News

East African Geothermal Facility Webinar Series; Week 4 – Project Development and Finance

East African Geothermal Facility Webinar Series; Week 4 – Project Development and Finance East Africa Geothermal Facility Webinar Series Week 4 - Project Development and Finance
Carlo Cariaga 6 Jun 2023

Registration is open for Week 4 of the East Africa Geothermal Facility Webinar Series on the topics of Project Development and Finance.

Recordings for Week 4 of the East Africa Geothermal Facility Webinar Series will soon be available for download. Week 3 deals with Project Development and Finance – regulatory framework considerations, the commercial aspect of geothermal project development, and the UNFC standards for classification of renewable energies. To access the webinar recordings, please register via this link.

There will also be a live Q & A session with the presenters of these webinars on Thursday, 15 June 2023, 11 AM (East Africa Time).

The East Africa Geothermal Facility Webinar Series will run for four weeks from May to June 2023. It is being organized by the University of Auckland Geothermal Institute and the East Africa Geothermal Facility. More details on the East Africa Geothermal Facility Webinar Series along with the schedules and registration links for the rest of the webinars are available in a piece we had previously published.

Separate pieces provide details on Week 1, Week 2, and Week 3 of the webinar series.

For any questions about the event, please contact Program Coordinator Theo Renaud (theo.renaud.@auckland.ac.nz).

 

 

Webinar 10 – UNFC; What is the status of your project, evaluation criteria for pre-feasibility and feasibility studies

The United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC) is transforming into the global standard for the classification of renewable energy resources including geothermal.

What is your project? What’s the elevator pitch? The UNFC can be used as a tool for describing your project to funding agencies, partners & stakeholders.

Speaker: Gregory Ussher (gregory.ussher@jacobs.com)

Gregory Ussher has 40 years involvement with geothermal exploration/delineation and his ability with directing multi-disciplinary teams has led to his present role as Jacobs senior advisor for geothermal energy.

Greg has a proven ability with integrated geothermal assessments from experience in a large number of detailed reviews and numerical reservoir simulation studies. Understanding of the developmental and commercial aspects of renewable energy projects has been gained from a range of due diligence, resource valuations, and assessments of geothermal resource potential and project management plans. His work optimising projects has led to a sound overview of all types of geothermal power plant and their relationship with the geothermal resource.

Greg has been a regular contributor to the geothermal training program at Auckland University and a range of other capacity development activities inside Jacobs, with New Zealand development assistance programs, and more widely in the geothermal industry.

 

Webinar 11 – Commercial aspects of geothermal development

The development of a geothermal energy resource is supported by key contracts, permits and agreements. These commercial arrangements provide stakeholders with the necessary assurances that the development will meet their investment, regulatory, legal, technical, environmental and social commitments. This session investigates stakeholder drivers and how commercial agreements support investment in the development.

Speaker: Alastair Brookes (Alastair.Brookes@jacobs.com)

Alastair Brookes is a strategic consultant with over 15 years’ professional experience in developing sustainable energy projects, policy and strategy. Alastair has a deep understanding of the technical and commercial requirements of renewable energy projects and is experienced in the evaluation of energy and electricity markets to support capital investment decisions.

Alastair has had significant involvement in the analysis and development of energy regulatory frameworks for government clients, commercial banks, private developers and international financing institutions. This is complemented with a detailed knowledge of financing mechanisms used to facilitate market transformation.

 

Webinar 12 – Regulatory frameworks in different jurisdictions, what is successful, commercial models, contracting & development strategies examples from NZ, Indonesia, the Philippines

An overview of the regulatory environments and the impact on project development: covering several jurisdictions, emerging and developed economies, and considering light handed versus heavy handed or prescriptive regulatory frameworks. An overview of major capital project contracting and delivery strategies.

Speaker: Alex Batten (alex.batten@jacobs.com)

Alex Batten has over 30 years of international chemical and mechanical engineering experience and has been with Jacobs since 1995. He has been involved in geothermal project development for over 20 years, with projects in Indonesia, Philippines, Kenya and Latin America. He led our business in Indonesia for 12 years, where he developed and led several key client relationships in both the power and industrial sectors.

He has a good understanding of renewable energy technologies and the project development path and challenges both technical and non-technical. His experience includes participating in, and leading a range of due diligence, valuation and feasibility studies. He has been involved in several major Owner’s Engineering roles and led multidisciplinary teams.

Alex’s interests now are in growing and diversifying our geothermal and renewable energy business into new markets, sectors and technologies. He has a good understanding of the industrial, dairy food & beverage and water sectors and the linkages and interrelationships between them and the energy sector.