• Understand the end-to-end development process of utility-scale PV projects, including stakeholders, permits, contracts, siting, and feasibility requirements
• Get the ability to assess solar resource quality, land characteristics, and grid-connection constraints to determine project viability
• Learn how project economics work, including bankability criteria, financing structures, PPA/EPC fundamentals, and key financial KPIs such as IRR, DSCR, and LCOE
• Acquire technical knowledge of PV plant components and engineering principles, including modules, inverters, structures, cabling, standards, and reliability aspects
• Develop skills to perform solar system design and optimization, covering layout, DC/AC sizing, cable design, grounding, MV/HV systems, SCADA, and compliance with IEC standards
• Understand the construction process, commissioning steps, quality control, and typical risks in delivering utility-scale solar plants
• Acquire practical insight into operation and maintenance, including monitoring, KPIs, preventive/corrective/predictive maintenance, and performance improvement

• Professionals aiming to enhance technical skills in photovoltaic system design
• Those who need to evaluate PV systems in more technical detail

• Overview of solar project development, including stakeholders, permits, contracts, and the full process from opportunity to RTB
• Siting requirements, resource assessment methods, and grid-connection criteria essential for feasibility
• Project finance concepts, bankability factors, PPA and EPC structures, and key financial KPIs such as IRR, DSCR, and LCOE
• PV plant components and engineering principles, including modules, inverters, structures, cabling, standards, and failure mechanisms
• Mechanical, electrical, and civil design requirements, from array layout and Voc/Isc sizing to grounding, MV/HV systems, and structural foundations
• Step-by-step engineering workflow (pre-feasibility to detailed design, grid compliance, SCADA, procurement, and HSE)
• Construction processes, sequencing, quality control, commissioning procedures, and risk mitigation
• O&M activities, performance KPIs, monitoring systems, preventive/corrective/predictive maintenance, and emerging innovations

After completing this online course, participants will be able to:

• Examine market opportunities for Financial Institutions in climate SME finance (market potential, investment types, etc.)
• Differentiate between climate SME finance and traditional SME finance
• Explain the components, standards, and milestones of developing a sustainable banking model
• Recognize climate finance actors and the enabling environment for setting up green finance in banks
• Evaluate the bankability of climate smart SME projects (CSA and RE) using practical examples (case studies)
• Provide you with a roadmap for developing green finance in your bank
• Describe applicable success stories in climate finance

• Financial Institutions
• SMEs

• Climate Change and Climate-Smart SMEs
• Financing Climate-Smart SMEs
• Green SME Case Study

After the seminar participants shall be able to

• Overview of BESS components, operating principles, and system architecture
• Key use cases such as frequency regulation, peak shaving, energy shifting, and grid support with practical examples
• Typical roles of owners, EPCs, system integrators, and aggregators across project and product value chains
• Detailed understanding of PCS, battery behaviour, system integration, and safety requirements, including thermal, electrical, and environmental risks
• Core design steps including power/energy dimensioning, integration testing, and layout considerations
• Customer-side responsibilities covering commissioning, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management
• Use of SCADA, BESS unit control, and remote monitoring tools for performance oversight and operational reliability

• Designs and operates BESS
• Is involved in the procurement of BESS projects
• Overseas BESS projects

• Understand the structure and functionality of a utility-scale BESS, including its main components (battery system, PCS, BOP, SCADA) and how they interact
• Recognize the key applications of BESS, such as frequency regulation, peak shaving, grid stability, and energy shifting, and evaluate which application drives project design
• Explain the role and operation of the Power Conversion System (PCS) as the active element for power injection/absorption, reactive power control, and four-quadrant operation
• Describe battery technologies and operational constraints, including voltage windows, thermal management, safety behavior, and degradation mechanisms
• Assess safety requirements and risks associated with BESS, including thermal runaway, electrical hazards, DC ripple, common-mode issues, and handling damaged modules
• Apply system design principles, including dimensioning of power and energy, PCS–battery matching, layout planning, and integration testing (partial tests, SIT)
• Understand the regulatory and permitting framework, covering public safety, environmental requirements, building rules, standards, and compliance procedures
• Interpret grid-connection requirements and grid-code obligations, such as frequency/voltage support, fault-ride-through, active/reactive power behavior, and testing protocols
• Navigate project roles, business models, and contractual structures, including EPC responsibilities, system integrator tasks, and back-to-back warranty alignment
• Perform and evaluate installation, commissioning, and maintenance activities, including placement, environmental protection, diagnostics, cooling system preparation, and site acceptance tests
• Use monitoring and control systems effectively, including BMS, PCS controls, and SCADA for remote supervision, performance tracking, and troubleshooting

After the seminar participants will be able to

• After the seminar participants will be able to
• Understand wind resource assessment and discuss the factors relevant for micro-siting of turbines
• Name key considerations in designing wind farm layouts
• Enumerate key technical specifications for wind turbines, towers, and BoP components
• Explain the main areas of evaluation for suppliers and service providers for maintenance contracts, and describe the evaluation process
• Describe system-level fault diagnostics and explain why it matters during testing and commissioning
• Describe the scope of testing and commissioning and explain different types of tests conducted
• List typical content of O&M manuals and discuss how to ensure effective transfer of O&M manuals through training measures
• Enumerate structured data reporting processes for wind parks, explain how to leverage data for performance optimisation, while ensuring data security

• Professionals and decisionmakers in wind energy project development and planning, public policy, infrastructure planning, and finance with a focus on wind energy

• Conducting wind resource assessments and micro-siting of turbines
• Designing wind farm layouts, including turbine placement and electrical interconnection
• Analysing wind energy yield using tools like WindPro or WAsP
• Ensuring compliance with international standards
• Preparing technical specifications for wind turbines, towers, and Balance-of-Plant (BoP) components
• Evaluating suppliers and service providers for maintenance contracts
• Structuring contracts for long-term turbine performance guarantees
• Validating turbine power curves and grid compliance
• Conducting system-level fault diagnostics and corrective actions
• Ensuring seamless grid integration and power evacuation
• Testing & Commissionning process
• Compiling and Transferring O&M Manuals
• Training Staff on Turbine Operations and Monitoring
• Establishing Data Reporting and Analysis Protocols

After completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Build their own financial models (cash flow waterfall, calculation of financial metrics, etc. ) using the FAST standard to ensure accessibility and transparency

• Project developers
• Professionals working in financing institutions
• Consultancies

• Financial models and modelers
• FAST standard: terminology and rules
• FAST standard: timing flags
• Model optimisation

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify, analyse, compile and describe situations that typically occur in low and medium voltage distribution grids with high and further increasing penetration of rooftop solar (typical situations) as well as internationally implemented solutions

• People who work at low and medium voltage dispatch centres which are responsible for grid operation

• Internationally applied solutions that enable the distribution grid operator to achieve a high and further increasing feed-in of power from rooftop solar into the grid
• Voltage in low and medium voltage grid above/below acceptable values
• Lack of remote access to Roof Top Systems (RTS) for re-dispatch, power curtailment, reactive power management, grid maintenance / switch off PV power feed-in
• Coordination of short term RTS PV forecast with grid forecast
• DSO need to call RTS owners and negotiate with them to switch off their systems for a certain time
• DSO need to go to RTS sites, request access and switch off the RTS manually
• Lack of technical data about connected RTS
• Management of data of large number of RTS (size, position, accounting, electrical behaviour, grid code compliance, etc.)
• Reverse power flow
• Increased loss of power
• Transformer overload
• Adaptation of protection settings
• Others that are relevant for distribution grid operators including voltage stability, redispatch, communication and control, thermal limits, line rating, maintenance, etc.

After completing this online course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the main physical and chemical properties of ammonia
• Explain its behaviour at different temperatures and pressures
• Describe the energy content of ammonia
• Describe the opportunities and limits of hydrogen as future energy carrier and technology and for a sustainable energy future
• Understand the current status of hydrogen policies in international arena

• Chemical engineers, environmental scientists, and professionals in industrial production
• Sustainability strategists, policy advisors, and energy system analysts
• Energy planners, government officials, and corporate sustainability officers

• The element hydrogen (H2) physical and chemical characteristics of ammonia
• Types of hydrogen applications
• Energy related properties of ammonia
• Hydrogen generation and fuel cellsThe global uses and demand for ammonia
• Developing fields of use for ammoniaHydrogen infrastructure
• System integration / sector coupling
• Ammonia production technology overview
• The cost of hydrogenNitrogen production technology overview
• International strategies and roadmaps
• Colours of ammonia

After completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• To explain the market development
• Compare certification systems for green hydrogen
• Explain forecasts for cost development for green hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives

• Professionals who want to develop projects (project developers)
• Employees of banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions (financiers)

• Market developments for hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives
• Guarantee of origin systems and certification of green hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives
• Economics and cost development

After completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the transport options (road, train, ship, pipeline) for hydrogen and ammonia
• Explain the energy efficiency of transport options
• Compare the economic viability of transport options

• Professionals who want to develop projects (project developers)
• Employees of banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions (financiers)

• Transport options (road, train, ship, pipeline)
• Transport means and infrastructure
• Typical capacities of transport options
• Requirements for hydrogen blending in natural gas networks and 100% hydrogen pipeline infrastructure
• Ammonia reforming plants (from ammonia to hydrogen)
• Energy consumption
• Sustainability, risks and risk mitigation
• Economic viability

After completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the design and sizing of important plant components
• Explain the main plant components
• Explain plant operation and safety
• Assess the economic viability

• Professionals who want to develop projects (project developers)
• Employees of banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions (financiers)

• Design and sizing of systems
• Main plant components
• International standards
• Sustainability
• Requirements for the preparation of bankable business cases
• Economic viability
• Financial evaluation of business cases
• Checklists