Start on: December 2024
Training course Objectives
The key objectives of this training course are as follows:
- To assist participants in developing an understanding of climate change strategies and implementation.
- To enhance the knowledge and skills of the participants in renewable energy technologies.
- To provide participants with an understanding of the implications of the changes in power generation.
Target Audience
This training course is useful for all management levels and for anyone involved in the integration of low carbon power generation technologies into existing and future infrastructure.
You Will Learn
- Delegates will enhance their knowledge of low carbon energy production alternatives.
- Participants will gaina sound working knowledge of the interdependence of design and operation of the various carbon reduction technologies.
- Participants will be introduced to the international political treaties and organizations involved in climate change analysis and policies and their recommended actions.
Course Content
The Drivers Behind Net-Zero
- Global warming – the case for and against
- Greenhouse gases – what are they and what do they do?
- Paris Accord / International Energy Agency / Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Business aspects
- How big is big – how much hydrocarbon usage do we need to displace?
- Carbon net zero
- Energy costs
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Infrastructure development
Fossil Fuel Power & Nuclear Power
- Coal, Oil, Gas
- Traditional Power Gen
- Integrated Gas Turbine Combined Cycle
Solar Power
- Concentrated Solar Power
- Photovoltaic
Wind Power
- HAWT v VAWT
- Offshore & onshore locations
- Sizing calculations
Energy Storage
- Steam
- Hydroelectric (includes direct power generation as well as energy storage)
- Battery technologies
- Salt & Sodium
- Novel technologies
Alternative Fuels
- Geothermal (conventional and unconventional)
- The hydrogen rainbow
- Hydrogen distribution & storage
- Biofuels
Coherent planning for the future
- The future of fossil fuel production
- Integrating electrical generation
- Predicting the cost of generation
- Financing the Energy Transition and the role of subsidies
