Connect process performance to cost, value, and development priorities.
A useful techno-economic analysis does not produce a single attractive number. It makes the cost structure transparent, tests the assumptions that matter, and shows where technical improvement or additional evidence can change the conclusion.
ONB integrates process modeling, equipment and cost estimation, manufacturing analysis, scenario analysis, and sustainability metrics to support development planning, investment review, technology comparison, and commercialization decisions.
What will the process cost?
Estimate capital, operating cost, unit production cost, total cost of ownership, and stage-appropriate ranges.
What controls the economics?
Identify the performance, scale, feedstock, utility, equipment, financing, and market variables that dominate.
Where should development focus?
Translate sensitivities into technical targets and evidence priorities.
How do alternatives compare?
Compare routes, manufacturing strategies, product configurations, and environmental scenarios consistently.
Techno-economic analysis
Integrated process and cost models, unit cost, cash-flow inputs, scale effects, and scenario analysis.
CAPEX and OPEX estimation
Equipment-based capital estimates, installation factors, utilities, consumables, labor, maintenance, and replacement assumptions.
DFMA and manufacturing cost
Design-for-manufacture-and-assembly analysis, process selection, production redesign, and cost-driver decomposition.
Total cost of ownership
Acquisition, operation, energy, maintenance, consumables, downtime, replacement, and end-of-life considerations.
Life Cycle Assessment
Goal and scope, system boundaries, inventory development, scenario comparison, and interpretation support.
Roadmapping and market analysis
Development targets, application screening, market assumptions, adoption constraints, and commercialization priorities.
The answer should be a range with a reason—not false precision.
Cost accuracy depends on engineering maturity and source data. ONB documents estimate basis, confidence, exclusions, scaling assumptions, contingencies, and the variables that can materially change the conclusion.