Identifying the right acquisition, development, or investment target/project is a task riddled with challenges, setbacks, and hidden traps. First, having to sieve through projects or even worse listening to wishful thinking and improbable outlandish ideas especially in such technical and know-how intensive emerging sectors like green energy can be exhausting and time-consuming.

Finding a gem amongst piles of rocks is a quest in itself. This is further exacerbated by the next challenge - lack of preparation and information available for due diligence. Developers often think that preparing presentations, describing their projects is enough to attract funding or investors. This indeed is not correct! Investors require solid financial information, verified resources or operating data, and other key elements of the project. These are often not prepared or not readily available for the due diligence process. This may derail even the most willing and motivated potential partners and funders.