Course WIW-RE-FRT-K-7
Financing of Renewable Energy Technologies (2V, 2.0 LP)
Course Type
SWS | Type | Course Form | CP (Effort) | Presence-Time / Self-Study | |
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2 | V | Lecture | 2.0 CP | 30 h | 15 h |
(2V) | 2.0 CP | 30 h | 15 h |
Basedata
SWS | 2V |
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CP, Effort | 2.0 CP = 45 h |
Position of the semester | 1 Sem. in SuSe |
Level | [7] Master (Advanced) |
Language | [EN] English |
Lecturers | |
Livecycle-State | [NORM] Active |
Contents
- Brief overview of renewable energy technologies
- Costs of renewable energy technologies and investment requirements
- Need for financing of renewable energy technologies and basic issues in financing
- Debt and Equity modes of financing
- Incentives (Feed-in-Tariffs, Renewable Quota Obligations, Investment and Production Tax Credits, Subsidies, Carbon Credits etc.) and their impacts on modalities and cost of financing renewable energy technologies
- Assessment and allocation of Risk in financing renewable energy technologies
- Financing issues for Lenders, Equity Investors, Project Developers and Policy Makers
- Public finance mechanisms to mobilize investments in renewable energy technologies
- Effect of modalities of financing on the financial viability of renewable energy projects
- Evaluating financing instruments
- New financial models for renewable energy investment including Energy Service Companies, Micro-Credit Schemes etc.
- Case studies on financing renewable energy projects
Literature
- Chan S. Park “Contemporary Engineering Economics”, Fifth Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall (2011)
- Gerald J. Thuesen and W. J. Fabrycky, Engineering Economy, Prentice Hall Inc. (2001)
- Harry Campbell and Richard Broron, Benefit – Cost Analysis, Cambridge University Press (2003)
- or any other standard text book on engineering economics
- T. C. Kandpal and H. P. Garg, “Financial Evaluation of Renewable Energy Technologies” Macmillan India Ltd. (2003) (soft scanned version of relevant portions can be made available to the students)
- Relevant literature from Research Journals, Reports etc (soft version shall be made available to the students)
- John Twidell and Tony Weir, Renewable Energy Resources, Taylor and Francis (2006).
- Godfrey Boyle, Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future, Oxford University Press (2004)
Requirements for attendance (informal)
None
Requirements for attendance (formal)
None
References to Course [WIW-RE-FRT-K-7]
Module | Name | Context | |
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[WIW-RE-ERT-M-7] | Economics and Financing of Renewable Energy | WP: Obligation to choose | 2V, 2.0 LP |