Power Project Economics & Finance: Building and Assessing Bankable Business Cases

Upon completion of this course, the participants will be able to:

• Communicate confidently in the language of finance to engage effectively with investors and business case stakeholders.
• Calculate and critically assess the levelised cost of energy (LCOE), recognising its limitations in capturing full project costs.
• Interpret comprehensive financial analysis sheets with clarity, focusing on key insights rather than excessive detail.
• Apply and reinforce learning using a practical Excel-based cash flow model.
• Utilise essential financial metrics—including IRR, NPV, EBITDA, DSCR, debt, equity, debt-to-equity ratios, and WACC—in project evaluation and business planning.
• Evaluate the strengths and limitations of simplified models and identify when more sophisticated analyses are required.
• Analyse how project risks translate into financing costs and influence energy price competitiveness.
• Identify the most critical internal variables and external market factors that drive financial performance.
• Assess the financial implications of emerging trends such as policy mechanisms, alternative revenue streams, and energy storage.
• Examine the balance of risks and returns across different stages of a project lifecycle.
• Understand the key requirements for securing a Final Investment Decision (FID).

This course is designed for both non-financial and financial professionals working in the power and energy sector who need to understand the economics and bankability of modern power projects.

• Project developers and planners – who need to build or assess business cases.
• Engineers and technical specialists – seeking to understand how technical decisions affect financial outcomes.
• Operations and asset managers – involved in cost structures, cashflow, or project risk management.
• Policy makers and regulators – shaping market design, incentives, and project economics.
• Corporate strategists and business development professionals – evaluating growth opportunities in renewable and conventional power.
• Consultants and advisors – supporting renewable, storage, hydrogen, or carbon capture projects.
• Financial professionals (analysts, bankers, lenders, and investors) – who want sector-specific insight into how project finance interacts with technical variables, risk-return profiles, PPAs, LCOE, and energy transition business models.

• Basic
• Intermediate

The training will combine expert-led presentations with guided Excel exercises, interactive case studies, and group discussions to build practical understanding of project economics. Participants will engage in hands-on financial modeling, sensitivity testing, and scenario-based analysis, while real-world project examples will reinforce the application of concepts to decision-making and risk evaluation.

Your expert course faculty is an internationally renowned, fully-independent energy communicator and business educator who has been working in evolving energy and power systems analysis for over twenty years. He has a particular focus on the commercial opportunities and risks created by transitioning energy systems towards cleaner energy supply.

In addition to his independent analysis, consulting and advisory work, he has trained in over thirty countries across five continents on a variety of energy system topics – including renewable power, energy storage, grid systems, electrification, clean fuels and energy security. Training clients have ranged all the way from small, product-focused startups to the world’s largest energy companies.

Regardless of their size, his work is valued by clients for its ‘hype-free’ and independent content, its constantly updated market relevance, and its core approach of creating business and commercial relevance – by integrating clear, data-backed explanations of relevant technology with economic, financial, market competition and practical deployment factors.

Prior to going independent, your expert course faculty was Research Director for over ten years at Informa, a now >$10 billion business intelligence provider. There, he drove new market identification, analysis and project deployment work, and managed teams in the UK and US.

He has an exemplary academic science background, holding a 1st Class honours degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge (UK), followed by a PhD in Earth Sciences, and a further Diploma in Economics & Sustainability.

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