Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) for large-scale RE projects

This Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) for Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects course offers a practical, beginner-friendly introduction to structuring and managing PPAs for utility-scale clean energy projects. Ideal for project developers, investors, and policymakers, this course demystifies PPA contracts and market dynamics in today’s renewable energy world.

What you’ll gain:

• Understand PPA fundamentals – Learn key contract types, structures, and market drivers.
  
• Explore pricing and volume models – Compare fixed, variable, and hybrid structures.
  
• Grasp risk management techniques – Identify and allocate project risks effectively.
  
• Apply real-world case studies – See how successful PPAs work in practice.
  

Prerequisite:

• Project Contracts
  
• Renewable Energy Project Finance
  

Closely linked course to combine with:

• Policy Frameworks for Renewable Energy Power Generation
  

Why take this PPA course?

• Stay competitive in a PPA-driven market – Key skills for financing and scaling clean energy projects.
  
• Cut through legal and commercial complexity – Clear, structured insights on negotiating and implementing PPAs.
  
• Boost your credentials – Earn a RENAC certificate and deepen your renewable energy expertise.

• Understand market drivers and institutional prerequisites for power purchase agreements (PPAs)
  
• Highlight the importance of stable offtake regimes and full output marketing for project finance
  
• Differentiate PPA types and analyse the various pricing and volume structures available in the market
  
• Explain how to allocate and manage PPA risks and to evaluate PPA pricing components,
  
• Understand the contract structure and important contract clauses of PPAs
  
• Recall different applications for PPAs based on real world case studies

• Renewable energy and climate project developers and investors
  
• Professionals working in financial institutions
  
• Consultants
  
• Professionals working in public organisations

• Flexibility to study at any time and from any location
• Moderated discussion forum for students
• Multimedia learning materials
• Contact with learning facilitators
• Self-assessments
• Discounts for our alumni, group bookings, and multiple purchases 
• RENAC certificate upon successful completion of the course

• Introduction
• Market drivers and types of PPAs
• Institutional prerequisites to conclude PPAs
• The importance of stable offtake structures for RE projects
• General PPA models
• PPA Pricing structures
• PPA Volume structures
• Allocation and management of price and risk components
• Impact of PPAs on project bankability and financing structures
• Contractual architecture of a sample PPA and PPA-related financial agreements
• PPA case studies

• Renewable energy and climate project developers and investors
  
• Professionals working in financial institutions
  
• Consultants
  
• Professionals working in public organisations

Duration: 4 weeks
Study time: About 30 hours
Course language: English
Price: 280€*