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Mastering Renewable Power Projects

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

Course Highlights

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

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Booking Information

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06 - 08 Oct 2010
£ 2199
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Course Programme

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 Santoña

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)
Drivers
Feasibility
Sponsors
Technology
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