Postgraduate Certificate in A Postgraduate Certificate in Future Power Markets
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Key Information
Campus location
Online United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
Distance learning
Duration
14 weeks
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
GBP 1,999
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Introduction
What you’ll learn
- How power markets deregulate with consequential consolidation
- A detailed explanation of how markets work
- What the revenue challenges of wind generation are through forecasting and trading
- The optionality of different forms of generation coupled with storage and then integrated into the retail customer book
- Commercial customer examples of behind the meter application
- How to identify the risks to the cashflow of current business models proposing winners and losers in the future investment of decarbonising market opportunities
- To master regulatory essentials of the main power and heat markets
- The importance of governance, risk management from an energy trading, risk management and financial perspective
How you’ll learn
- A new module is released every two weeks
- Read the units online, save them to your computer or print them out
- Study at your own pace
- Efficient and cost-effective - no need to travel or take time off work
- Apply new skills and expertise to your work straight away
Why Choose The Postgraduate Certificate?
This programme is quality assured by Middlesex University. Benefits of a Middlesex qualification include:
- Networking opportunities during and after the course
- Access to exceptional teaching staff
- Applied learning experiences
- Combines academic rigour with individual support
International reach
Middlesex University is committed to meeting the needs and ambitions of a culturally and internationally diverse range of students by providing challenging academic programmes. It has a major international business school based in London with overseas campuses in Dubai and Mauritius and a global portfolio of partnerships delivering high quality accredited programmes in business and management.
Staff and students come from a wide spectrum of cultures and backgrounds with a common interest in executive education that is world-class, modern and applicable. Middlesex University Business School is proud of its dedicated teachers and its rich range of learning resources including distance learning and virtual learning environments.
Curriculum
Core Modules
- Unit 1 – Privatisation, Consolidation and the Move to Net Zero
- Unit 2 – Power Generation Technology and How Markets Work
- Unit 3 – Challenges of the Power Retail Business
- Unit 4 – Asset Optionality Offshore Wind & Storage
- Unit 5 – The Best Power Business Models
- Unit 6 – Electricity & Heat Regulation
- Unit 7 – Risk Management of Heat & Power Markets from a Trader, Risk Manager and Finance Perspective