The course prepares participants on the regulation necessary to foster renewable energy as one of the key pillars of the energy transition. It provides an introduction on renewable energy economics and policy across key geographies including Europe, the US and Australia. The course then covers in-depth all the regulatory measures required to support renewable energy from feed-in tariffs to contract-for-difference (CfD) schemes, as well as their different interpretations. It also covers the mechanisms for CfD auctions, and the overall process of awarding CfDs to different renewable energy technologies, risks and mitigation measures in their implementation. It concludes with the latest developments in revenue schemes for renewable energy sources, focusing on power purchase agreements (PPAs), Guarantees of Origin (GO) and power sector flexibility, and the regulatory measures that support their implementation.
This course is eligible for 10 CER credits. More information on the Certified Energy Regulator (CER).
Course Agenda
- Introduction to renewable energy technology and economics
- Introduction to renewable energy policy
- Support mechanism for renewable energy
- Power grid measures to support renewable energy
- Impact and integration of RES on power grids
- Performance of existing regulatory measures, issues and lessons learned
- Case studies from Europe, US, Australia
- Market-based mechanisms for RES revenues: PPAs
- Renewable energy certificates – market dynamics, regulation and its issues
- Electricity market design and the role of RES and PPAs
- Regulatory measures and their effects on PPAs
Regulation of Renewable Energy Sources is the first part of a series of 3 individual training modules designed specifically for professionals to assist energy regulators and professionals active in the transforming energy sector.
The remaining modules will cover (2) Regulation of Flexibility (3) Regulation in Energy Transition completed over a 9-month cycle on a hybrid setting. Each module is a stand-alone training that can be attended separately.
February 10 – 12, 2025 (3-day course) | Budapest, Hungary | 10 CER credits
June 9 – 11, 2025 (3-day course) | TBD | 10 CER credits
Meet the Course Director
Cristiano Francese has more than 10 years of work experience in the energy business. Throughout his career, he worked across regulatory and policy development, as well as commercial and business development activities. He worked closely in multiple functions with a variety of organisations from major corporations to governments and energy regulatory agencies. He supported their commercial development, business model evolution, project development, regulatory analysis among many other areas of their business. His career transitioned from working on natural gas to renewable energy and green gasses. Some of the key projects he contributed to testify this transition, as they include the Trans Adriatic Pipeline commercial strategy and development of commercial agreements, consulting assignments for the transformation of business models of natural gas grid operators towards green gasses, and lately the closure of renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Google in Spain, as well as previous renewable energy PPAs. His training activities reflect his energy transition expertises, covering key topics of such transition, including, among others, green hydrogen business models, policy and regulation, hydrogen projects and contract structures, business models around EVs, flexibility services for the power grid.
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If you are interested in participation, please contact the ERRA Secretariat.
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