Economic Analysis, Financing and Modelling for Renewable Energy Course
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Economic Analysis, Financing and Modelling for Renewable Energy Course
Course Overview:
The training course on Economic Analysis, Financing & Modelling for Renewable Energy provides the participants techniques and tools that assist them in economic and financial modelling of renewable energy projects. Some of the most relevant topics addressed include energy storage, battery capacity evaluation and the influence of the finance options cut structures, refinancing options and tax treatment on models.
The students shall be taught on how to compute levelized cost of electricity, assess risks including resource, construction as well as financing risks, and create adaptable financial models that are appropriate for wind, hydro and solar energy projects.
This course also examines renewable energy pricing and corporate power purchase agreements, as well as the economics of ancillary services.
This training is intended for analysts, financial managers and advisors from the renewable energy sector. It assists students in reviewing, constructing and analysing project finance models to rationalize investment and financing decisions.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this Economic Analysis, Financing & Modelling for Renewable Energy training course, you will be able to:
- Incorporate energy storage and battery analysis in the analysis of renewable energy from an energy storage perspective and from an ancillary service point of view
- Learn practical tools to analyse renewable energy including efficient tools to work with wind, hydro and solar data; create a flexible scenario and sensitivity analysis to evaluate resource risk, construction risk, O&M risk and debt structuring; develop techniques to resolve circular references related to funding debt and sculpting debt without copy and paste macros.
- Understand the implications of project finance features in the context of renewable energy (sculpting, debt funding, debt size, DSCR, DSRA, debt tenor, re-financing) on costs and equity returns from renewable energy.
- Develop efficient ways to quickly compute the levelised electricity cost of different technologies using carrying charge factors and alternative financial models.
- Work through resource assessments and compute the probability of achieving different levels of production (P90, P75 etc.) using hands-on exercises for different types of projects in order to effectively review consulting studies.
- Create flexible and transparent financial models of renewable energy from A-Z that incorporate resource risk, financing structure, tax treatments, alternative pricing policies and other factors.
- Evaluate the economics of renewable energy (including ancillary services) in the context of merchant markets and review the structure of corporate PPA contracts.
Who Should Attend?
Economic Analysis, Financing & Modelling for Renewable Energy training course, is ideal for:
Anyone needs to build, review or analyze project finance models in the renewable energy sector, Typical attendees include analysts, financial managers from project companies, advisors and financiers.
Course Outlines:
Overview of Terms in Project Finance Terms in the Context of Renewable Energy through Review of Financial Models
- Drivers of Value in Renewable Energy Projects
- Capital Intensity and Levelized Cost of Alternative Technologies
- Exercise on Computing Grid Parity with and Without Storage
Review of costs, capacity factors, and pricing structures for alternative renewable technologies and build-up of project finance model
- On-Shore Wind
- Off-Shore Wind
- Solar Photo Voltaic
- Overview of Resource Assessment in Renewable Projects
- Modelling Resource Distributions of Solar Power
Overview of project finance, cost of capital and pricing contracts for renewable energy
- Measurement of Value and Risk Using Project Finance
- Debt Capacity and Project Finance Terms
- Project Finance Valuation for Renewable Energy
Valuation and project finance modelling for renewable projects
- Model Complexities for Renewable Finance Projects – Accelerated Tax Depreciation, Investment Tax Credit, Production Tax Credits and Renewable Energy Pricing
- General Discussion of Risk in Renewable Energy Projects
- Credit Analysis in Renewable Project Finance
- Contract Structuring in Renewable Project Finance
Corporate PPA's, re-financing, biomass and geothermal issues
- Alternative Pricing Structures
- Corporate PPA Details
- Re-Financing for Renewable Projects
- Electricity Pricing Analysis in the Context of Renewable Energy
- Pricing Analysis for Biomass Projects
- Development Costs in Renewable Projects
- Value and Costs of Development and Research Stage
- Modelling Exploration and Development Options
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