Energy Transition and Innovation Training Course

Duration 10 days 19 modules · 65 contact hours
Level Intermediate Certificate on completion
Who attends Energy Managers, Sustainability Managers and others
Fee from USD 2,200 KSh 190,000 for Kenyan organisations
Where 52 cities + online See dates by city
Next start 9 Nov 2026 Course code SD-ETR-003

Before you join: Participants should understand basic business finance, operational planning or sustainability reporting, and should be comfortable interpreting tables, charts and simple calculations.

Dates & prices

Two start dates a month in every city, and live online on weekdays or weekends. Fees are per participant; classroom fees include tuition, materials, lunch and refreshments, and the certificate.

Suggest a date or city

Showing the next six months. Later dates, other cities and private deliveries for your team are available on request.

Course overview

Energy-transition decisions now affect capital allocation, operating costs, supply security, emissions commitments and public credibility. Organisations must decide which technologies to pursue, when to invest, how to manage grid and market constraints, and how to turn pilot projects into operating assets. Poorly structured transition initiatives can produce stranded investments, weak business cases, unmeasurable emissions claims or projects that fail to gain stakeholder approval.

This course equips participants to assess transition options and shape investment-ready innovation programmes. It covers energy-system fundamentals; renewable generation, storage, hydrogen and electrification pathways; policy and market design; technology maturity; project economics; carbon accounting; procurement; grid integration; and transition risk. Participants use methods including marginal abatement cost curves, levelised cost analysis, scenario planning, technology readiness levels, multicriteria decision analysis and greenhouse-gas accounting.

Instruction combines short technical briefings with utility, industrial, public-sector and commercial-property cases. Teams interpret energy and emissions data, test alternative technology portfolios, assess project risks, structure financing choices and prepare decisions for senior review. Each participant develops a transition innovation portfolio for their own organisation or a realistic case, including baseline analysis, priority initiatives, financial logic, implementation controls and performance measures.

The course is suited to managers who must connect climate commitments with operational, commercial and technical decisions. It is particularly useful where energy costs, supply resilience, decarbonisation targets and infrastructure investment must be addressed together.

What you will be able to do

  • Assess energy-transition pathways using energy-system, market and policy analysis
  • Build an organisational energy and emissions baseline using GHG Protocol methods
  • Compare renewable, storage, electrification and hydrogen options using techno-economic criteria
  • Develop marginal abatement cost curves for prioritising emissions-reduction investments
  • Evaluate transition technologies using Technology Readiness Levels and stage-gate criteria
  • Prepare bankable business cases using LCOE, NPV, IRR and sensitivity analysis
  • Design an energy-transition roadmap with milestones, governance, risks and KPIs
  • Present a prioritised transition innovation portfolio for executive decision-making

Benefits of attending

For you

  • Produce credible investment cases for renewable and low-carbon energy projects
  • Interpret energy-transition technologies without relying solely on technical suppliers
  • Challenge unsupported emissions-reduction claims and weak project assumptions
  • Lead cross-functional discussions on energy costs, carbon targets and asset planning
  • Build a portfolio document suitable for senior-management or investment-committee review

For your organisation

  • Improves selection of projects with measurable cost, emissions and resilience benefits
  • Reduces exposure to poorly scoped technology pilots and premature capital commitments
  • Creates consistent criteria for comparing electrification, renewables, storage and hydrogen
  • Strengthens evidence behind climate-transition plans, budgets and procurement decisions
  • Builds internal capability to manage energy-transition projects from concept through delivery

Course modules

19 modules over 10 days

Participants can explain how energy-system change affects organisational strategy, assets and investment choices.

  • Primary energy, final energy and useful energy distinguished clearly
  • Electricity-system balancing across generation, networks, storage and demand response
  • Decarbonisation drivers: cost, regulation, security, resilience and customer requirements
  • Energy trilemma trade-offs assessed using affordability, reliability and emissions criteria
  • Scope boundaries between direct fuel use and purchased electricity
  • Transition pathways compared through demand reduction, electrification and clean supply

Participants can construct a decision-useful energy and emissions baseline from available operational data.

  • Energy-data hierarchy: bills, meters, submetering, production and weather records
  • Baseline periods normalised for output, occupancy, climate and operating hours
  • Load profiles interpreted through peak demand, baseload and seasonal variation
  • Material energy uses identified using Pareto analysis and process mapping
  • Data-quality scoring applied for completeness, accuracy, timeliness and traceability
  • Energy performance indicators selected for buildings, fleets and industrial processes

Participants can quantify energy-related emissions and define credible reduction boundaries.

  • GHG Protocol scopes applied to fuels, electricity and purchased heat
  • Location-based and market-based electricity emissions calculated and contrasted
  • Emission factors selected from official national and supplier datasets
  • Avoided-emissions claims tested against baselines, additionality and double counting
  • Renewable-energy certificates assessed for contractual and accounting implications
  • Carbon inventory audit trails documented through source records and calculations

Participants can identify policy and market conditions that shape transition project viability.

  • Carbon pricing mechanisms compared: taxes, trading systems and performance standards
  • Renewable support instruments: auctions, feed-in tariffs and contracts for difference
  • Wholesale electricity prices explained through marginal generation and congestion
  • Network tariffs analysed for demand charges, connection fees and time periods
  • Permitting pathways mapped for generation, storage and transmission projects
  • Policy scenario assumptions recorded within investment and risk assessments

Participants can identify and prioritise demand-side measures before supply investments.

  • Energy conservation measures screened using cost, savings and implementation disruption
  • ISO 50001 Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle applied to energy management
  • Energy audits structured around walk-through, diagnostic and investment-grade approaches
  • Measurement and verification planned using IPMVP option selection
  • Demand reduction opportunities linked to maintenance, controls and process redesign
  • Rebound effects considered when forecasting realised energy savings

Participants can compare renewable generation technologies against site, resource and commercial constraints.

  • Solar photovoltaic yield estimated from irradiation, orientation, shading and losses
  • Wind project suitability assessed through resource quality and setback constraints
  • Hydropower, geothermal and sustainable biomass resource conditions distinguished
  • Capacity factor, availability and curtailment incorporated into generation forecasts
  • On-site, near-site and off-site renewable supply models compared
  • Environmental and social screening addresses land, water, biodiversity and communities

Participants can select renewable procurement structures aligned with risk appetite and demand profile.

  • Corporate PPA structures compared: physical, virtual, sleeved and direct-wire
  • Contracted volume matched against hourly load and residual supply needs
  • Price-risk allocation examined through fixed, indexed and floor-collar structures
  • Additionality and contract duration evaluated for credible renewable procurement
  • Guarantees of origin and renewable certificates tracked through retirement records
  • PPA term sheets reviewed for curtailment, imbalance and change clauses

Participants can assess storage and flexibility measures for operational and commercial value.

  • Battery storage applications separated into energy, power and ancillary services
  • Round-trip efficiency, degradation and cycle life modelled in storage economics
  • Demand response programmes assessed against operational flexibility and incentives
  • Thermal storage options compared for cooling, heating and industrial applications
  • Dispatch strategies tested against tariff periods, peaks and renewable output
  • Safety controls address fire risk, emergency response and asset monitoring

Participants can identify viable electrification pathways and their infrastructure implications.

  • Heat pumps matched to temperature requirements, source conditions and retrofit constraints
  • Electric vehicle fleet conversion planned through routes, dwell times and charging
  • Industrial electric technologies assessed for process heat and material compatibility
  • Grid connection capacity evaluated against coincident demand and expansion timelines
  • Managed charging strategies reduce peaks through scheduling and load controls
  • Electrification emissions compared using marginal and average grid factors

Participants can judge when alternative fuels offer a justified transition option.

  • Hydrogen production routes compared by feedstock, emissions intensity and efficiency
  • Green hydrogen economics linked to electricity price, utilisation and electrolyser load
  • Hydrogen end uses screened for technical necessity and alternatives
  • Sustainable biomass assessed through feedstock traceability and lifecycle emissions
  • Renewable fuels compared for aviation, shipping and high-temperature industrial heat
  • Fuel-switching decisions tested against infrastructure, safety and supply constraints

Participants can assess emerging energy technologies before committing development resources.

  • Technology Readiness Levels applied from laboratory validation through commercial deployment
  • Stage-gate decisions define evidence, funding and approval requirements
  • Innovation horizons distinguish incremental improvements from disruptive technology bets
  • Pilot design specifies hypotheses, performance thresholds and scale-up triggers
  • Technology scouting sources include patents, demonstrators, suppliers and research partnerships
  • Vendor claims challenged through independent data, references and acceptance testing

Participants can calculate and interpret the financial case for energy-transition investments.

  • Levelised cost of energy calculated from capital, operating and generation assumptions
  • Net present value and internal rate of return modelled
  • Discount rates selected using project risk, financing and policy context
  • Sensitivity analysis tests electricity prices, utilisation, capital costs and degradation
  • Scenario analysis compares downside, expected and upside investment outcomes
  • Total cost of ownership captures maintenance, replacement and decommissioning costs

Participants can rank transition initiatives using cost, carbon, feasibility and strategic criteria.

  • Marginal abatement cost curves built from emissions, costs and lifetimes
  • Multicriteria decision analysis weights cost, carbon, resilience and deliverability
  • Portfolio sequencing accounts for dependencies, lead times and capital constraints
  • No-regrets measures separated from options requiring further evidence
  • Decision criteria documented for transparent investment committee review
  • Technology portfolios balanced between near-term delivery and strategic options

Participants can identify financing routes and commercial structures for transition projects.

  • Capital expenditure, operating expenditure and energy-as-a-service models compared
  • Project finance fundamentals: revenue certainty, debt service and security packages
  • Green loans and sustainability-linked loans distinguished by use-of-proceeds requirements
  • Public grants evaluated for eligibility, timing, reporting and clawback conditions
  • ESCO contracts assessed through savings guarantees and measurement provisions
  • Financial close requirements mapped across technical, legal and commercial workstreams

Participants can plan transition projects around network constraints and infrastructure dependencies.

  • Interconnection studies examine capacity, fault levels and reinforcement requirements
  • Hosting capacity limits identified for distributed generation and electric loads
  • Microgrid architectures compared for resilience, islanding and control capability
  • Transmission and distribution timelines incorporated into project schedules
  • Power quality issues assessed for harmonics, voltage and sensitive equipment
  • Infrastructure dependencies mapped across land, permits, supply chains and networks

Participants can identify, assess and treat material transition-project risks and impacts.

  • Risk registers classify technical, commercial, regulatory and delivery threats
  • Bow-tie analysis links causes, preventive controls, consequences and recovery controls
  • Climate physical risks assessed for generation assets and critical infrastructure
  • Supply-chain risk considers critical minerals, supplier concentration and traceability
  • Just-transition principles address workforce, affordability and community impacts
  • Stakeholder mapping identifies influence, concerns, engagement channels and decision rights

Participants can establish governance, delivery controls and KPIs for transition programmes.

  • Programme charters define objectives, scope, sponsorship and decision authority
  • RACI matrices assign accountability for engineering, finance, operations and reporting
  • Stage-gate governance controls concept, feasibility, investment and delivery decisions
  • Critical path schedules sequence permits, procurement, construction and commissioning
  • Key performance indicators track energy, emissions, cost, uptime and safety
  • Benefits-realisation plans connect project outputs with verified operational outcomes

Participants can assemble a phased transition roadmap that connects targets with executable initiatives.

  • Target architecture separates absolute reductions, intensity metrics and renewable procurement
  • Backcasting converts long-term targets into interim milestones and initiatives
  • Roadmap waves sequence quick wins, enabling infrastructure and strategic investments
  • Resource plans define internal roles, specialist support and governance forums
  • Assumption logs record policy, price, technology and demand uncertainties
  • Executive narratives connect transition actions with financial and operational priorities

Participants can build, review and present a complete energy-transition innovation portfolio for executive approval.

  • Energy and emissions baseline synthesised into material demand and carbon drivers
  • Technology options screened using maturity, site fit and strategic criteria
  • Abatement curve and multicriteria ranking establish portfolio priorities
  • Business cases quantify costs, benefits, sensitivities and financing assumptions
  • Roadmap specifies milestones, governance, risk controls and performance indicators
  • Executive presentation defends recommendations against technical and commercial challenge

Exercises and examples are adapted to each cohort's sectors and roles.

What you take back to work

  1. Energy and emissions baseline template
  2. Technology screening scorecard
  3. Marginal abatement cost curve model
  4. Transition-project business case template
  5. Energy-transition risk register
  6. Phased transition innovation roadmap

Who should attend

  • Energy Managers — responsible for reducing consumption, cost and supply risk
  • Sustainability Managers — translating climate targets into funded energy initiatives
  • Innovation Managers — selecting and scaling promising low-carbon technologies
  • Operations and Facilities Leaders — planning electrification and renewable-energy upgrades
  • Investment and Finance Managers — evaluating transition-project economics and risks
  • Public-Sector Programme Managers — designing credible clean-energy programmes and procurements

Skills and tools covered

Transition strategy designRenewable project economicsTechnology portfolio assessmentCarbon accountingEnergy market analysisInnovation governance

Tools and standards

GHG Protocol, ISO 50001, IPMVP, Technology Readiness Levels

How the course runs

Training methodology

The course uses short instructor briefings to establish technical and commercial concepts, followed by structured case work drawn from utilities, manufacturing, buildings and public infrastructure. Participants work with energy-demand data, emissions inventories, technology specifications and financial assumptions. Group exercises test competing investment choices under policy, price and grid constraints. Simulations examine stakeholder trade-offs and project approvals. Individual application planning converts each method into an organisation-specific transition portfolio, with peer and instructor review throughout.

Requirements and prerequisites

Participants should understand basic business finance, operational planning or sustainability reporting, and should be comfortable interpreting tables, charts and simple calculations. Experience with energy procurement, facilities management, engineering, climate programmes, investment analysis or public policy is helpful. Participants should bring awareness of their organisation's energy use, emissions targets or planned capital projects where available. Prior engineering qualifications, advanced spreadsheet modelling, coding, electricity-market trading knowledge and prior renewable-energy project experience are not required.

A typical training day

08:30 – 10:30First session
10:30 – 10:45Refreshment break
10:45 – 12:30Second session
12:30 – 13:30Lunch and networking
13:30 – 15:00Third session
15:00 – 15:15Refreshment break
15:15 – 16:30Workshop and daily review

Live online deliveries follow the same structure in East Africa Time, with shorter screen blocks and longer breaks.

What the fee includes

  • Instruction by a practitioner facilitator
  • Full course workbook and materials
  • Exercise files, templates and case studies
  • Refreshments and lunch on classroom deliveries
  • Certificate of completion
  • Post-course application plan

Frequently asked questions

You should understand basic business planning, finance or sustainability concepts and be able to interpret operational data. You do not need an engineering degree, advanced financial-modelling skills or prior renewable-project experience.

Bring any non-confidential information you can use to frame an application project, such as energy bills, emissions targets, asset plans or project proposals. A laptop is useful for working with templates and calculations, but technical software is not required.

It suits energy, sustainability, operations, facilities, finance, innovation and public-sector professionals involved in transition decisions. It is designed for people who must connect technical options with investment, delivery and governance requirements.

Technical renewable courses usually focus on system design, engineering specifications or installation practices. This course focuses on selecting, financing, governing and scaling energy-transition initiatives across a portfolio.

You will use the methods to assess energy data, compare technology options, prepare business cases and sequence projects into a roadmap. The final portfolio can be adapted for a budget cycle, climate plan, capital programme or executive review.

The first week establishes energy data, carbon accounting, technology options and project economics while participants begin their portfolio. The second week focuses on financing, grid issues, risk, governance, roadmap design and the final capstone presentation.

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