Course 02 · Online professional learning
Renewable Project Development
Build a renewable project from site screening and permitting through grid connection, construction and operations.
What will you learn in this energy course?
Move a project through development with a disciplined risk and evidence framework.
Follow the renewable project lifecycle from site screening and land rights through permitting, grid connection, technical design, procurement, financing, construction and operations. Five phase evaluations and an integrated Project Aurora capstone connect the module decisions into a complete development process.
Who is this course for?
Developers, investors, project managers and advisers who need a structured framework for renewable project development, evidence review and risk allocation. Familiarity with electricity fundamentals helps connect the technical and commercial workstreams.
Explore the 21-module curriculum
Each module contains four lessons, guided learning steps, assessments and a professional exercise. The outline below describes the learning path; full learning activities remain inside the learner experience.
Renewable Project Development: How Projects Become Assets
What a Renewable Developer Actually Does · The Project Lifecycle and Development Maturity · Stakeholders, Responsibilities and Decision Rights · Development as a Process of Risk Reduction and Value Creation
Market & Jurisdiction Screening for Developers
What Makes a Market Developable? · Regulatory, Permitting and Investment Environment Screening · Grid, Land, Resource and Infrastructure Screening · Building a Market Entry Go/No-Go Assessment
Project Origination & Pipeline Building
How Renewable Projects Are Originated · Greenfield Development vs Acquiring Development Rights · Building and Qualifying a Development Pipeline · Origination Governance, Information and Early Project Records
Development Planning, Budgeting & Risk Management
Development Workstreams and Dependencies · Development Schedules and the Critical Path · Development Budgets and Capital at Risk · Risk Registers, Stage Gates and Kill Criteria
Site Screening & Fatal-Flaw Analysis
Desktop, GIS and Constraint Screening · Physical, Infrastructure and Logistics Constraints · Integrating Land, Grid, Planning and Environmental Constraints · Site Shortlisting and the Fatal-Flaw Memorandum
Renewable Resource & Energy-Yield Assessment
Solar Resource Assessment · Wind Resource Assessment · From Resource to Energy Yield: P50, P90 and Losses · Resource Uncertainty and Development Decisions
Land Strategy & Site Control
Securing Control of the Project Site · Title, Access, Easements and Infrastructure Corridors · Land Assembly, Exclusivity and Development Milestones · Land Due Diligence and Common Failure Scenarios
Spatial Planning, Permitting & Stakeholder Strategy
How Planning and Permitting Systems Work · Building the Project Consent Map · Authorities, Communities and Specialist Consents · Sequencing Permits, Conditions and Development Milestones
Environmental & Biodiversity Development
Environmental Screening and EIA · Biodiversity, Habitats and Protected Areas · Surveys, Seasonality and Cumulative Effects · Mitigation, Permit Conditions and Environmental Critical Paths
Grid Screening & Connection Strategy
Reading the Grid from a Developer's Perspective · Connection Points, Voltage Levels and Network Options · Constraints, Reinforcement, Curtailment and Export Limits · Building the Project Grid Strategy
Grid Applications, Studies & Connection Rights
Preparing a Connection Application · Grid Studies and Connection Solution Development · Offers, Costs, Agreements and Security Requirements · Preserving Connection Rights and Meeting Grid Milestones
Preliminary Plant Design & Technology Selection
Translating Development Constraints into Plant Configuration · Utility-Scale Solar Development Design · Onshore Wind Development Design · Hybridisation, Co-location and the BESS Interface
Surveys, Engineering Development & Constructability
Topographical, Geotechnical, Hydrological and Site Surveys · Civil and Electrical Design Interfaces · Access, Transport and Construction Logistics · Design Evolution, Constructability and Development Change
Integrated Development Management
Managing Parallel Workstreams · Interfaces, Dependencies and Change Control · Delay Propagation and Critical-Path Management · Development Governance, Reporting and Decision Making
Development Economics & Project Value
Development Cost, CAPEX and OPEX Architecture · Production and Revenue Assumptions for Developers · Basic NPV, IRR, Sensitivities and the Cost of Delay · How Development Maturity Creates Project Value
Commercialisation & Revenue Readiness
Merchant, Auction, Support-Scheme and CfD Pathways · The PPA and Route-to-Market Interface · Capture Price, Curtailment and Balancing Exposure · Determining Whether a Project Is Commercially Ready
Financing Readiness & Bankability Interface
What Capital Providers Need from Development · Bankability of Land, Permits, Grid and Technical Work · Due Diligence, Conditions and Financing Readiness · Identifying and Closing the Bankability Gap
Ready-to-Build, Development DD & NTP Readiness
What 'Ready-to-Build' Actually Means · Building the RTB Checklist and Data Room · Development Due Diligence and Red Flags · From RTB to Notice to Proceed
Procurement & Construction Mobilisation
Choosing a Procurement Structure · OEM, EPC and Balance-of-Plant Interfaces · Long-Lead Equipment and Mobilisation Readiness · Construction Planning and Development Risk Transfer
Development Management During Construction
Land, Permit and Grid Obligations During Construction · Change, Redesign and Interface Management · Schedule, Stakeholder and Compliance Management · Preparing for Energisation and Testing
Commissioning, Energisation, COD & Development Close-Out
Energisation and Commissioning Pathways · Testing and Grid Compliance · COD, Acceptance, Handover and Warranties · Development Close-Out and Handover to Operations
Access and completion
Individual access costs €175 per course for 12 months from confirmed payment, with no automatic renewal. Company quantity discounts are described on the pricing page. Completion leads to a non-accredited attendance certificate; the course does not confer a regulated qualification or guarantee professional outcomes.
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