Mastering Renewable Power Projects

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Course Overview

A comprehensive guide to business activities and opportunities within the global renewable energy arena

Skills Gained

Attend this intensive three-day course and you will:

• Develop a detailed comprehension of the drivers for international renewable energy projects
• Recognise, understand & evaluate the different types of renewable energy resources available
• Gain an understanding of the unique structural nuances associated with a wide range of renewable energy projects
• Examine renewable energy in context of key European markets
• Learn about the latest developments in the global market through extensive use of cutting edge case-study sessions

Course Outline

Renewable Energy: Basic concepts and types

• Global prospective
• Legal issues
• Financial considerations

Hydro-Power Basics

• Dam/Run of River - major vs. micro
• Economic & environmental considerations
• Project feasibilities
• Technical issues

Hydro-Power Projects

• Worldwide installations
• Costs
• Future scenarios

Case Study: Developing a MiniHydro Plant in Spain

Legislation and economics model being the key drivers

Biodiesel

• Technology
• Plants & prospects
• Emissions

Case Study: The Biodiesel Value Chain - Biocarburantes Castilla-La Mancha

Crisis in the implementation of the business model

Biomass Generation

• Generation plants
• Biomass fuels
• Installed capacity

Practical Exercise: A Biomass Plant in France

Particular business model by adapting the French law

Geothermal Energy

• Current status and research
• Economical data

Case Study: New Zealand

Hydro and geothermal practice

Political & policy moves

Commitment to 90% renewable power by 2025

Tidal, Wave and Ocean Energy Basics

• Current status and research
• Economical data

Case Study: IBERDROLA Pilot Plant in Santona

Wind Power

• Onshore & Offshore
• Technology types
• Current status and future developments
• Financial issues

Case Study: Wind Projects in Brazil

Permitting process and economics

Solar Thermal & PV Power

• Solar radiation characteristics and measurement
• Solar collectors and photovoltaic systems
• Scale, costs and applications

Practical Exercise: 50MW Thermosolar and 22 MW PV Plant Projects

The boom in Spain: the racing project

European Renewables Scene

• EU policy to 2020
• Drivers for change
• Incentives - feed-in tariffs

The International Overview

• Current situation and future
• Potential by technology

Case Study: Renewables Development in Morocco

How to supply the demand? Gas-coal vs Renewables

Country Case Comparisons: UK vs. Ireland vs. Chile vs. USA - Wind Generation

• Drivers
• Power markets
• Similarities and differences in approach

Case Study: Desertec (Sahara solar for Europe)

1. Drivers
2. Feasibility
3. Sponsors
4. Technology
5. Economics

Project "Numbers" I

• Time value of money (NPV and IRR)
• Cash exposure
• Economic models applied to each of technologies
• Cash flow sensitivities
• Sponsored returns

Project "Numbers" II

• Time value of money (NPV and IRR)
• Cash exposure
• Economic models applied to each of technologies
• Cash flow sensitivities
• Sponsored returns

Exercise: Cash-Flow Modelling a Renewables Project

Financing & Building Renewable Projects

• Sources of Credit
• Project Financing - sources & schemes
• Risk & risk support
• EPC contracting

Case Study: Financing a 22 MW PV Solar plant in Spain

Possibilities & issues for renewable project financing