GRA 8517 Project Evaluation, Financing and Risk Management
GRA 8517 Project Evaluation, Financing and Risk Management
This course is part of the Master of Management in Energy in cooperation with BI Norwegian Business School and IFP School.
The course will cover the key concepts, tools and techniques of project finance and financial management, as well as show students how to apply them to companies in the energy sector through in class exercises as well as a financial modelling simulation.
- Participants will acquire an in-depth knowledge in project management linking risk mitigation strategies to the business operations and financial performance at a given moment and over time.
- Participants will develop their skill set and expertise in the fundamentals of project financing and the associated risk assessments from trained experts in the energy business.
Participants shall acquire skills on how to conduct a project risk analysis:
- Explain the measurement metrics of performance
- Choose between competing investment proposals and projects that create value
- Conduct financing decisions that optimize risk, and return and deploy projects that bring value to their respective businesses.
Participants shall be able to
- Review the input variables to project risk analyses and business performance recordings:
- Critically reflect on the actual conditions and constraints present in various business environments
- Ranging from small to larger enterprises and contexts from different countries.
- The students shall reflect on dimensions linked to the dilemmas on profitability versus sustainability and corporate social responsibility
Project Finance
- Capital budgeting reminder
- Theory and practice of financing projects in the energy sector (Key Valuation Drivers, Non-recourse financing)
- Role of understanding, analyzing, and anticipating political, technical, and economic risks when evaluating a project finance plan
- Project finance risk management techniques: contractual, operational, logistical
- Assessing strategic economic, industrial investment decisions
- Illustration of the roles and interests of public, private, and other stakeholders involved in a large energy project
Project and Credit Rating
- Role of equity analysts in the capital markets and importance for the energy sector
- Fundamentals of credit scoring: how do banks and credit ratings agencies assess the credit-worthiness of companies and projects. Examples from the energy sector.
Energy Project Risk Management
- The Risk Management Process
- Project Governance & Decision making
- Risk mapping / mitigation
- Prevention
- Transfer
- Anticipating and managing uncertainties
Project Development
- Regulation
- Project Development
- Construction
- Operations & Maintenance
- Case Study regarding Solar Energy
1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours.
Attendance to all sessions in the course is compulsory. If you have to miss part(s) of the course you must ask in advance for leave of absence. More than 25% absence in a course will require retaking the entire course. It's the student's own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class that is not included on the course homepage/ It's learning or other course materials.
The course is a part of a full Master of Management in Energy (MME) and examination in all courses must be passed in order to obtain a certificate.
In all BI Executive courses and programmes, there is a mutual requirement for the student and the course responsible regarding the involvement of the student's experience in the planning and implementation of courses, modules and programmes. This means that the student has the right and duty to get involved with their own knowledge and practice relevance, through the active sharing of their relevant experience and knowledge.
Granted admission to the Master of Management in Energy programme. Please consult our student regulations.
| Assessments |
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Exam category: Activity, Oral Form of assessment: Presentation Exam/hand-in semester: First Semester Weight: 100 Grouping: Group (3 - 6) Comment: Group oral presentation followed by questions, counting 100% of the final grade... Exam code: GRA 85175 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
| Activity | Duration | Comment |
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Teaching | 40 Hour(s) | |
Student's own work with learning resources | 95 Hour(s) |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 135 hours.
