Hydrogen Economy and Energy Transition Masterclass Training Course

Duration 5 days 10 modules · 33 contact hours
Level Advanced Certificate on completion
Who attends Energy Transition Directors, Industrial Decarbonisation Managers and others
Fee from USD 1,100 KSh 95,000 for Kenyan organisations
Where 52 cities + online See dates by city
Next start 7 Nov 2026 Course code SD-ETR-013

Before you join: Participants should have substantial professional experience in energy, industrial operations, infrastructure, sustainability, finance, regulation or project development.

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

Hydrogen has moved from a technical possibility to a strategic decision for industrial decarbonisation, energy security and new fuel supply chains. Senior teams must decide where hydrogen is genuinely competitive, which production pathway can meet emissions and certification requirements, and whether a proposed project can secure power, infrastructure, customers and finance. Poorly framed projects can lock organisations into high delivered costs, unbankable offtake terms, inadequate safety controls or emissions claims that do not withstand scrutiny.

This masterclass examines the hydrogen value chain from renewable electricity procurement and production technology through storage, transport, carrier conversion, end use, regulation and project delivery. Participants build the capability to compare electrolyser and low-carbon production routes, calculate delivered hydrogen cost, assess lifecycle emissions, interpret RFNBO and 45V requirements, structure commercial agreements and prepare investment-grade decision material. The course gives particular attention to industrial demand in steel, ammonia, refining, shipping and aviation, where hydrogen must compete against electrification, efficiency measures, biomass and conventional fuels with carbon controls.

Teaching combines focused technical briefings with senior-level case analysis, commercial modelling, safety scenarios and structured group decisions. Participants work with realistic project assumptions covering renewable power supply, electrolyser utilisation, carrier conversion, offtake risk, certification and permitting. They leave with a reusable hydrogen project screening pack, including a delivered-cost model structure, lifecycle-emissions assessment basis, bankability checklist, risk register and 90-day action plan. The course is delivered over five instructor-led days, from 08:30 to 16:30, in classroom locations in more than 50 cities or live online. Participants receive a certificate of completion.

It is designed for leaders and specialists responsible for hydrogen strategies, industrial decarbonisation programmes, infrastructure investment, energy procurement, project finance, policy and operational risk.

What you will be able to do

  • Assess hydrogen demand cases against electrification, biomass and conventional low-carbon alternatives
  • Select production and carrier pathways using technical, emissions and delivered-cost criteria
  • Build a levelised cost of hydrogen model with power, utilisation and financing assumptions
  • Calculate lifecycle emissions using defined system boundaries and recognised accounting methods
  • Interpret RFNBO, CertifHy and 45V requirements for hydrogen claims and market access
  • Structure bankable offtake terms covering volume, price, quality, certificates and remedies
  • Apply HAZID, HAZOP and bow-tie analysis to hydrogen process safety decisions
  • Prepare an investment-committee hydrogen project screening pack with decision gates

Benefits of attending

For you

  • Make defensible recommendations on hydrogen investment and decarbonisation choices
  • Challenge electrolyser, infrastructure and offtake assumptions presented by project developers
  • Evaluate emissions claims before approving procurement, investment or public commitments
  • Lead cross-functional decisions involving engineering, finance, legal, safety and sustainability teams
  • Build a credible professional position in industrial hydrogen project development

For your organisation

  • Reduce expenditure on hydrogen concepts with weak demand, power or infrastructure assumptions
  • Improve investment decisions through consistent delivered-cost and lifecycle-emissions analysis
  • Strengthen offtake, supply and EPC negotiations through clearer risk allocation
  • Avoid certification and emissions-claim failures that restrict market access or funding
  • Create a common decision framework across strategy, projects, operations and finance teams

Course modules

10 modules over 5 days

Participants can map a hydrogen value chain and identify viable demand-led project configurations.

  • Value-chain maps linking molecules, carriers, infrastructure, offtakers and certificates
  • Demand segmentation using temperature, feedstock, mobility and power-system requirements
  • Hydrogen’s role compared with direct electrification and sustainable biomass
  • System boundaries distinguish energy, industrial feedstock and seasonal-balancing use cases
  • Readiness matrices assess technology maturity, infrastructure dependency and demand certainty
  • Value pools traced from renewable electricity procurement through contracted offtake

Participants can select and size an electrolyser configuration against power, production and operating constraints.

  • Electrolyser selection using PEM, alkaline and solid-oxide performance curves
  • Stack efficiency expressed through LHV, HHV, degradation and auxiliary loads
  • Capacity factors modelled from renewable profiles, grid imports and curtailment
  • Water treatment, compression, drying and balance-of-plant energy requirements
  • Operational dispatch reconciles electricity prices, availability and hydrogen commitments
  • Technology due diligence identifies warranty terms, replacement schedules and performance tests

Participants can compare hydrogen production routes using lifecycle emissions, cost and delivery criteria.

  • Steam methane reforming assessed with capture rates, methane leakage and residual emissions
  • Autothermal reforming compared against SMR for capture configuration and heat integration
  • Methane pyrolysis evaluated for solid-carbon handling, energy source and product qualification
  • Biomethane pathways tested against feedstock traceability and competing uses
  • Electricity sourcing matched to hourly correlation, additionality and geographic criteria
  • Production pathways screened using lifecycle emissions, cost and delivery reliability

Participants can assess infrastructure routes and carrier choices for delivered hydrogen supply.

  • Pipeline repurposing screens pressure limits, material grades, welds and compressors
  • Hydrogen embrittlement mechanisms linked to fracture toughness, fatigue and permeation
  • Salt caverns compared with lined-rock, vessels and liquid storage economics
  • Ammonia, methanol, LOHCs and liquid hydrogen assessed as carrier options
  • Terminal designs account for conversion losses, boil-off, safety distances and throughput
  • Network tariff models allocate entry, transport, storage and balancing charges

Participants can model delivered hydrogen cost and identify commercial terms needed for bankability.

  • Levelised cost of hydrogen modelled from capex, power, utilisation and financing
  • Delivered-cost curves include conversion, transport, storage, losses and regasification
  • Bankability tests examine offtake tenor, volume commitments, indexation and remedies
  • Hydrogen sale agreements allocate quality, delivery, force-majeure and change-law risks
  • Contract-for-difference structures compare strike-price, reference-price and settlement mechanics
  • Revenue stacking assesses certificates, carbon value, flexibility and by-product oxygen

Participants can interpret leading certification and policy requirements affecting hydrogen eligibility and claims.

  • EU RFNBO rules applied to additionality, temporal correlation and geographic correlation
  • CertifHy schemes examined for chain-of-custody and greenhouse-gas accounting
  • US 45V credit tiers interpreted through lifecycle-emissions and hourly-matching assumptions
  • Guarantees of origin traced through issuance, transfer, cancellation and disclosure
  • Cross-border trade considers customs codes, rules of origin and certification recognition
  • Regulatory registers track delegated acts, permitting conditions and reporting obligations

Participants can specify a proportionate safety assurance approach for hydrogen facilities and logistics.

  • HAZID workshops identify release, ignition, confined-space and oxygen-displacement scenarios
  • HAZOP guidewords test deviations in compression, storage, loading and dispensing
  • Quantitative risk assessment estimates individual risk, societal risk and consequence zones
  • IEC 60079 zoning classifies explosive atmospheres and equipment protection requirements
  • NFPA 2 requirements inform separation distances, ventilation and emergency isolation
  • Bow-tie diagrams connect preventive barriers, mitigation controls and assurance tasks
  • Process safety management assigns ownership for inspections, permits and incident learning

Participants can prepare a financially disciplined hydrogen investment case under uncertainty.

  • Techno-economic models integrate mass balances, energy balances and equipment sizing
  • Discounted cash flow calculates NPV, IRR, payback and debt-service coverage
  • Monte Carlo simulation quantifies price, utilisation, capex and policy uncertainty
  • Scenario trees compare phased investment, modular expansion and exit decisions
  • Sensitivity tornado charts rank cost drivers and commercial assumptions
  • Investment-committee papers state decision gates, evidence requirements and residual risks

Participants can establish delivery governance and risk controls from concept selection through commissioning.

  • Stage-gate governance separates concept selection, FEED, FID, commissioning and operations
  • Owner’s requirements define purity, availability, ramp rates and interface responsibilities
  • EPC contracting compares lump-sum, reimbursable and target-cost risk allocations
  • Permitting critical paths coordinate environmental consent, land rights and hazardous-substance approvals
  • Interface registers control dependencies between power, water, production and export systems
  • Commissioning plans specify performance tests, acceptance criteria and handover evidence

Participants can prioritise hydrogen use cases and define next decisions for their organisation.

  • Steel, ammonia, refining, shipping and aviation demand cases compared
  • Marginal-abatement-cost curves rank hydrogen options against electrification and efficiency
  • Scope 1, 2 and 3 claims reconciled with contractual instruments
  • Procurement strategies align renewable power, electrolyser capacity and offtake timing
  • Portfolio roadmaps sequence pilots, anchor demand, infrastructure commitments and scale-up
  • 90-day action plans assign decisions, stakeholders, evidence and escalation routes

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

What you take back to work

  1. Hydrogen value-chain screening template
  2. Levelised hydrogen cost model structure
  3. Lifecycle-emissions assessment worksheet
  4. Hydrogen offtake bankability checklist
  5. Hydrogen project risk register
  6. 90-day hydrogen decision plan

Who should attend

  • Energy Transition Directors — need to prioritise hydrogen investments within decarbonisation portfolios
  • Industrial Decarbonisation Managers — need credible hydrogen pathways for heat, feedstock and fuel switching
  • Project Development Managers — need to progress hydrogen projects through feasibility, permitting and FID
  • Infrastructure and Utility Executives — need to assess networks, storage, terminals and carrier systems
  • Corporate Finance and Investment Professionals — need to test project economics, risks and bankability
  • Policy, Regulatory and Sustainability Leaders — need defensible emissions claims, certification and reporting approaches

Skills and tools covered

Hydrogen project economicsLifecycle emissions accountingOfftake contract structuringHydrogen safety analysisCertification complianceInfrastructure risk assessment

Tools and standards

ISO 14040 and ISO 14044, GHG Protocol Product Life Cycle Standard, HAZOP, IEC 60079

How the course runs

Training methodology

The course uses short expert briefings to establish technical and commercial concepts, followed by structured case work based on industrial hydrogen projects. Participants analyse production choices, renewable-power supply, lifecycle emissions, carrier routes, offtake contracts and safety scenarios. Group exercises use cost-model assumptions, certification evidence and project risks to support senior decision making. Simulations test negotiation choices and investment-committee trade-offs. Each participant develops an application plan linked to a current or anticipated hydrogen decision.

Requirements and prerequisites

Participants should have substantial professional experience in energy, industrial operations, infrastructure, sustainability, finance, regulation or project development. Familiarity with energy project economics, emissions reporting or major-capital-project decisions is useful. The course assumes participants can interpret technical and commercial information, discuss discounted cash flow assumptions and review contractual risk allocation. Prior hydrogen project experience is not required. It is not an engineering design course, and no advanced chemistry, process simulation software or specialist coding capability is 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

Participants should have professional experience in energy, industry, infrastructure, finance, sustainability, regulation or project development. Hydrogen expertise is not required, but the course assumes confidence working with technical and commercial project information.

Bring a laptop if attending in person and, where permitted, a current hydrogen project, decarbonisation challenge or investment question. Course materials provide the data and templates used during teaching.

It suits senior practitioners who must make, advise on or challenge decisions about hydrogen production, supply, infrastructure, procurement or use. It is particularly relevant to industrial companies, utilities, ports, transport operators, investors, government bodies and advisory firms.

This course concentrates on hydrogen project decisions rather than providing a broad survey of renewable technologies. It addresses electrolyser operation, carrier routes, certification, safety, contracts, delivered cost and bankability in depth.

Participants can use the screening template and cost-model structure to test an existing proposal or prepare a new opportunity for internal review. The risk register, certification worksheet and action plan support discussions with developers, suppliers, customers and investment committees.

Each day runs from 08:30 to 16:30 and provides about 6.5 contact hours. Time is divided among technical briefings, case analysis, group exercises, commercial simulations and individual application planning across ten teaching modules.

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