Sustainability Skills Workshop: Clean Energy Project Finance Bootcamp
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Join industry experts in a hands-on two-day workshop in clean energy project finance. Students will learn project finance concepts, gain highly sought-after modeling skills, take a deep dive into quantitative analysis in clean energy investment, and learn about consulting, development, and investment career paths in the clean energy sector.
Students will leave this workshop having built an industry-standard financial model for valuation and financing of a renewable energy project.
Students should have a basic understanding of financial concepts including:
- Time value of money, NPV and IRR
- Debt and equity financing, cost of debt, cost of equity, WACC
- Basic excel proficiency
Lunch will be provided on Friday and Saturday.
*Please note, this workshop includes a pre-course exercise that will be due before the beginning of the program. To get the most out of the workshop please be prepared to spend time on a modeling project between the first and second workshop sessions. Group work is encouraged!
Workshop Agenda
Day 1 - Friday 2/21 (9am - 4pm) KOBL 101
- Energy transition trends (technology, market, policy)
- Introduction to power generation and renewable energy project development
- Project finance concepts
- Structuring financing from borrower’s perspective
- Pre-course exercise review; investment return metrics
- Project finance modeling best practices
- Project debt modeling
Day 2 - Saturday 2/22 (9am - 3pm) KOBL 105
- Advanced project finance modeling
- Introduction to tax equity
- Simplified tax equity modeling (ITC transfer)