Course description
Power Project Finance - 3-Day Financial Training Course in London
After proving its resilience through the credit crisis, the energy sector has become an area of significant interest. In response to growing demand, this training course has been developed to provide delegates with a practical understanding of power projects.
From both a qualitative and quantitative perspective, delegates will receive a power project financing "toolkit" which incorporates techniques for project risk analysis, debt sizing and restructuring and project loan documentation as well as an overview of the technical aspects of the energy sector.
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Who should attend?
This training course is likely of particular benefit to professionals falling into the following categories:
- Business development, portfolio management and credit function staff in lending banks
- Energy, mining, infrastructure and PFI/PPP professionals
- Accounting for the project finance community
- Public sector employees from oversight / regulatory organisations
- Insurance brokers and advisers
- ECA and multilateral agency staff
Training content
The training course programme is as follows:
The Project Finance “toolkit”
- Project finance essentials
- The Toolbox (1) - Qualitative Risk Analysis
- The Toolbox (2) – Debt Sizing & Sculpting
- The Toolbox (3) – Project Finance Loan Documentation
Power Project Finance – Sector Practice
- The Technical & Market Background
- Risk Features of Power Project Finance – key drivers for debt structure & pricing, especially:
- Power Project Finance Methodologies – debt structures for conventional power (PPA, tolling & merchant) & renewable power (feed-in tariffs & renewable generation certificates) compared and contrasted.
- The Impact of Credit Crunch on the Power Project Financing Sector
Key Power Project Financing Contracts – the Power Sale Arrangements
- Power sales agreements, discussed in-depth
- The allocation of risks and associated effects on debt
Key Power Project Financing Contracts – Operation & Maintenance Agreements
Key transfer provisions of O&M agreements and their limitations
Putting It Into Practice – Power Case Studies
The course has a strong practical emphasis throughout, but case studies are used particularly to reinforce learning. There are three basic types of case study:
- Mini-Cases – short class-based sessions in which delegates identify the pros and cons of a project from a bankability perspective and to set out requirements for additional due diligence.
- Peer Review Committee Sessions – mock Credit Committee sessions
- Term Sheet Case Studies – exercises in reviewing a project financing term-sheet for completeness and acceptability from the perspective of either the Lender or the Borrower.
About IFF
International Faculty of Finance - IFF Finance & IFE Energy - Specialist Training Courses
As one of the world's leading specialist financial training organisations, The International Faculty of Finance, provides participants in the global financial markets with intensive technical training programmes designed to help them succeed on the global stage. Established in 1991 we...
