We provide lender-ready capital raise packaging and debt or equity placement support for business owners and buyers looking to secure serious term sheets and close funding on a defined timeline.
For business owners and acquirers pursuing private debt or equity, submit your deal for review. We revert within one working day with next steps and either a quote for our services.
Solar Project Finance
Solar debt is not raised with a deck and a dream. It is raised with bankable contracts, a lender-grade model, and a submission that underwrites. Financely Term Sheet Desk packages your solar project to lender standards, introduces it to matched lenders, and runs tracked decisioning to written outcomes.
This is commercial only. Financely is not a lender. For the platform workflow, see How It Works.
Solar project debt is a risk allocation exercise. Lenders look for contractual revenue, construction certainty, operational reliability, and a model that survives downside cases. If one pillar is weak, the term sheet tightens or disappears.
| Underwriting pillar | What lenders look for | What you must show |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue and offtake | PPA or contracted revenue profile, credit quality of offtaker, term length, curtailment language, change in law, termination regime. | Executed PPA or clear offtake path, plus a plain-language summary of risk points and mitigants. |
| Interconnection and permits | Interconnection status, milestones, upgrade scope, permitting path, site control, schedule risk. | Interconnection documents, permit status tracker, site control evidence, critical path schedule. |
| Construction risk | EPC wrap, schedule LDs, performance guarantees, contractor strength, supply chain and module traceability risk where applicable. | EPC term sheet or executed EPC, warranties, security package, and procurement plan. |
| Operations and availability | O&M scope, response times, availability targets, spares strategy, degradation assumptions, insurance program. | O&M agreement term sheet, operating plan, and insurance summary. |
| Energy yield and resource | P50 and P90 production cases, sensitivity drivers, irradiance data provenance, degradation and losses, tech assumptions. | Lender-grade model with P50 and P90 cases and a clear assumptions register. |
| Financial model and DSCR | DSCR sizing, reserve mechanics, distribution tests, covenants, base case and downside resilience. | Model outputs that reconcile, with a covenant and reserve schedule lenders can follow. |
| Security and controls | Project accounts, cash waterfall, assignments, step-in rights, lien position, reporting cadence. | Security and controls summary, including account structure and reporting plan. |
We focus on clean deal packaging and lender decisioning. The structure follows the contracts and the model.
If your project is not ready, we scope around getting it to a financeable submission standard.
Lenders do not want ten folders of random files. They want a controlled data room that mirrors their credit committee workflow. This is the core pack we build and normalize for submissions.
| Workstream | Documents and outputs | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial | PPA or offtake contract summary, tariff terms, credit notes on offtaker, curtailment and termination points. | Revenue drives debt sizing and tenor comfort. |
| Development | Site control, permits tracker, interconnection status, schedule and critical path milestones. | Unresolved development risk kills debt appetite. |
| Construction | EPC term sheet or contract, LDs, warranties, performance guarantees, contractor profile and security. | Lenders price construction certainty and counterparty risk. |
| Operations | O&M agreement term sheet, availability targets, spare parts plan, insurance summary. | Operating stability protects DSCR over time. |
| Technical | Energy yield model (P50 and P90 cases), assumptions register, degradation, losses, curtailment sensitivities. | Debt sizing is tied to downside cases. |
| Financial | Project finance model outputs, DSCR schedule, reserves schedule, sources and uses, capex and opex build. | Term sheets follow the model, not your headline IRR. |
| Sponsor and compliance | KYB pack, ownership chart, sponsor track record, financial support evidence where relevant. | KYB is a hard gate for most lenders. |
| Deliverable | What it includes | What you see on the platform |
|---|---|---|
| Lender pack build | Underwriting memo, sources and uses, covenant targets, security and controls summary, and a controlled data room structure. | Version-controlled package, checklist completion status, and submission readiness gate. |
| Matched lender routing | Introductions to lenders whose credit box fits your project size, geography, and contract profile. | Submission log, lender status tracking, and standardized follow-up cadence. |
| Decisioning workflow | Q&A routing, term sheet capture, and comparison matrix with key economic and covenant terms. | Term sheet matrix, decision log, and documented written outcomes. |
| Diligence sequencing support | Process management through CPs, counsel coordination where applicable, and closing workflow visibility. | CP tracker, diligence requests log, and timeline discipline through closing. |
Term Sheet Desk is priced as a flat fee because the work is standardized and measurable. The minimum requested facility size is USD 2,500,000.
| Item | Terms |
|---|---|
| Flat fee | USD 49,500 per mandate |
| Payment milestones | USD 19,500 to start USD 15,000 on lender-ready package delivery USD 15,000 when lender outreach begins |
| Minimum requested facility | USD 2,500,000 |
| Step | What happens | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| 1) Submit your deal | You submit the solar project summary and initial documents. We return a fit decision and a deal-specific checklist. | A clear readiness path tied to lender expectations. |
| 2) Sign and pay to start | You sign the engagement letter and pay the start milestone. We open your platform workspace and controlled data room structure. | One workspace for documents, questions, statuses, and version control. |
| 3) Package to lender standard | We build the lender pack, normalize the model outputs, and prepare the submission version. You approve the outreach package. | A lender-ready file built for credit committee review. |
| 4) Decisioning through written outcomes | We run matched outreach, track submissions, route Q&A, and standardize term sheets into a comparison matrix. Where offers progress, we coordinate diligence sequencing toward closing. | Written outcomes and a controlled path from term sheet to closing. |
Refund Guarantee: If, within 90 days of engagement start (date of the start milestone payment), you do not receive at least one written term sheet or a written decline from matched lenders after outreach launch, you may request a refund of all Financely fees paid on that mandate. This guarantee is conditioned on timely delivery of required documents, accurate disclosures, and reasonable cooperation with lender Q&A. Third-party costs, if any, are not refundable.
Answer these cleanly before you expect real term sheets. If you cannot, the project is not yet financeable or the structure must change.
Contracted revenue materially improves lender appetite. Some lenders may engage earlier if bankability gates are clear, but terms typically tighten until revenue and interconnection risk are resolved.
These are probability-based production cases. Lenders size debt to downside resilience, not the most optimistic yield. Expect lenders to focus on DSCR under conservative cases.
We focus on debt packaging and lender introductions. If a tax credit bridge is relevant, we can position the request and coordinate with appropriately qualified specialists where required.
No. Financely is not a lender. We package the deal to lender standards, introduce it to matched lenders, and run a controlled decisioning workflow to written outcomes.
If you want solar project debt, submit a lender-ready file. Financely will screen fit, build the pack, route to matched lenders, and run decisioning to written outcomes.
Start with How It Works , review our solar context article Solar Project Debt Financing in Africa , or submit directly via Contact Us.
This page is for general information only and does not constitute legal, tax, investment, or regulatory advice. Financely is not a bank, not a broker-dealer, and not a direct lender. Financely acts as arranger and advisor and coordinates execution through regulated partners where required. Any engagement and any introduction process is subject to diligence, KYC, AML, sanctions screening, lender criteria, and definitive documentation. The refund guarantee terms above apply only as stated and are subject to the cooperation and disclosure conditions described.
Financely advises growth-focused businesses on accessing capital by introducing their opportunities to professional investors. Financely is not a securities broker or dealer. Where appropriate, engagements are coordinated with regulated broker-dealers, investment banks, legal counsel, and other specialists.
Financely does not solicit, offer, or accept orders to buy or sell securities and makes no assurance regarding capital-raising outcomes.
Services are strictly business-to-business. Financely does not provide personal finance, consumer credit, or retail advisory services.
Advisory services are reserved for post-revenue companies that recognize the time and resources required for professional underwriting.
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All mandates start with an RFQ. We review submissions, issue a brief Go/No-Go memo, and where bankable, release a Term Sheet that leads to funding. We arrange capital across Senior Secured, Unitranche, Second Lien/Mezzanine, Preferred Equity, and Gap Solutions. We do not process deals by email or chat.
Letters of Credit, Standby LCs, Confirmations, Receivables Finance, and Inventory Lines with control.
Funding arranged for trade flows with instruments sized to your cycle and aligned to delivery and settlement.
Move forward to secure working capital and keep goods moving. Submit the RFQ to start underwriting for funding.
Limited or non-recourse structures for energy and infrastructure with lender-ready materials.
Funding solutions aligned to project cash flows with credible covenants and conditions to reach notice to proceed.
Advance the file to termable status. Submit the RFQ so we can underwrite and secure funding.
Debt and Preferred solutions anchored on cash flow, Quality of Earnings, and clear closing mechanics.
Funding across senior, unitranche, and preferred to match stable cash flows and acquisition timelines.
Get financed on workable terms for closing. Submit the RFQ to start underwriting.
Acquisition, development, bridge, and refinance with lender-ready packs and third-party reports managed.
Funding calibrated to DSCR, leverage, and tenancy with terms designed to close.
Move to a financeable package. Submit the RFQ to initiate underwriting for funding.
KYC and Source of Funds required. Engagements are best-efforts and subject to underwriting. Preference for operating companies with meaningful revenue. See our FAQ and Procedure.
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