GET TO GRIPS WITH THE INS AND OUTS OF A HIGHLY COMPLEX POWER INDUSTRY

Address Key Issues

Discover the very latest power terminology and technologies

Gain A Full Understanding

Understand how the power and electricity industry really works

Key Takeaways

Learn how to successfully realise a power generation project

UNDERSTAND THE POWER AND ELECTRICITY SECTOR AT SPEED

New technologies appear on the market. Which of these are sound investment opportunities? What are the uncertainties? Global power markets are being deregulated more and more across the globe. How can you benefit commercially whilst mitigating risks?

What was unimaginable five years ago, has now become reality: the whole energy sector is subject to rapid and wide-ranging changes. In just 3 days you will develop a profound understanding of both, existing and new technologies, developments in the global power markets as well as commercial and financial aspects of strategic decisions.

The course is designed especially for non-technical people, new entrants, senior managers needing a big-picture refresher and professional advisors to the sector. Packed full of case studies, hands-on exercises, best-practice examples and real-life experiences, this three-day programme will give you the right tools to make your role in the power sector so much more effective. Bridge gaps in your knowledge and gain genuine business advantage.

IN JUST 3 DAYS YOU WILL:

  • Gain a thorough understanding of the power and electricity industry
  • Understand the essential language of power and electricity
  • Assess the environmental impact of power generation
  • Look at the key commercial, financial and economic drivers
  • Understand supply and demand
  • Get to grips with the role of the grid
  • Explore renewable energies
  • Consider energy consumption and transportation
  • Learn how to realise a power generation project

MEET YOUR TRAINER

Our Expert Trainer has more than 25 years of professional experience in the power sector, his expertise is in conventional, nuclear, and renewable energy systems. He is a licensed expert in environmental protection and safety technology. His prime areas of experience are power systems layout and design, cost reduction through energy efficiency, heat recovery and cogeneration, waste incineration (residual and toxic wastes), security and safety technology, risk analysis, evaluation, and reduction, as well as mining (salt, coal, gold). In all cases, financial modeling is included. Our expert has carried out extensive research on advanced energy technologies as well as on technically and financially feasible utilization of renewable energies. He actively participated in the comprehensive German Risk Study PWR (Pressurized Water Reactor) and explored the risk of accidents of a toxic waste incineration plant. He has provided consultative advice for a range of utilities, industry parks, IPP’s, private sector manufacturing companies, and governmental bodies.

Organisations that will benefit:

  • Electricity Companies
  • Government and Regulators
  • Law Firms
  • Investors
  • Utility Companies
  • Suppliers
  • Banks
  • Advisors

Who will attend:

  • C-level Executives
  • Business Development and Sales
  • Marketing Executives
  • Procurement and Sourcing
  • Public Relations
  • Human Resources
  • Strategic Planners
  • Investor Relations

COURSE AGENDA

Day 1: How The Power & Electricity Industry Works ⇓

  • Big Picture Introduction
  • To be competitive you have to know your competitors
  • Renewable Energies I: Wind and Photo-Voltaic (PV)
  • Case study
  • Wind Farm Project (or PV) to be developed: How to proceed, minimization of risks
  • Thermal Power Plant – Advanced Power Generation Technology
  • Fossil Fuels in Thermal Power Plants
  • Power or Energy
  • Case study – Designing and Planning of a thermal power plant. Objective: highest generation efficiency
  • Supply and Demand
  • Case study “How to overcome load shedding”
  • Crude Oil Refinery
  • The Crude Oil World

Day 2: Higher Efficiency and Profit through Advanced Technology ⇓

  • To be competitive you have to understand your competitors
  • Renewable Energies II: Non-volatile Systems and Storage of Electricity
  • Case study: Developing a Renewable Power Gen (non-volatile)
  • Fossil Energies vs. Renewable Energies: Evaluation and Practicality
  • The business of Power Generation Utilities
  • Case study: Busines model “Energies for companies in an industrial park (IP)”
  • Energy: Part of Human Rights?
  • Private Power / Public Power
  • Case study (optional): Master plan for rural electrification
  • Peak Oil – Fiction or Fact?
  • Electricity Grid. Base and peak load generation cost.
  • Smart grid
  • Case study: DSM, Demand Side Management, in industries (deep level mining)
  • Energy Management and energy efficiency in industries
  • Case study (optional): Improving the energy efficiency of a glass factory

Day 3: The Future of Power and Electricity ⇓

  • Carbon Dioxide: The Driving Force for Renewable Energies
  • Case study “Are there adequate strategies to prevent climate change?”
  • Energy and Power for the World – from Biomass
  • Utilisation of Renewable Energies up to now
  • Combustion of costly Waste and Conversion into valuable Power
  • Case study: Acquisition of a biomass-fuelled IPP
  • More Profit through Highest Efficiency
  • Case study “Municipal Waste Incineration Plant”
  • Power and Electricity Sector in 25 Years
  • Super-critical Steam Technology
  • Gas Combined Cycle PP and GCC Go-gen
  • Next Generation Nuclear Power
  • Renewable Energy Storage: Wind 2 Gas
  • Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Generation

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