Renewable Energy Course Content
Build a best-practice financial model from scratch for a renewable energy project finance deal. This course teaches participants how to develop a best-practice financial model and optimize it for both debt and equity investors for a renewable energy project finance deal. Using a case study of a wind project, participants learn the concepts required to develop a financial model related to wind and solar. This course will teach the participants concepts including how to size debt, how to structure the repayments and to model the output covenants in the deal, how to calculate generation curtailment and degradation, how to forecast wind and the different probabilities. Who should attend: This course will benefit the following people:
- Analysts, associates & vice presidents at banks, funds, investors, developers, and operating entities looking to standardize approaches to modeling or solve new problems
- More senior participants changing careers or looking to up their skill set
- Students wishing to enter the project finance sector or about to start new roles
Still unsure if this course is right for you? Our course information and QA sessions are a great way to learn about our training programs. You will get an overview of the course content, delivery structure and key objectives. If you would like to download and watch the video recording of our October live session with Haydn simply click here Course delivery options: This course can be completed numerous ways, including:
- Self-paced, online – complete this course online at your own pace.
- Learn more about our online training here
- Live streaming – join with other professionals in a small group environment to complete this course.
- Learn more about our live streaming training here
- See our course schedule for upcoming course dates
- Inhouse – this course can be customized to address the unique challenges that your team or organization face.
- Learn more about our customized training here
Why trust Pivotal180 with your professional development? There are many reasons why we stand out from other firms, but the following is what makes us particularly unique:
- Pivotal180 is focused exclusively on teaching. Institutional and human capacity building is not a side business. It is core
- Daniel Gross and Haydn Palliser (both Ivy League Professors) personally lead all Pivotal180 training courses
- We have led deals. Our understanding is from practical transactional experience, not from reading about it or hearing about it from senior people on our team
- We have trained the top advisors, developers, lenders, and funds across the world.
- We tailor our courses more than anyone else in the market, to meet your needs
- Our blended solution includes 12 months of access to our online courses, such that your team can review concepts AND dive deeper into topics we do not have time to cover in class.
The renewable energy financial modeling course covers a broad enough set of topics such that it is also suitable for those in other project finance sectors such as power or mining. Our courses are not limited to best practice financial modeling in Microsoft Excel. We are committed to explaining how the numbers align with underlying financial and engineering concepts, transaction structures, legal documentation, market conditions and risk management approaches. We don’t just teach how to build models. We teach how to transact.
Course Outcomes
Learn best practice financial modeling by doing
Understand renewable energy finance concepts and operations
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Course Previews
OUR BLENDED LEARNING COMBINING IN-CLASS AND ONLINE MATERIAL ENSURES WE TEACH MORE AND YOU LEARN MORE. 5 DAYS OF MATERIAL IS CONDENSED INTO 3 DAYS + ONLINE CONTENT.
| Course Portfolio | Region | Course Delivery | Start Date | Price | Register/Enquire |
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| Renewable Energy Project Finance Modeling | All | Online Self Paced | Available Now | USD 900 | Register |
| Renewable Energy Project Finance Modeling | All | Live Streaming | May 30, 2023 | FULL | Contact us |
| Renewable Energy Project Finance Modeling | All | Live Streaming | July 12, 2023 | FULL | Contact us |
| Renewable Energy Project Finance Modeling | New York | Public Sessions | August, 2023 | Contact Us | Reserve a place |
| Renewable Energy Project Finance Modeling | All | Live Streaming | September 5, 2023 | Contact Us | Reserve a place |
| Renewable Energy Project Finance Modeling | All | Live Streaming | September 5, 2023 | Contact Us | Register |
| Renewable Energy Project Finance Modeling | Toronto | Public Session | September 26, 2023 | Contact Us | Reserve a place |
| Renewable Energy Project Finance Modeling | Toronto | Public Session | September 26, 2023 | Contact Us | Register |
| Renewable Energy Project Finance Modeling | Sydney Australia | Public Session | October 2023 | Contact Us | Reserve a place |
| Renewable Energy Project Finance Modeling | All | Inhouse Tailored | On request | Contact Us | Request proposal |
Contact us for on-site or on-campus pricing and options. The cost of the online course will be credited to you if you join a public session or live streaming within 12 months of purchase. Discounts provided off the training course prices.
- Students and non-profits are eligible for a discount of 50% (no other discounts may be added to this). Online course price for students and non profits is $450.
- Students are not eligible, to renew their subscription and the license will expire after 12 months
- Other discounts
- Group booking of 3 or more people – 15% Price per person for online group bookings is $765
- Early bird (interactive online and public sessions only ) if book 8 weeks before the course – 10%
- 12 months access to our online material, including concept videos with transcriptions, lecture slides, downloadable spreadsheet examples.
- A complete step-by-step model walk-through, and access to discussion forums for ongoing questions’.
- Subscription can be extended annually post the first 12 months for $100 per annum.
- Lunch, tea & coffee at the venue (public session participants only).
- Membership to the Pivotal180 alumni network.
- Course completion certificate.
Due to the large volume of content available, the course is suitable for all-levels – there is something for everyone.
- Analysts, associates & vice presidents at banks, funds, investors, developers, and operating entities looking to standardize approaches to modeling or solve new problems
- More senior participants changing careers or looking to up their skill-set
- Students wishing to enter the renewable energy sector or about to start new roles – get ahead of your competition now
| Section | Overview |
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| Pre-course material |
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| Project finance introduction |
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| Project finance term loans |
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| Generation and the grid |
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| Selling energy |
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| Costs |
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| Waterfall and cashflow summary |
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| Debt service reserve account (DSRA) |
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| Construction phase |
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| Depreciation and tax |
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| Tax Equity |
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| Returns |
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| Core outputs |
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| Modeling quality checks |
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| Optimizing a deal model |
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Pre-requisites
Basic knowledge of Excel only Two monitors is preferrable but not essential.Equipment Required
| Area | Items Needed |
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| Online Course | Computer, 2 screens preferable, Microsoft Excel |
| Public Session | Laptop & Power cord |
Public courses run from 9am – 5.30pm at a location to be confirmed post registration Live streaming are 2.5 hour live sessions for 1-2 days a week over a 4-5 week period Live streaming classes start at 11am New York time, so are accessible to most people in the Americas, Africa, and Europe Online course has over 26 hours of content and will take about 40 hours to complete if you do it from start to finish
| Range | Amount |
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| >4 weeks before the course | Full Refund |
| 1-4 weeks before the course | 50% Refund |
| <1 week before the course | No Refund |