47 questionsin 8 risk categories
  • About 10 minto complete
  • Low, medium, highoverall and by category
  • PDF reportone page, free to download

What it looks at

01Pre-construction

  • Sectoral risk
  • Permitting risk
  • Sponsor risk
  • Financing risk

02Construction

  • Execution risk

03Operation

  • Technology & market risk
  • Off-taker risk
  • Operational & safety risk

Step by step

How to use it

6 steps from first input to result. Screenshots of every step are in the user guide.

  1. Step 1

    Choose the country

    Pick the country of the project to open the questions.

  2. Step 2

    Pre-construction

    Answer the sectoral, permitting, sponsor and financing questions.

  3. Step 3

    Construction

    Answer the execution questions - contracts, infrastructure, manpower and the EPC contractor.

  4. Step 4

    Operation

    Answer the technology & market, off-taker and operational & safety questions.

  5. Step 5

    View the results

    Click “View results” for the overall risk, the risk of each category and the answers that add most to it.

  6. Step 6

    Download the report

    Download a one-page PDF of the assessment, or revise any answer and view the results again.

Project Risk Assessment Tool

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Before you start

Assess the risk of your green hydrogen project

Select the country, then answer the questions for each phase of the project - pre-construction, construction and operation. Every question needs an answer; pick the option that best describes the project today. Select View results to see the overall risk, the risk of each category and the answers that add most to it, and download them as a one-page PDF.

  • About 10 minutes
  • 47 questions in 8 risk categories
  • Answers are kept in this browser
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