Economic Analysis, Financing and Modelling for Renewable Energy
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Economic Analysis, Financing and Modelling for Renewable Energy Course
Introduction:
The analysis of costs and benefits associated with investments is vital in both economic and financial contexts, particularly when considering project investments.
The Economic and Financial Analysis of Renewable Energy course focuses on the analysis of various renewable technologies. It covers key topics such as levelized cost of energy (LCOE), pricing strategies for renewable energy projects, resource analysis, and financing considerations.
This training course takes a hands-on approach, allowing participants to actively engage in analyzing renewable energy projects. Participants will have the opportunity to share their screens and demonstrate how to construct economic and financial analyses that incorporate a wide range of factors, including funding and financing considerations.
The course places practical techniques at the forefront, utilizing current data to ensure relevance and applicability. In addition to covering renewable energy technologies, the course also explores topics such as energy storage through batteries and corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs).
The course is divided into five online sessions, each focusing on different aspects of economic and financial analysis for renewable energy projects. By the end of the course, participants will have a comprehensive understanding of how to assess the economic viability of renewable energy projects, evaluate financing options, and construct robust financial models.
This course is designed to equip participants with practical skills and insights to excel in the field of renewable energy analysis. By incorporating real-world examples and interactive sessions, participants will gain the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions and contribute to the sustainable development of the renewable energy sector.
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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 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; creating flexible scenario and sensitivity analysis to evaluate resource risk, construction risk, O&M risk and debt structuring; developing 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 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 modeling 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