Renewable Energy and Sustainable Investments

In this course we will examine how large scale renewable energy projects actually get financed and built, using the structures of modern non-recourse project finance. We will examine the economics of large-scale green power production, and how it fits into the U.S. and global energy industries. Through a mixture of lectures and real-life examples students will get to see how renewable energy project finance works in actual deals that mix finance, public policy, legal, engineering, and environmental issues. The skills developed in analyzing non-recourse cash flow-based finance will be generally applicable to students interested not just in green energy, but also more widely in private equity and infrastructure investing. The course is designed to introduce students to the theory and practice of project finance in the energy and renewables sector, complementing academic finance theory with the practical aspects of financing capital intensive energy projects.