Corporate Training Brochure

“I have over 30 years of gas engine and combined heat and power experience in Europe, Canada and the US. I was impressed

with the organisation and delivery of DEC’s multi-day training module. My business is focused on gas engines; I was surprised at

how useful this course was in discovering new and innovative ways to integrate complementary DE technologies with my

equipment to bring improved technical and economic performance. The trainers are extremely well-prepared, have a solid

understanding of the various technologies and subjects presented, and are thorough in their examination of technologies. They

were able to answer most of my questions and offered resourceful solutions to challenging questions. There also was an immediate

follow up within days after the training to address questions that could not be answered during the training session itself.”

JAN BUIJK

CEO

EPS AB Energy Canada Ltd.

Through its Innovation to Commercialisation

Program, (I2CP), Decentralised Energy Canada

Energy Canada (DEC) provides customised training

modules to Decentralised Energy (DE) stakeholders

who want to improve in-house capabilities for

evaluating the technical, economic and

environmental merits of DE projects. We have the

strongest team of DE trainers in Canada and the

testimonials reflect the high caliber of trainers and

module design.

OBJECTIVE

To build the capacity of your organisation to implement

decentralised energy projects.

OVERVIEW

DEC’s training modules help to accelerate the deployment of and reduce

risks associated with decentralised energy technologies in energy projects

throughout Canada. Corporations, non-governmental organizations (NGO)

and government representatives that participate in our training are able to

reduce the risks and the costs (both financial and time) associated with

identifying and assessing potential energy projects. These risks and costs,

which arise at the prefeasibility, feasibility, development, and engineering

stages, can be substantial barriers to the deployment of technologies. By

helping to break down these barriers, DEC’s customised training reduces costs

and facilitates implementation of DE projects. Our program covers both the

generation and delivery components of decentralised energy (i.e., heat,

cooling, power and grid optimisation). A range of training intensities are

offered, starting with a very high-level, half-day overview. The more intensive

modules are run as 1-day, multi-day and multi-week programs that include

client-specific case studies and project opportunities.

1 Reduce your

corporate costs

associated with

project evaluations.

2 Increase corporate

knowledge in decentralised

energy projects.

3 Build in-house capabilities

for technical, environmental

and financial analysis of

projects.

A COMPELLING TRAINING SESSION

WILL ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING:

A COMPELLING TRAINING SESSION WILL ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING:

CUSTOMISED TRAINING TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS

DEC’s customised training provides your team with complete, relevant and practical knowledge of decentralised energy

technologies including energy generation and energy delivery assets.

To help guide trainees we use project analysis software as a support tool. Our experienced trainers customise training modules

beyond this software to address your specific needs.

Participants learn how to analyse energy performance, costs, environmental attributes, profitability, and risk, and will comeaway

with an improved understanding of current decentralised energy technologies.

Each module is tailored to the particular needs of the audience in terms of:

Technologies of interest: wind, solar power, solar thermal, hydro, combined heat and power, energy efficiency, biomass, fuel

cells, waste to energy, etc. (Start now and complete the prioritisation exercise on last page of brochure.)

Technical background: modules for engineers include an emphasis on accurate estimation of energy production, while

modules for decision-makers emphasise interpretation of profitability.

Key elements of project assessment and analysis for the technology of interest.

Whether the audience members work in project development, utilities, project finance, or the public sector.

Clients customise their training modules by selecting priority technologies and fuels. This will

determine the length of time needed for the module. DEC can also make recommendations to

the client based on their geography and a high level understanding of the regional resource

availability.

Depending on audience interest, modules may contain components on:

Role of prefeasibility and feasibility studies

Analysis of energy savings or production for particular technologies

Greenhouse gas emissions reductions

Discounted cash flow mechanics and the interpretation of metrics such as the internal rate

of return, net present value, and payback period

The importance of discount rate, debt financing, feed-in tariffs or other incentives, and

taxation in project profitability

New to our training program is an enhanced project financing component including real case

studies brought by the client or taken from our inventory of projects.

This enhanced financing component can include any of the following

training specifics:

Non-recourse project financing (also full and partial recourse and impact on debt terms)

Project attributes that enable financing

Canadian debt providers and their requirements

Debt repayment options

Project modeling to demonstrate sensitivity analysis on project returns through variation of

financing terms

Recapitalisation through equity sell-down, private and public methods to achieve sell-

down and impact on project returns

Hedging and financing opportunities in merchant electricity markets such as Alberta

Module 1: Introduction to Project Feasibility Analysis and RETScreen Expert

An introduction to decentralised energy projects and project evaluation

An overview of the RETScreen Expert software

An introduction to the use of the RETScreen Expert software for prefeasibility analysis

Financial analysis with the RETScreen software

GHG emissions reductions calculations with the RETScreen software

Module 2: Solar project analysis

An introduction to solar

Analysis of solar projects

Analysis of alternative solar projects

Module 3: Wind project analysis

An introduction to wind energy

Analysis of wind energy projects

Analysis of alternative wind energy projects

Module 4: Combined Heat and Power project analysis

An introduction to combined heat and power

Analysis of combined heat and power projects

Analysis of alternative combined heat and power projects

Module 5: Tracking the ongoing performance of an energy project

An introduction to linear regression

Application of cumulated sum of deviations

An introduction to control charts

Importing consumption data and accessing NASA data

Producing reports

Portfolio analysis

COURSE 1: TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCE AND PROJECT FEASIBILITY

$200/Person For Course 1

COURSE 2: QUANITIFYING CARBON OFFSETS AND PARTICIPATING IN CARBON MARKETS

Module 1: Regulations

An overview of different types of regulations – Traditional/Market/Innovation

Thinking like a regulator – when and where different types of regulations are applied

Objectives

Demographics

External influences

Module 2: Taxes

An overview of different types of taxes

Application of carbon taxes in Canada

Analysis of tax revenue in different provinces

Implications of carbon taxes to consumers and business

Module 3: Carbon Markets

A discussion of Cap and Trade and Baseline and Credit systems

Implications of the style of market for large final emitters

Designing markets: the factors, pre-requisites, typical rules

Market participants: their roles, responsibilities, and opportunities

Module 4: Quantification of Carbon Credits/Offsets

Policy and Science: an overview of the basic elements in estimating emission reductions

Sources/Sinks/Removals

Emission Factors

Life-Cycle Approaches

Baseline Selection

Functional Equivalence

Boundaries

Uncertainty

$200/Person For Course 2

COURSE 3: VALUATIONS, FINANCING, PARTNERING, COMPETITOR ANALYSIS, HOT SPOTS

Module 1: Project Valuations Clean energy equity hurdle rates applicable to owner based on timing of sell-down, remaining risk profile of the project

At bid ready stage

Upon notice to proceed (award in hand, construction risk remains)

At commercial operation date

Buyer categories

Strategies

Financial investors – infrastructure funds, pension plans

Life insurance companies

Module 2: Financing Alternatives Project versus corporate level financing

Holdco term B debt

Project attributes required to enable project level debt

Lender risk mitigation techniques

Typical financing terms in clean energy Amount of debt Functional Equivalence Baseline Selection

Fees Interest rate and step-ups Uncertainty

Boundaries Amortization term Debt service coverage ratio

requirements

Lenders active in clean energy in Canada

Module 3: Partnering in Clean Energy Strategic rationale for partnering

Common partnership structures in Canada

Risk allocation techniques

Potential for incumbent developer to create value pre-partnership

Examples of potential partners in Canadian clean energy space

Module 4: Competitor Analysis How to estimate competitive bids in utility procurement processes, ownership sales processes

Project-level inputs – production, operating costs, capital costs

Corporate requirements – cost of capital, ability to source debt, leverage with major equipment suppliers

Sensitivity analyses, comparison of outputs to owner’s project, what is required in order to be competitive with the competition

Module 5: Clean Energy Hot Spots Canada, United States and International

Broken down by technology, capacity, timeframe

$200/Person For Course 3

In collaboration with BioFuelNet Canada, DEC Members are offered 50% discount for continuing education course package for

Advanced Biofuels through BioFuelsNet Canada. The online certificate course provides a basic overview of biofuels feedstocks,

conversion technologies, combustion/emissions, as well as sustainability and aspects of commercialisation and policy.

Hosted on McGill University’s MyCourse platform, the course features 17 lectures focusing on the whole value chain, given by top

biofuels researchers and experts in different aspects of the biofuels sector. The course provides participants with a global understanding

of the highly multidisciplinary biofuels sector and insight into the biofuels industry as well as the current challenges and opportunities.

More information on the lectures, including instructors and lecture summaries can be fond on the BoFuelNet Canada website.

Lectures:

1. Overview of Biofuels: Biofuels worldwide; biomass conversion to fuel; sustainability

2. Introduction to Feedstocks: Basics of plant life; energy crops for lignocellulosic biofuels; oil crops; agricultural waste, forestry waste,

municipal solid waste, current and future opportunities

3. Forestry and Woody Residues: Forest biomass; potentials; forest biofuels and carboneutrality; forest biofuels as part of the forest sector

4. Energy Crops: Bioenergy feedstock categories; conversion technologies; strategies; challenges (plants and processes / perception)

5. 1st and 2nd Generation Biofuels and Beyond: Introduction to fuels; biodiesel; bioethanol; 2nd generation bioethanol; looking forward;

beyond ethanol

6. Introduction to Utilisation, Combustion and Emissions: Types of engines; pollutant emissions linked with conventional fuels; pollutant

emissions improvement when using biofuels; biojet emissions

7. Biomass and Bioproducts Quality: The bioproducts industry; biochemical; bioenergy; biofuels; biomaterials

8. Understanding Intellectual Property and its Role in Industry: What is IP; different Forms of IP; patent basics; biofuel patent activities;

role of IP in biofuel industry

9. Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability: Sustainable fuels; developing bio-based options; life cycle assessment; critical issues with life

cycle assessment and biofuels; shifting to broad sustainability; what life cycle assessments measure

10. The Politics of Biofuel Policy and Regulation: Policy objectives; policy instruments; policy instruments in practive; sustainability; policy

uncertainty and the future of biofuels policies

COURSE 3: ADVANCED BIOFUELS

Lectures Cont’d:

11. Biomass Pyrolysis into Bio-Oil, Bio-Char, and Gases. Products Uses and Upgrading: What is pyrolysis; pyrolysis products and their

characteristics; feedstocks; process requirements; technologies; uses of bio-oil and bio-char; upgrading to value-added bio-fuels; pyrolysis

for high value chemical products

12. Biodiesel Usage and Solutions for Environmental Protection: Corrosion issues; corrosion effects on diesel infrastructure; corrosion findings

from experts; addressing emulsified water problems

13. Case Study: The Early Stages of Technology Commercialisation, Applied to Biomass Combustion for Greenhouse Carbon Dioxide

Enrichment: Introduction; overview; goal; technology; funding

14. Case Study: Community-Scale Resource Recovery and the Biorefining Approach: Biorefining facts and principles; approaches; social,

economic, environment and sustainability aspects of a community-scale biorefining approach

15. Case Study: Starting up your Company within the Canadian Bioeconomy: BioCleanTech opportunities in Canada; addressing Canada’s

Greenhouse Gas Emissions with BioCleanTech; BioCleanTech utilisation in existing energy and industrial infrastructure; economics and

social impacts of BioCleanTech; using BioCleanTech to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

16. Selling Yourself – the ABC’s of Prospecting: ABC’s of prospecting; the hunt; relationship building

17. Feedstock and Resource Pricing: Introduction to commodities pricing; a look at conventional fuels price information; biofuels pricing;

biofuels market dynamics; success stories

Continuous Education - Package of 4 Lectures of your choice

Possibility to sign up for 4, 8, or 12 lectures. Sign up for 16 lectures and get the last one for free!

$100 Per Person*

*50% Discount for DEC Members (Regular Price: $200)

Course is taken at participants own pace

Course Completion Certificate

COURSE 3: ADVANCED BIOFUELS CONT’D

TRAINER BIOGRAPHIES

Anouk is the founding President of DEC (established 2002). She is an accomplished Energy Executive that has

been anticipating and navigating through emerging energy issues for over 23 years. She has extensive

knowledge of Canada’s energy sector and the multi-stakeholder providers that support our energy

economy. Her experience in academia, government, private sector and non-profit has been an asset in

establishing an exceptional track record in developing collaborative partnerships for energy planning,

studies and projects. She has a strong international network from living and working in Europe and

throughout Canada and through an extensive network of trade commissions and embassies.

Anouk reports directly to the Board of Directors of DEC and provides executive leadership to design and

execute DEC programs. Prior to developing the DEC Training Program, Anouk was the Principal trainer for

several Combined Heat and Power courses delivered to the public and private sector in the UK and has

taught undergraduate university courses in energy and the environment. Anouk has a Bachelor of Science in

Physical Geography from the University of Calgary and completed a Post Graduate Research project in

bioenergy at the University of Leeds, UK.

Anouk Kendall President, DEC

Dr. Christine Schuh Climate Regulations &

Emissions Reporting

Specialist

Dr. Schuh led the Canadian climate change practice for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for a decade

where she developed the GHG assurance (verification) services, including training, infrastructure

development and delivery; testing the verification methodology in Canada and extended the structured

verification approach for multiple climate change systems (including ETS, WCI, Australian and Alberta) using

an accounting based framework. Christine developed one of the first GHG verification standards for the

Aluminum industry in early 2003 and is the co-facilitator for ISO 14064-3. Christine currently sits on the ISO

international working group developing a standard on carbon capture and storage. She has worked with

several governments (including Alberta, Quebec and British Columbia) in establishing GHG quantification

methodologies and assisted with the design of policy elements. Recently, she has extended her knowledge

of carbon trading systems to other applications and assisted Alberta Environment and Sustainable

Development in developing a trading system for wetlands.

Dr. Schuh currently advises the Climate Change Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) on the

integrity of offset projects (carbon credits). She has recently authored the Greenhouse Gas Verification

Guidance at Reasonable Level of Assurance for Alberta Environment and Sustainable Development. Her

unique blend of engineering and assurance theory, knowledge, and experience position her as one of the

leading experts in the worn greenhouse gas verification.

TRAINER BIOGRAPHIES CONT’D

Michael has worked with energy systems and energy technologies for over 20 years and has been part of the

DEC team since 2010.

Michael has held research positions with CanmetENERGY and the Advanced Energy Systems Group of the

Department of Technical Physics and Mathematics at Alvar Aalto University, Finland’s premier engineering

university. Since 2001, in addition to consulting extensively for RETScreen® International, Michael has provided

his expertise for contracts in building energy modeling and energy efficiency, combined heat and power

system evaluations, research on photovoltaic systems, wind energy resource assessment and site selection,

assessment of icing losses and mitigation methods for wind turbines, quantification of greenhouse gas

emissions associated with various energy technologies, and inspection of residential solar thermal systems.

Since 2003, Michael has been the head of RER Energy Inc., which provides services for federal, provincial, and

municipal governments, power producers and utilities, wind developers, engineering consulting firms and

private homeowners. Michael has a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Systems Design Engineering from

the University of Waterloo.

Michael Ross Energy Technology

Analyst & Trainer

“I have been in the energy industry for 10 years and am extremely impressed with the DEC training module that was delivered to our

team. The instructors have extensive knowledge in a variety of decentralised energy technologies and projects. The one-on-one

instructing was very helpful and they made the time to answer my questions thoroughly. As decentralised energy becomes

increasingly important in our business DEC’s training is helping us develop the skills and knowledge we need to maintain our

leadership position in this industry.”

CHELSEA ERHARDT

Environmental Markets Specialist

Capital Power Corporation

“DEC has provided training modules for our graduate students in our Sustainable Energy Development Program (SEDV) on different

occasions. The students were very pleased with the training they received on RETScreen software. Several of them were able to

apply what they learned to carry out financial pre-feasibility analyses for their current work positions or projects for their capstone

course for completion of their degree. This training has become an annual event for our SEDV students, and we are exceptionally

pleased that DEC has provided us with this opportunity..”

IRENE HERREMANS

Adjunct Professor and Graduate Supervisor

Haskayne School of Business, Environmental Design and Sustainable Energy Development

University of Calgary

DECENTRALISED ENERGY CANADA

Launched in 2002 as Canada’s first national, non-profit industry association representing the DE industry. DEC was

originally mandated to conduct evidence based research on Canadian and international energy policies that support

or challenge the growth of the decentralised energy economy. DEC dedicated its formative years to the development

of an impressive, interconnected network of DE stakeholders throughout Canada and internationally and has hosted

several annual business development and networking events becoming well-known for its Annual National

Decentralised Energy Conference (2002-2011).

In 2013 the organisation transitioned into a technology accelerator. The current mandate focuses on its I2CP. The

primary objective of the organisation is to advance DE technologies from applied research to first customer and market

growth through to public placement or exit. Access to markets and access to capital are the two pillars of the I2CP.

www.deassocation.ca

CONTACT

Ana Medina

Director of Stakeholder Relations and Communications, DEC

Telephone: 403-210-5342

Email: amedina@deassociation.ca