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Payback Guarantee

Contractually defined targets - FION payback guarantee

Many decisions do not fail because of the technology, but because of a simple question in the board or investment committee:

“How certain is it that the battery will actually pay back in the planned timeframe?”

First understand the load profile,
then size the battery.

First understand the load profile,
then size the battery.

For selected sites, FION therefore offers a payback guarantee: we guarantee that the battery will pay back within a jointly defined payback period - for example in 4.5 years.

What the payback guarantee means

The idea in one sentence:

FION does not just say what the battery is expected to save - we commit to achieving a clearly defined payback in X.X years.

First understand the load profile,
then size the battery.

First understand the load profile,
then size the battery.

Concretely:

In the site analysis, FION determines a realistic payback period based on your load profiles, tariffs and use cases.
For suitable projects, this target payback period can be agreed as a payback target value, for example 4.3 or 5.1 years.
If this target value is not achieved within the agreed period, FION compensates the agreed difference.

For you, this makes the project feel more like a low risk investment with a built in safety net, not just a pure technology project.

Concretely:

In the site analysis, FION determines a realistic payback period based on your load profiles, tariffs and use cases.
For suitable projects, this target payback period can be agreed as a payback target value, for example 4.3 or 5.1 years.
If this target value is not achieved within the agreed period, FION compensates the agreed difference.

For you, this makes the project feel more like a low risk investment with a built in safety net, not just a pure technology project.

Concretely:

In the site analysis, FION determines a realistic payback period based on your load profiles, tariffs and use cases.
For suitable projects, this target payback period can be agreed as a payback target value, for example 4.3 or 5.1 years.
If this target value is not achieved within the agreed period, FION compensates the agreed difference.

For you, this makes the project feel more like a low risk investment with a built in safety net, not just a pure technology project.

Why FION can offer this

FION can only make such a commitment because we combine two things:

Very detailed analysis upfront
- real load profile data instead of assumptions
- detailed simulation of use cases such as peak shaving, atypical grid usage, self consumption, time-of-use, arbitrage
- conservative and transparent assumptions
Portfolio experience in real operation
- our software controls a growing portfolio of industrial batteries
- we see in practice which savings are realistically achievable
- positive outperformance at some sites can compensate underperformance at others within the portfolio

In short:

We only offer a payback guarantee where data, use cases and boundary conditions are stable enough that we can reach or exceed the target values with a high degree of confidence.

Benefits and trade-offs from the customer’s perspective

Benefits:

significantly reduced economic risk
higher acceptance in board, supervisory and group approval processes
clear alignment of interests: FION performs well when the battery performs as planned

Potential trade-off:

projects with a payback guarantee are calculated more conservatively
without a guarantee, slightly more aggressive payback targets can be modelled in some cases
you can consciously choose: maximum risk reduction or maximally ambitious business case

Not for every site - but for the right ones

The payback guarantee is not a mass product. FION only offers it for sites that meet certain criteria, for example:

robust load profile data
clear site and production outlook
technically well manageable use cases
sensible project size and contract term

Whether your site qualifies is always clarified via a site analysis - without obligation for you.

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