Course Details
Course Outline
5 days course
GLOBAL ENERGY RESOURCES, GENERATION, DELIVERY, AND END-USE
- Resources
- Coal
- Oil and gas
- Nuclear
- Solar
- Wind
- Biomass
- Biofuels
- Hydrogen
- Generation Technologies
- Combustion: Boilers, Steam Generators, Turbines, and Engines
- Combined Heat & Power
- Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
- Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)
- Wind Turbines
- Geothermal
- Wave, Current, And O-TEC
- Fuel Cells
- Electricity Transmission & Distribution Networks
- Energy Access as SDG Goal
- Transmission Lines
- kV Range
- Associated Land Requirements
- Associated Thermal Energy Losses
- Distribution
- kV Range
- Collection Rates
- Regularization
- End-use
- Energy - Efficiency First
- Electricity, Heating, Cooling, and Process Heat
- Net - Zero Energy
- Residential
- Commercial & Institutional
- Industrial
- Transportation
- District Energy
- Off-Grid vs. On-Grid
- Energy Storage and Controls Systems
THE TROUBLE WITH CARBON
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Goals
- Climate Change Mitigation vs. Adaptation
- Extraction
- Drilling
- Mountaintop Removal
- Carbon Content of Fossil Fuels vs. Natural Gas vs. Renewable Energy
- Ozone and Greenhouse Gases
- Decarbonizing Methods
- Energy Efficiency
- Renewable Energy
- Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)
- Carbon Capture and Sequestration
- Cost Considerations
- Price Data
- Carbon Neutral Countries
- United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Interaction Among Emissions, Climate, Risks and Development Pathways: Characteristics of Mitigation Pathways
- Economic and Social Costs and Benefits of Mitigation and Adaptation in the Context of Development Pathways
- Adaptation and Mitigation Actions in the Context of Sustainable Development
- Finance and Means of Support
TECHNICAL-ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR SCALING UP RENEWABLE ENERGY
- Centralized vs. IPP vs. Decentralized Renewable Energy
- Making Renewable Energy Projects Bankable Through Due Diligence
- Pre-Feasibility Studies
- Detailed Feasibility Studies
- Project Preparation Facility
- Technical Assessment
- Available Resources
- Global Atlas for Renewable Energy
- Need for Local Data Acquisition
- Capacity Factors
- Translating CF Into Spreadsheet Analyses
- Modeling
- Variable Renewable Energy and Grid Stability
- Available Resources
- Economic Assessment
- The Costs of Renewable Energy Systems
- Power Purchase Agreements
- De-Risking Instruments
- Put Call Option Agreements (PCOAs)
- Partial Risk Guarantees (PRGS)
- Sovereign Guarantee
- Financing Models Overview
- Debt-Equity Ratios
- Credit Enhancement
- Self-Financed
- Project Financing
- Leasing
- Renewable Energy Service Companies (RESCO)
- Independent Power Producers (IPP)
- PAYGO
CREATING AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO SCALING UP RENEWABLE ENERGY
- Integrated Resource & Resilience Planning
- National Long-Term Energy Planning
- Project Preparation Facility
- Net Metering
- Community Energy
- Renewable Portfolio Standards
- Feed-In Tariffs
- Single-Buyer Paradigm
- Competitive Procurement
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Private Sector Assets and Motivations
- Public Sector Assets and Motivations
- Capacitating the Public Sector
OURCES OF DATA FOR INFORMED DECISION MAKING
- International Energy Agency (IEA)
- Fuels and Technologies
- Analysis
- Data
- Analysis
- World Energy Outlook
- International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
- Country Profiles
- Clean Energy Corridors
- Global Geothermal Alliance
- Parliamentary Network
- Renewable Energy Roadmap (Remap)
- Renewables Readiness Assessments
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Lighthouses
- Global Atlas for Renewable Energy
- Sustainable Energy Marketplace
- International Development Partners Promoting Climate Change Mitigation with Renewable Energy
- International Foundations Promoting Climate Change Mitigation with Renewable Energy
- Relevant Associations
- C40
- Compact of Mayors
- Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy
- Global Climate Change Alliance
- International Renewable Energy Alliance
- International Solar Alliance
