Future Energy and Transition Training Course

Participants can relate emissions targets and climate risks to energy transition scenarios.

• Carbon budgets connect cumulative emissions, warming limits and mitigation pathways
• GHG Protocol scopes distinguish direct, purchased-energy and value-chain emissions
• Marginal abatement cost curves rank measures by cost and reduction potential
• Scenario assumptions test demand, fuel prices, technology costs and policy
• Physical climate hazards affect generation output, networks and fuel supply
• Transition risks influence asset values, permits, insurance and financing

Participants can create an evidence-based energy demand baseline and forecast.

• Demand forecasts combine historic loads, economic drivers, weather and efficiency
• Bottom-up end-use models separate appliances, processes, occupancy and operating hours
• Elasticity estimates test tariff responses and peak-shifting potential
• Energy intensity indicators benchmark production, floor area and service demand
• Electrification pathways quantify load growth from vehicles, heat and industry
• Construct a demand baseline with documented data sources and assumptions

Participants can identify, quantify and prioritise energy efficiency opportunities before new supply investments.

• ISO 50001 energy review identifies significant energy uses and performance indicators
• Energy conservation measures screened through operating data and site constraints
• Measurement and verification follows IPMVP boundary, baseline and adjustment principles
• Retrofit sequencing avoids stranded equipment and incompatible control investments
• Efficiency-first planning compares avoided capacity costs with supply alternatives
• Prepare an energy opportunity register with owners, savings and evidence

Participants can screen renewable technologies against resource, location and development constraints.

• Solar resource assessment uses irradiation, shading, degradation and performance ratios
• Wind yield estimates consider hub height, wake losses and availability
• Hydropower options assess hydrology, head, environmental flows and seasonal output
• Bioenergy feedstock tests address moisture, competing uses, transport and sustainability
• Geothermal development evaluates resource risk, drilling exposure and reservoir decline
• Screen renewable technologies against land, water, grid and permitting constraints

Participants can compare renewable energy investments using financial and operational decision criteria.

• LCOE separates capital expenditure, operating costs, financing and expected generation
• CAPEX estimates distinguish engineering, equipment, construction, contingencies and development costs
• Discounted cash flow calculates NPV, IRR, payback and debt service coverage
• Merchant revenue models apply hourly prices, curtailment and capture-rate assumptions
• Sensitivity tables test interest rates, inflation, yields and construction delays
• Compare alternatives using lifecycle cost, emissions, reliability and implementation timing

Participants can assess how grid conditions affect renewable project viability and system reliability.

• Transmission constraints determine interconnection queues, curtailment and congestion exposure
• Distribution hosting capacity limits distributed generation, charging and heat pumps
• Variable renewable integration requires forecasting, reserves, ramping and balancing resources
• Grid codes specify fault ride-through, voltage control and frequency response
• Power-flow studies identify thermal limits, voltage deviations and reinforcement needs
• Assess a project's grid pathway, connection milestones, costs and risks

Participants can select storage and flexibility options suited to specific system needs.

• Battery storage sizing matches power, duration, cycling and degradation profiles
• Round-trip efficiency and state-of-charge constraints shape dispatchable energy value
• Revenue stacking combines arbitrage, frequency response, capacity and network services
• Pumped hydro, thermal storage and hydrogen address different duration requirements
• Augmentation plans account for battery degradation, warranties and replacement schedules
• Select flexibility options against response speed, duration, location and cost

Participants can select energy market and procurement structures appropriate to organisational risk appetite.

• Wholesale market designs set dispatch order, settlement intervals and imbalance charges
• Capacity mechanisms remunerate dependable availability under defined performance obligations
• Corporate PPAs allocate volume, price, basis, curtailment and credit risk
• Contracts for difference stabilise revenues through reference-price settlement mechanisms
• Renewable energy certificates support attribute claims and procurement reporting
• Draft a procurement route aligned with load profile and risk appetite

Participants can plan regulatory, permitting and stakeholder actions for energy transition projects.

• Policy instruments include auctions, tax credits, mandates, tariffs and carbon pricing
• Permit pathways sequence land rights, environmental approvals, grid consents and construction
• Environmental and social impact assessments identify receptors, alternatives and mitigation
• Community benefit agreements address local value, grievances and project acceptance
• Just transition principles assess jobs, affordability, participation and regional impacts
• Create a stakeholder and permitting plan with decision dates and dependencies

Participants can assess financing structures and bankability requirements for energy investments.

• Project finance allocates construction, operating, market, political and force-majeure risks
• Debt sizing uses contracted cash flows, coverage ratios and lender covenants
• Bankability reviews test counterparties, permits, grid rights, insurance and warranties
• Blended finance combines concessional capital, guarantees and commercial investment
• Green bond frameworks link use of proceeds, reporting and external review
• Build a financing assumptions sheet for an energy transition investment

Participants can develop a quantified emissions-reduction pathway for an asset or organisation.

• Scope 1 and 2 inventories establish emissions baselines for transition planning
• GHG Protocol Scope 2 methods distinguish location-based and market-based reporting
• Science-based target pathways translate emissions goals into annual reduction trajectories
• Residual emissions treatment separates reduction priorities from carbon credit claims
• Abatement portfolios compare efficiency, electrification, renewables, fuels and process redesign
• Develop a site decarbonisation pathway with quantified milestones and dependencies

Participants can compare transport decarbonisation options using operational and financial criteria.

• Transport electrification assesses duty cycles, depot loads, charging windows and routes
• Charging strategies manage demand charges, fleet availability and distribution constraints
• Sustainable aviation fuel evaluates feedstocks, lifecycle emissions and supply agreements
• Maritime decarbonisation compares efficiency measures, fuels, bunkering and vessel design
• Fuel-cell applications test hydrogen availability, utilisation rates and refuelling requirements
• Prioritise transport measures using total cost, emissions and operational fit

Participants can assess low-carbon heat and industrial process options for major energy users.

• Heat decarbonisation maps temperature levels, load profiles and process integration
• Heat pumps evaluate coefficient of performance, source temperatures and peak demand
• Industrial electrification options include electric boilers, furnaces and resistance heating
• Green hydrogen appraisal separates production cost, delivery losses and utilisation
• Carbon capture assessments address concentration, energy penalty, transport and storage
• Compare low-carbon heat routes using emissions, cost, maturity and infrastructure

Participants can evaluate technology maturity, supply risks and lifecycle impacts in investment decisions.

• Critical mineral assessments identify concentration, geopolitical exposure and recycling potential
• Lifecycle assessment applies functional units, system boundaries and allocation choices
• Supplier due diligence reviews labour, traceability, environmental performance and sanctions
• Circularity strategies cover repair, repowering, recycling and end-of-life liabilities
• Technology readiness levels distinguish pilot evidence from commercial deployment risk
• Formulate a technology portfolio balancing maturity, emissions, cost and supply risk

Participants can specify data and performance-monitoring requirements for transition delivery.

• Energy data architecture connects meters, bills, operational systems and emissions records
• Data quality checks test completeness, timestamps, units, outliers and reconciliation
• Digital twins model asset performance using measured conditions and engineering parameters
• Forecast models quantify uncertainty bands rather than single-point production estimates
• Cybersecurity controls protect operational technology, remote access and market interfaces
• Design a monthly transition dashboard with leading and lagging indicators

Participants can convert energy transition analysis into an accountable investment roadmap.

• Materiality assessment ranks energy exposures by financial impact and stakeholder concern
• Transition plans define baselines, targets, actions, capital needs and governance
• MACC portfolios sequence no-regrets actions, enabling infrastructure and long-lead projects
• Decision gates specify evidence, approvals, funding and termination criteria
• RACI matrices assign accountability for delivery, assurance and escalation
• Prepare an investment roadmap with milestones, metrics, owners and budget ranges

Participants can build, review and present a complete energy transition investment case for a defined organisational decision.

• Capstone brief defines a credible energy transition decision and operating context
• Baseline analysis quantifies demand, emissions, costs, assets and material constraints
• Scenario model compares supply, efficiency, electrification and flexibility portfolios
• Financial case states assumptions, cash flows, sensitivities and financing route
• Risk register assigns mitigations for technical, grid, regulatory and delivery exposures
• Implementation roadmap sets governance, procurement, milestones, KPIs and review cadence
• Present the recommendation using an executive decision paper and evidence pack