Day 1: Energy Value Chain & Regulatory Foundations
Energy Segments Overview: Upstream, Midstream, Downstream
Global energy transition and climate finance landscape
Regulatory Overview:
▪ Overview of Climate-Related Financial Risk Directive (2024)
▪ Ghana Sustainable Banking Principles (SBPs) and sector guidance notes
▪ Environmental Protection Act 2025 (Act 1124)
▪ Ghana’s Modified Model Petroleum Agreement 2019
Day 2: Bank Sustainable Finance Framework and Energy Finance
Energy Sources (hydro, thermal, nuclear, wind, geothermal, alternative energy) and their place in Ghana
Banking Sector Energy Portfolio Analysis
The Place of Electricity in the Energy Universe.
Energy Efficiency Financing in the energy sector (generation, transmission and distribution).
Risk Implications of Energy Transition on Bank Portfolio Structure.
Day 3: Alternative Energy Financing in Practice
Alternative Energy and Ghana’s Sustainability Taxonomy
Solar and Ethanol Projects
▪ Project identification and Analysis
▪ Cost structures
▪ Bankability Analysis
▪ Project Risks and Controls
▪ Reporting Standards for Financing Banks
▪ Sample Cases and Project Management Issues
Day 4: Emerging Circular Energy Projects
Bio-Energy from Palm Kennel Shells and Micro-biomass Power Generation Projects
▪ Project identification and Analysis
▪ Cost structures
▪ Bankability Analysis
▪ Project Risks and Controls
▪ Reporting Standards for Financing Banks
▪ Sample Cases and Project Management Issues
Day 5: Transition Energy Projects
Gas Distribution Projects
▪ Tankering Projects and related risks
▪ Gas Pipeline Projects for Industrial and Household usage
▪ Gas cylinder projects and Structures
▪ Sample Cases and Project Management Issues
Emerging Development of Blue Hydrogen vs Green Hydrogen
