Industrial Energy Infrastructure Finance
The unglamorous infrastructure that everything else depends on.
Transformers, switchgear, HV works, heat pumps, compressed air, CHP replacement. Nobody puts it on a website homepage, but it decides whether a site can grow.
Typical project size , £100,000 – £5,000,000
What usually gets in the way
- Grid capacity constraints block expansion long before planning does.
- Enabling infrastructure has no obvious revenue line, so it loses internal capital battles.
- Standard asset finance struggles with fixed, site-installed equipment.
Why businesses finance it
- Unlock capacity for production growth without a capital raise.
- Spread cost across the decades these assets actually last.
- Bundle multiple works packages into one structure.
How GRID helps
Structured by people who read the load profile first.
We fund fixed and installed electrical infrastructure, including HV works.
We speak to your M&E consultant directly when it speeds things up.
We coordinate funding across multi-stage engineering programmes.
Example projects
Real shapes, real structures.
Manufacturer HV upgrade
New substation and switchroom enabling a production line expansion.
Process heat electrification
Industrial heat pumps replacing gas-fired process heat.
Compressed air replacement
Efficient plant funded against measured energy savings.
Other project types we fund
Go deeper
Guides on this kind of project
Industrial energy finance: a project we funded
Three battery power units that took the generators off tick-over
Peak load and standby costs behave the same way on an industrial site. The battery power unit case study shows the maths we run first.
FAQs
Industrial Energy Infrastructure Finance: common questions
Practical answers on structure, cost and what funders look at. Call 01604 969123 if your question is not covered.
Can fixed electrical infrastructure like substations be financed?
Often, yes, although it is harder than funding movable plant because the asset becomes part of the building. Funders who understand energy projects will look at HV works, switchgear and transformers where the business case and the covenant support it.
How is a project with no direct revenue line funded?
By evidencing what it unlocks. A substation upgrade that releases capacity for a new production line has a clear commercial case even though it does not generate income itself, and that case is what we put in front of a funder.
Can multiple works packages be funded together?
Yes. Multi stage engineering programmes are commonly funded as one structure with staged drawdowns, which is far simpler than arranging separate agreements per contractor.