ISA project risk assessment tool

The tool was developed under the ISA-ADB project under the Phase 2  project ‘Ecosystem readiness assessment for production and utilisation of green hydrogen’.    
This flexible tool allows the user to to examine and analyse typical risks associated with green hydrogen projects, such as, project development risks, risks impacting society and environment, offtake, and financing risks etc.  In particular, the following risks have been considered for analysis, the inputs of which would be provided by the user.

1. Pre-Construction Risks: Analyses the risks prior to the commencement of construction of green hydrogen projects, including sectoral risks, permitting risks, sponsor risks, financial risks etc.
2. Construction Risks: Analyses the risks associated with project construction phase, like execution side risks (which primarily involves the EPC contractors), market risks, technology risks etc.
3. Operational Risks: Analyses the risks associated with the operation of the green hydrogen plant, like safety risk, offtaker risk etc.

Users input project-specific data, and the tool generates an indicative risk rating—High, Medium, or Low—for each risk category. These insights might help stakeholders:

1. Identify critical risk areas early in the project lifecycle for planning deeper assessments and monitoring
2. Develop targeted mitigation strategies
3. Obtain a holistic and granular guidance on green hydrogen project risks
4. Compare different projects with respect to project risks

Disclaimer:

This tool is currently in draft/beta testing and we appreciate your feedback. This tool is intended to provide indicative output based on information submitted by you, which should be used solely for reference purpose only. The results of this tool are not intended for any commercial usage or reproduction and does not carry any right of publication or disclosure to any other party. Users need to provide assumptions that align with envisaged countries/ projects. A few assumptions have been pre-fixed to facilitate ease of use only. The resulting output and its content do not constitute investment advice, financial advice or any form of recommendation or management decision making. The output provided do not imply any endorsement, assurance, audit or validation by us of any existing or proposed green hydrogen project of any kind or the cost involved therein. These outputs and related content are not binding and should not be relied upon for making any business, investment, or financial decisions of any manner whatsoever. You must exercise your own due diligence and verify the information before making any decisions based on the output. No liability is accepted for its use or for any inaccuracies it may contain. This tool and the resultant output is not a replacement for detailed techno-commercial feasibility and project modelling. 

Acknowledgement

Project Team: (ISA-ADB TA) Dr Mridula Bharadwaj. (ISA) Ramesh Kumar Kuruppath (Chief of Unit - PPIC), S Gautham.   
Technical Reviewers: Ashish Khanna (Director General, ISA), Dr Pradeep Tharakan (Director, Energy Transition, ADB), Tron Andre Svanes (Energy Specialist, ADB).   
The International Solar Alliance extends its gratitude to Emanuele Bianco, Energy Specialist, ADB for his valuable feedback during the course of the project.