REPD | - NC Clean Energy Technology Center Training Courses. Online registration by Cvent

The Renewable Energy Project Development (REPD) course is an online 10-week project-based training designed to teach you how renewable energy projects are developed, evaluated, and advanced in the real world.

This course goes beyond introducing individual topics. Instead, it focuses on how the pieces fit together. You will explore key components of project development, including site selection, stakeholder engagement, permitting, interconnection, policy, financing, and long-term operations, and learn how each one influences project success or failure.

Throughout the course, you will apply what you learn to a project of your own design. By the end of the course, you will have developed a comprehensive project proposal that reflects real-world development practices and demonstrates your ability to think critically about feasibility, risk, and stakeholder dynamics.

This is a survey-level course by design. You are not expected to become an expert in every topic. Instead, you will learn how to evaluate tradeoffs, identify constraints, and make informed decisions in the context of a complete project.

Whether you are new to the industry or looking to strengthen your existing experience, this course is designed to help you think like a renewable energy project developer.

This ten-week course includes live online and pre-recorded presentations, as well as virtual assignments. Participants must submit all course deliverables to receive a certificate of completion for the course.

What You’ll Walk Away With:

A completed renewable energy project proposal you can use as a professional work sample
A clear understanding of how projects move from concept to implementation
The ability to identify risks, evaluate feasibility, and justify decisions
Practical insight into how developers, utilities, investors, policymakers, and communities interact
Exposure to real-world financial modeling approaches, including partnership structures, key assumptions, and project economics
Experience working through a financial model framework (instructor-led, Excel-based) to evaluate how project assumptions impact financial outcomes
A stronger ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and persuasively

Learning Objectives:

Evaluate the feasibility of a renewable energy project by integrating technical, financial, regulatory, environmental, and social considerations
Develop a site-specific project concept and justify key design decisions, including system sizing, location, and technology selection
Navigate the renewable energy development process, including stakeholder engagement, permitting, interconnection, and financing pathways
Identify and assess project risks, including regulatory, community, technical, financial, and interconnection-related uncertainties
Analyze how federal, state, and local policies influence project viability and development strategy
Develop stakeholder engagement strategies that anticipate concerns, build trust, and support project success
Interpret and apply key financial modeling concepts, including cost assumptions, revenue streams, and partnership structures, and incentives to assess project viability
Use a structured financial model to evaluate project economics, including how changes in cost, production, and incentives influence financial performance and feasibility
Communicate a project proposal clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences, including investors, community members, and decision-makers
Make and defend a final project recommendation, including whether to proceed with development, based on a structured and evidence-based evaluation

Industry and Utility Stakeholders

Energy professionals looking to connect technical, financial, and regulatory perspectives
Utility professionals seeking a broader understanding of distributed and utility-scale project development
Consultants or service providers supporting renewable energy projects

Early- to Mid-Career Professionals

Professionals transitioning into the clean energy industry
Individuals working in adjacent fields such as construction, real estate, finance, environmental consulting, or public policy
Project managers or analysts looking to better understand renewable energy project development

Public Sector and Community Stakeholders

Local government staff, planners, or economic development professionals
Workforce development organizations or nonprofit leaders
Individuals involved in community energy, resilience, or sustainability initiatives

Students and Emerging Professionals

Undergraduate and graduate students interested in clean energy, sustainability, engineering, policy, business, or related fields
Undergraduate or graduate students seeking applied, project-based experience
Students exploring careers in renewable energy or energy transition fields

25 PDHs for North Carolina Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, approved by the NC Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (NCBELS)
40 LU|HSW for Registered Architects, approved by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), course code REPD2024
This course is approved by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) for initial exam application JTA credits and recertification credits. For more information about approved credits, visit the course listing.

Registering Multiple People

If you are registering multiple people from the same company, complete the information for the first person, and then on the Registration Summary page, click on "Add Group Member" to start the process for the next person. When you are finished adding individuals, click next on the Registration Summary page and you will be able to pay for the group in one transaction.

Payment Information

We accept Visa, Mastercard, and American Express to pay registration fees. If you need to pay by check, purchase order, IDT, grant or scholarship, please contact the training team at cleanenergy@ncsu.edu and we will be happy to assist you.

Payment Plan

Credit card payments may be made in 3-5 installments. At the end of the registration process, you may select to pay by installment payments. A member of the training team will contact you with additional instructions on how to set up your installment payments. The installment payments will be automatically drafted once a month. Please note that full payment of the course must be received before the start of the course.

Cancellation and Refund Policies

Cancellation requests should be sent to CleanEnergy@ncsu.edu for processing. Cancellations:

32+ days before the course, receive a full refund minus a $25 processing fee
15-31 days before the course, receive a 50% refund
8-14 days before the course, receive a 25% refund
0-7 days before the course are ineligible for a refund

Attendee substitutions from within the same company may be made at any time before the start of the course at no cost. Please send an email to CleanEnergy@ncsu.edu with the name of the current registrant and the name and email address of the new registrant to begin the substitution process.