Clean Energy Opportunity & Risk Analysis

Clean energy will increasingly have to build business cases with decreasing (or no) policy
subsidy – which means greater market exposure. It also exists in market
environments seeing rapid technological innovation and the blurring of
competitive boundaries.

This course will help you to think more comprehensively about market and risk analysis,
by encouraging you to do so in a structured way and with example tools that you
can take away and immediately tailor to the specifics of your own business.

In particular, this course will present and illustrate a systematic approach which
considers not just current market conditions and project deliverability, but
also business sustainability (adaptability) in the face of future market
change. We call this approach “CODA” analysis, since it combines current market
conditions with the outlook for market change, helping guide you towards a
project which is both deliverable and adaptable.

Specifically tailored to the clean energy sector, you will identify key factors in market
opportunities and business
risks, connect aspects of current planning with future risks and examine ways
to formalize the analysis
process (for example through methods such as checklists, scorecards and risk
maps).

Although the course will use specific and up-to-date examples to illustrate key concepts
and learning points, it’s important to note that the aim of the course is not
to provide single, simple answers to every specific challenge facing every
different clean energy business developer or investor. Indeed, beware of anyone
who tells you such simple answers exist! Instead the course encourages and
helps you to think more comprehensively about market and risk analysis, in a
structured way and with example tools that you can take away and immediately
tailor to the specifics of your own business. 

In addition to the presented materials, there will also be plenty of time
dedicated to thinking for yourself, working on sample documents and discussing key
issues and outcomes with the trainer and other attendees. As a result, this
will be an intensive and highly interactive three days.

Benefits of Attending 

The course will: 

•          Introduce a clean-energy-focused analysis framework which links current market conditions
  and market outlook, with project delivery and adaptability
•          Provide a systematic approach to assessing market opportunities for new projects and/or products
•          Provide a systematic approach to assessing (and planning for) key risk factors
•          Examine opportunity and risk from both current and future perspectives, including how the two
  interconnect
•          Provide an approach to market and project analysis (applicable to a wide variety of business objectives),
  which enables you to better focus your forward-planning, multi-disciplinary
  discussions and requirements for further data-gathering and research 

You will leave with:

•          A clearer understanding of the key business opportunity and risk influences
•          A more comprehensive view of the market and competitive context of clean energy businesses
•          Sample tools and documents to adapt to your own business needs
•          A better foundation from which to identify and bring together the key inputs both from within and
  external to your organisation 

Topic Highlights with Case Studies

Day 1: Market Drivers & Market Change

1.          Introducing a Market & Business Analysis Framework
2.          Key Elements in Current Market Analysis
3.          Defining & Investigating Market Outlooks
4.         Vital Clean Energy Trends (Examples) 

Day 2: Structured Approaches to Analysis

1.          Comparing Options: Creating a Scorecard
2.          Understanding the Determinants of Technology Competition
3.          Identifying & Minimizing Risks to Delivery
4.          What Could Go Wrong? (And Does It Matter?) 

Day 3: Business Case Resilience

1.          Show Me The Money
2.          Creating Adaptable Projects
3.          Weighing Up Adaption, Outlook Opportunity & Risk
4.          Closing Discussion 

Who Should Attend 

The course is valuable to anyone involved in developing business strategy, assessing new market opportunities or identifying
and managing the risks in new project or product business cases. Particularly
relevant roles include: 

•         Energy sector finance & investment
•         Clean power project development
•         Clean tech product development
•         Energy sector professional services, including legal, insurance and
  consulting 

Course Certificate 

Upon the successful completion of this course, you will receive a Certificate of Completion bearing the signatures from both the
Course Director and the Course Organiser. This Certificate will testify your
endeavour and serve towards your professional advancement.

To register/inquire, please contact:

Abigail Harris

Infocus International Group

Tel:
+65 6325 0215 | Email: abigail [at] infocusinternational
[dot] com

http://www.infocusinternational.com/cleanenergy/