Pivotal180 Newsletter February 2025

By Alison Leckie | February 2, 2025

In this newsletter we have included the following content:

  • That’s a wrap 2024 
  • Launch of Mining and Critical Minerals Project Finance Modeling 
  • Pivotal180 is hiring 
  • New online courses -coming soon
  • Free Resources
  • Course Portfolio

Please feel free to check out all our videos on Pivotal180’s YouTube and our Pivotal180 Communities.

Kind regards,

The Pivotal180 Team.

That’s a Wrap 2024  

Thank you to all our Pivotal180 clients for helping to make 2024 our biggest year yet. In 2024 Pivotal180 trained over 2,000 participants. Over 200 teaching days we taught 67 courses for over 50 clients reaching 11 states and 7 countries. Our online self-paced course registrations continued to grow. This training was delivered to over 1,000 students worldwide in 2024.

Launch of Mining and Critical Minerals Course

We are thrilled to announce that have launched, our newest online course Mining and Critical Minerals Project Finance Modeling  The course dives into mining operations as well as some common adjustments to debt structures in mining projects. Students who take this course will learn to understand the key drivers of mining, processing, and transport costs. Understand how financiers and investors assess mining deals, including mining specific debt metrics.

Promotional offers – available until February 28, 2025

  • Launch price of $350, available to everyone. Register now!
  • Not for profit employees and students $175**.
  • Current customers save a further 10%** on the $350 launch price if they have already enrolled in one of our other online courses.
  • Bundle and Save add the Project Finance Modeling online course to your Mining and Critical Minerals purchase for a total of $1150 Register now!

**Please contact sales@pivotal180.com to obtain a coupon code to apply on registration.

Pivotal180 is hiring 

Vice President/Director
To lead training courses help create new content around the energy transition, and to work with our financial modeling consulting clients. You must have 6+ years of hands-on transaction and financial modeling experience at a developer, lender, advisory firm, or investor. If you love sustainable infrastructure and are passionate about educating and mentoring others – this could be for you!  

A hands-on associate

To assist (and eventually run) training courses, create content, and build and review financial models. As with the VP/Director, if you have 3+ years of financial modeling experience in the sector and would love to develop other people’s skills – we would love to speak with you.

New online courses – coming soon

We have two more courses in the works and are we are looking forward to launching these courses over the next few months. Watch this space!

  • Introduction to Financial Modeling (Business Modeling) – coming soon!
  • Project Finance: Introduction to Concepts and Modeling –  coming soon!

Free Resources 

Our free resources include videos, blogs, how-to guides, webinars and course samples.

Understanding the US Energy Storage Boom

Introducing a concept called a combo box will significantly improve your ability to assess different scenarios. A combo box is a scenario selection dropdown box that allows you to change the scenario from any sheet. This makes models much easier to present and to review.

Introduction to Mining and Critical Minerals Course

The purpose of this course is to understand some of the physical movements of materials throughout a mine’s operations. Enjoy a sample lesson from our new course

Course Portfolio and Scheduled Courses

The courses in our existing portfolio have been developed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to tackle all the multi-faceted pieces of a transaction.

We look forward to assisting you in demystifying project finance and tax equity. Our upcoming courses are listed below.

  • Renewables live-streaming class begins February 18, 2025. Register Today
  • Renewables live-streaming class begins May 6, 2025 Register Today
  • Tax Equity and Hybrid live-streaming class April 22, 2025.. Register Today
  • Advanced Debt Short Course begins March 25,2025. Register Today
  • Introduction to Project Finance live-streaming class March 2025. Contact Us

Project Finance Modeling

Learn the concepts to develop a financial model related to PPP/P3s for both social and economic infrastructure. A mining financial model will be added to this course soon. Watch this space!

Renewable Energy Project Finance Modeling

Learn how to develop a best-practice financial model and optimize it for both debt & equity investors for a renewable energy project finance deal. Using a case study, learn the concepts required to develop a financial model related to wind and solar.

Introduction to Battery Storage

This course provides an overview of standalone batteries and co-located batteries with wind or solar assets. It is designed to familiarize developers, investors, and lenders with the investment decisions and risks of battery storage projects.

Mining and Critical Minerals

Learn how to develop a financial model for a copper project with a typical mine plan including ore mined, waste mined, input grades, high- and low-grade stockpiling, and processing recoveries. Understand the key drivers of mining, processing, and transport costs

Tax Equity and Hybrid Modeling

Gain an overview of the tax equity structures commonly used in U.S. renewable energy investments, with a focus on the development of a financial model. Dive deep into tax capital accounts, deficit restoration obligations, stop loss allocations, and HLBV accounting. Learn more on emerging tax credit finance structures under the IRA!

Customizable Short Courses

Customizable short courses covering a variety of topics including Advanced Debt, the Inflation Reduction Act, M&A transactions, Advanced VBA, Model Optimization, and Portfolio Modeling.

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