Energy Transition Training Course

Duration 10 days 20 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 16 Nov 2026 Course code SD-ETR-022

Before you join: Participants should have basic familiarity with their organisation’s energy use, emissions targets, capital projects, operations, sustainability reporting or related policy work.

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 programmes require decisions that connect physical energy assets, emissions targets, investment cases, regulation, supply chains and stakeholder expectations. Organisations must determine which technologies can reduce emissions at an acceptable cost, when to retire or repurpose existing assets, how to manage intermittency and grid constraints, and how to report credible transition commitments. Poorly tested plans can create stranded-asset exposure, unreliable energy supply, weak capital allocation and claims that cannot withstand investor, regulator or customer scrutiny.

This course develops the practical judgement needed to assess and shape energy transition programmes. Participants examine energy system fundamentals, renewable generation, storage, grids, hydrogen, electrification, carbon markets and demand-side measures. They apply energy balance methods, marginal abatement cost curves, levelised cost analysis, project finance metrics, scenario analysis and transition risk assessment. The course also addresses transition planning, emissions accounting, climate disclosure, procurement, permitting, community engagement and operational implementation.

Teaching combines concise instructor briefings with sector cases from utilities, manufacturing, financial services, public infrastructure and extractive industries. Participants work with project data, technology assumptions, emissions inventories and investment constraints to build a transition case progressively through the course. They leave with a structured energy transition business case containing a baseline, technology portfolio, financial assessment, risk register, implementation roadmap and performance measures suitable for adaptation to their own organisation.

The course suits professionals who contribute to energy strategy, capital projects, sustainability programmes, finance, operations, policy or risk management. It is designed for people who need to challenge assumptions, compare competing decarbonisation options and prepare decisions for senior management, boards, lenders or public-sector stakeholders.

What you will be able to do

  • Assess energy demand, supply and emissions baselines using auditable activity data
  • Compare renewable, storage, electrification and hydrogen options using technical performance criteria
  • Build marginal abatement cost curves for prioritising emissions-reduction investments
  • Calculate LCOE, NPV, IRR and payback for energy transition projects
  • Apply scenario analysis to test transition pathways against policy and market uncertainty
  • Prepare a transition risk and opportunity assessment using IFRS S2 principles
  • Design an implementation roadmap with governance, procurement, milestones and performance measures
  • Present an evidence-based energy transition business case to investment decision-makers

Benefits of attending

For you

  • Ability to challenge unsupported technology and cost assumptions
  • Practical method for evaluating renewable and low-carbon project proposals
  • Confidence presenting transition investment cases to senior decision-makers
  • Working knowledge of IFRS S2 and transition-plan evidence requirements
  • Reusable approach for linking emissions targets to capital allocation

For your organisation

  • Better prioritisation of energy investments using cost, emissions and reliability evidence
  • More credible transition plans supported by measurable implementation milestones
  • Earlier identification of stranded-asset, policy and supply-chain risks
  • Stronger project business cases for boards, lenders and investment committees
  • Improved coordination between sustainability, finance, operations and procurement teams

Course modules

20 modules over 10 days

Participants can define an energy transition problem, decision boundary and relevant system drivers.

  • Energy transition drivers: climate targets, energy security, affordability and industrial policy
  • Primary energy, final energy and useful energy distinguished clearly
  • Map electricity, heat, transport fuels and industrial feedstock demand
  • System boundaries for corporate, asset, municipal and national transition decisions
  • Energy trilemma trade-offs assessed through reliability, cost and emissions criteria
  • Stakeholder map covering regulators, communities, lenders, customers and employees

Participants can construct a decision-ready baseline for energy consumption and associated emissions.

  • Energy balance constructed from purchased fuels, electricity and on-site generation
  • Load profiles analysed by interval demand, peak load and seasonality
  • GHG Protocol scopes applied to energy-related emissions sources
  • Emission factors selected using location-based and market-based electricity methods
  • Materiality threshold set for energy sources, sites and operational activities
  • Baseline data-quality assessment using completeness, accuracy, timeliness and traceability

Participants can assess how power-market design and grid conditions affect transition choices.

  • Electricity market structures: regulated tariffs, wholesale pools and bilateral contracts
  • Merit-order dispatch explained through marginal generation and clearing prices
  • Grid constraints identified through connection capacity, congestion and curtailment data
  • Demand charges separated from energy charges and fixed network fees
  • Time-of-use tariffs compared using hourly load and price profiles
  • Corporate power purchase agreements matched to load and risk preferences

Participants can compare renewable generation options using resource, performance and siting criteria.

  • Solar photovoltaic yield estimated from irradiance, capacity factor and losses
  • Wind resource assessment uses hub height, turbulence and wake effects
  • Hydropower options compared by flow regime, storage and permitting
  • Bioenergy feedstocks screened for availability, lifecycle emissions and competing uses
  • Geothermal resource risk examined through drilling outcomes and reservoir performance
  • Technology selection matrix ranks output, land, water, cost and maturity

Participants can evaluate storage and demand flexibility against defined system needs.

  • Battery storage sized using power rating, duration and cycling assumptions
  • Round-trip efficiency, degradation and warranty terms compared systematically
  • Pumped hydro, thermal storage and compressed-air storage assessed
  • Demand response potential quantified from flexible loads and operating constraints
  • Peak shaving modelled against tariff charges and battery dispatch rules
  • Ancillary services revenues tested against market access and availability requirements

Participants can identify suitable end uses for electrification, hydrogen and alternative fuels.

  • Electrification screening considers temperature, duty cycle and equipment replacement timing
  • Heat pumps compared with boilers using coefficient of performance
  • Green hydrogen value chains mapped from electrolysis to end use
  • Hydrogen economics tested against electricity price, utilisation and transport costs
  • Sustainable aviation fuel pathways compared by feedstock and certification requirements
  • Fuel-switching choices assessed using lifecycle emissions and supply security

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

  • Energy conservation measures ranked by savings, capex and operational disruption
  • ISO 50001 energy review identifies significant energy uses
  • Energy performance indicators normalised for production, weather and occupancy
  • Measurement and verification follows IPMVP option selection principles
  • Process integration identifies heat recovery and pinch-analysis opportunities
  • Rebound effects considered when forecasting net energy savings

Participants can create a feasible technology portfolio for a defined transition objective.

  • Technology longlist generated from demand segments and asset constraints
  • Fatal-flaw screening removes options blocked by infrastructure or permitting
  • Multi-criteria decision analysis weights cost, carbon, reliability and social factors
  • Technology dependencies mapped across grids, fuels, suppliers and skills
  • Portfolio sequencing aligns quick wins with long-lead capital projects
  • First-week transition case establishes baseline, options and strategic objective

Participants can build and interpret a marginal abatement cost curve for investment prioritisation.

  • Abatement potential calculated against a defined baseline and target year
  • Marginal abatement cost combines annualised cost and avoided emissions
  • MACC bars ordered by cost, potential and implementation timing
  • Interaction effects removed where measures compete for identical emissions
  • Negative-cost measures tested for capital, behavioural and delivery barriers
  • MACC limitations addressed through uncertainty ranges and non-financial criteria

Participants can prepare and challenge a financial appraisal for an energy transition project.

  • Capital expenditure separated into equipment, installation, development and interconnection costs
  • Operating expenditure forecasts include maintenance, insurance, land and balancing costs
  • Levelised cost of electricity calculated using discounted lifetime cash flows
  • NPV, IRR and payback compared for competing transition investments
  • Discount rates selected using risk, capital structure and policy exposure
  • Sensitivity analysis tests prices, utilisation, capex and operating assumptions

Participants can assess commercial structures that allocate project risks between counterparties.

  • Revenue models compared: merchant sales, feed-in tariffs and corporate PPAs
  • PPA terms examined for tenor, pricing, volume and settlement
  • Debt service coverage ratio linked to project cash-flow resilience
  • Construction contracts allocate completion, delay, performance and price risks
  • Availability guarantees assessed against liquidated damages and remedy provisions
  • Bankability review identifies lender concerns before financing commitments

Participants can assess policy instruments and carbon-market mechanisms affecting project viability.

  • Policy instruments compared: standards, taxes, subsidies, mandates and auctions
  • Renewable auction design examined through bids, contracts and delivery penalties
  • Carbon pricing impacts modelled under taxes and emissions trading systems
  • Allowance markets distinguished from voluntary carbon-credit procurement
  • Additionality, permanence and leakage assessed in carbon-credit quality reviews
  • Permitting pathway maps environmental approvals, land rights and grid consents

Participants can test transition plans against climate, policy, market and technology uncertainty.

  • Transition risks categorised as policy, legal, technology, market and reputation
  • IEA scenarios compared for demand, fuels, prices and emissions pathways
  • Scenario narratives translated into measurable business assumptions and decision triggers
  • Stranded-asset exposure assessed through utilisation, regulation and replacement economics
  • Sensitivity ranges applied to carbon prices, energy prices and demand
  • Risk register assigns owners, controls, indicators and escalation thresholds

Participants can prepare evidence for credible transition disclosures and governance review.

  • IFRS S2 requirements linked to governance, strategy, risk and metrics
  • Transition-plan claims tested against targets, capex and operational actions
  • Scope 1, 2 and material Scope 3 disclosures reconciled
  • Climate targets distinguished between absolute, intensity and avoided-emissions measures
  • Internal carbon prices incorporated into investment and procurement decisions
  • Disclosure controls document data owners, evidence trails and approval routes

Participants can incorporate supply-chain, procurement and end-of-life factors into transition plans.

  • Supplier emissions engagement prioritised through spend, emissions and influence
  • Renewable procurement specifications define certificates, additionality and delivery periods
  • Critical minerals risks assessed for concentration, traceability and geopolitical exposure
  • Circularity plans address battery reuse, recycling and material recovery
  • Lifecycle assessment compares embodied emissions across technology alternatives
  • Supplier due diligence covers labour, environmental and human-rights controls

Participants can plan stakeholder engagement that addresses distributional effects and delivery risks.

  • Just transition principles identify workforce, community and affordability impacts
  • Stakeholder engagement plans define interests, influence, messages and consultation channels
  • Community benefit agreements assessed for governance, funding and accountability
  • Land-use conflicts analysed through competing livelihoods, biodiversity and cultural rights
  • Workforce transition maps roles, skills gaps, retraining and redeployment pathways
  • Grievance mechanisms establish accessible reporting, response and remedy processes

Participants can convert a preferred technology portfolio into a governed implementation roadmap.

  • Roadmap milestones sequence feasibility, approvals, procurement, construction and commissioning
  • RACI matrix assigns accountabilities across finance, operations and sustainability teams
  • Stage-gate governance defines evidence required before capital release
  • Procurement strategy selects delivery model, tender route and evaluation criteria
  • Critical-path analysis identifies schedule dependencies and decision bottlenecks
  • Key performance indicators link energy, emissions, cost, reliability and safety

Participants can establish performance monitoring and corrective-action arrangements for transition delivery.

  • Metering plan specifies boundaries, intervals, accuracy and data retention
  • Performance dashboards compare actual energy, emissions and cost against plan
  • Variance analysis separates weather, production, outages and operational causes
  • Independent assurance tests source data, calculations, controls and disclosure evidence
  • Corrective-action process assigns root causes, owners and completion dates
  • Periodic portfolio review updates assumptions, priorities and capital allocation

Participants can adapt transition methods to the operating realities of major energy-consuming sectors.

  • Utility case addresses renewable integration, flexibility and regulated asset recovery
  • Manufacturing case compares electrified heat, efficiency and fuel-switching pathways
  • Commercial real-estate case combines retrofits, onsite generation and green leases
  • Financial-services case assesses financed emissions, sector exposure and stewardship
  • Public infrastructure case considers procurement rules, resilience and public value
  • Extractives case evaluates mine electrification, closure planning and remote power

Participants can build, review and present a complete energy transition business case for a defined organisation or asset.

  • Baseline, target and decision boundary consolidated into a clear case
  • Technology portfolio justified through technical, financial and emissions evidence
  • Investment model presents LCOE, NPV, sensitivities and funding assumptions
  • Risk register addresses delivery, market, policy, supply-chain and social risks
  • Implementation roadmap specifies governance, milestones, owners and performance measures
  • Management presentation defends recommendations against structured stakeholder 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 decision matrix
  3. Marginal abatement cost curve model
  4. Energy transition investment appraisal model
  5. Transition risk and opportunity register
  6. Energy transition business case template

Who should attend

  • Energy Managers — assess supply, efficiency and decarbonisation investments
  • Sustainability Managers — connect emissions targets with operational transition plans
  • Project Developers — screen renewable, storage and electrification project opportunities
  • Finance and Investment Professionals — evaluate transition capital allocation and asset risks
  • Operations and Engineering Managers — plan practical changes to energy-intensive assets
  • Public-Sector Policy Professionals — assess technology pathways, infrastructure and policy choices

Skills and tools covered

Energy system analysisRenewable project appraisalTransition risk assessmentCarbon accountingInvestment modellingTransition planning

Tools and standards

GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, ISO 50001, IFRS S2, IEA Net Zero Emissions Scenario

How the course runs

Training methodology

The course uses short technical briefings followed by applied case work, group analysis, calculations and structured decision simulations. Participants examine realistic energy demand data, emissions inventories, technology specifications, tariff structures and investment assumptions. They build sections of a transition business case from the first week, then test and refine it using financial, risk, disclosure and implementation methods during the second week. Facilitators use peer review and management-style presentations to strengthen the clarity, evidence and practicality of each participant’s recommendations.

Requirements and prerequisites

Participants should have basic familiarity with their organisation’s energy use, emissions targets, capital projects, operations, sustainability reporting or related policy work. Confidence reading spreadsheets, interpreting charts and discussing costs is helpful because the course uses project assumptions and financial calculations. Prior exposure to renewable technologies, greenhouse-gas accounting or corporate finance is useful but not essential. The course does not require engineering qualifications, advanced mathematics, programming, prior energy-market trading experience or specialist modelling software skills. Participants should bring a current energy, emissions or investment question from their work where possible.

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 operations, energy use, sustainability work, project delivery or finance. No engineering degree or advanced renewable-energy knowledge is required, but participants should be comfortable working with numerical assumptions and spreadsheets.

Bring a laptop for calculations and case materials, plus any non-confidential information about an energy, emissions or investment challenge from your workplace. Useful examples include energy bills, emissions targets, asset lists, project proposals or internal transition commitments.

It is intended for professionals who influence energy strategy, sustainability, capital projects, finance, operations, procurement, risk or public policy. It is especially relevant where a team must compare decarbonisation options and justify investment decisions.

This course focuses on decision-making across technology, economics, risk, policy, disclosure and implementation. It does not train participants to design electrical systems, conduct detailed engineering studies or operate generation equipment.

Participants can use the baseline template, technology screen, MACC model, investment appraisal and risk register to structure an existing transition decision. The final business case can be adapted for internal capital committees, board papers or programme planning.

Each day runs from 08:30 to 16:30 and provides approximately 6.5 contact hours. The first week establishes energy-system, technology and investment foundations; the second week applies risk, disclosure, procurement, governance and implementation methods before the final capstone.

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