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Our in-house seminars and training are customised according to the individual needs of your company. Together with you, we create an agenda that corresponds to your learning objectives, previous knowledge and needs. Contents can be compiled from our seminars as well as our further training courses, such as Simulation Games.
Your benefits
- You determine the time and place
- Individualised agenda and topics
- Combination of training courses
- Topics are dealt with confidentially on your premises
- You determine who participants
Click on the titles below to view the agendas of our standard in-house seminars and workshops.
You can also book all our in-house seminars and trainings as online version!
Basics
Basics of the Electricity Industry
Level: Basic seminar
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Where does our energy come from - meaning and terms
- Fundamentals of the liberalised electricity market in Germany
- Energy procurement and wholesale energy trading
- The energy transition in Germany - importance for the energy industry
Our simulation games for electricity trading support the optimal learning effect by practical and playful application of the theoretically imparted knowledge.
Basics of the Gas Industry
Level: Basic seminar
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Basics of gas supply
- Procurement management for natural gas
- Structured gas purchase in Germany
- Schedules and balancing group management
- Sales and distribution management
The seminar can be combined with the basic seminars electricity industry and energy industry into a comprehensive 3-day seminar.
Basics of the Energy Industry
Level: Basic seminar
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Structure of the energy industry – meaning and terms
- Electricity and gas – value chain and framework
- Energy wholesale and procurement management
- The energy transition in Germany – significance for the energy industry
The seminar can be developed together with the basic seminars electricity
industry and gas industry to the comprehensive 3-day seminar.
Energy Industry Know-How for Sales
Level: Basic seminar
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Short overview of the liberalised electricity and gas market
- Electricity and gas procurement
- How is the sales price calculated? The interface between procurement and sales
- Selected sales products and their implementation in procurement
This seminar is ideally suited as an introductory seminar. It can be upgraded to an expert seminar with add-on and extension modules based on the participants’ requirements – optionally also for the gas market.
Trade and Procurement
Introduction to Electricity Trading
Level: Basic seminar
Duration: 1 or 2 days
Topics:
- Basics of electricity trading
- Short-term electricity trading on spot markets – Day-ahead auction and Intraday trading
- Long-term electricity trading on futures markets
- Current developments and challenges in the electricity marketd
- Excursus Portfolio and Risk Management
Our simulation games on electricity trading support the ideal learning effect by means of a practical and playful application of theoretically imparted knowledge.
Understanding short-term markets
Level: Expert seminar
Duration: 1 or 2 days
Topics:
- Brief introduction to electricity trading
- Intraday trading on EPEX Spot
- Marketing of capacities on the control reserve market
- Balance management and balancing energy price
Our simulation game intraday trading is the optimal supplement to the seminars introduction to electricity trading and understanding short-term markets.
Introduction to Futures Market
Level: Expert seminar
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Liberalised energy markets and electricity trading
- Basics of electricity trading
- Electricity trading on the futures market– buyer’s side
- Electricity trading on the futures market– seller’s side
Our futures trading simulation game supports the ideal learning effect by means of a practical and playful application of theoretically imparted knowledge.
Electricity Price Forecasts
Level: Expert seminar
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Basic knowledge of electricity trading and price influences
- Basic of price forecast
- Price forecast at the spot market
- Forecasts in the futures market
- Long-term price forecasts with fundamental models
The seminars electricity price forecasts and procurement strategies with chart technology offer the optimal combination of theory and practice to create price forecasts and apply them in procurement management.
Trends in electricity price development
Level: Expert seminar
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Introduction to the electricity market
- Fact check CO2 market
- Long-term price scenarios with fundamental models
- EU Energy Outlook 2019 – Electricity price scenarios until 2050 for Europe
- Outlook: What upheavals still lie ahead?
Procurement Strategies with Chart Analysis
Level: Expert seminar
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Introduction to procurement management
- Chart analysis and technical analysis compared to other forecasting methods
- Introduction to different chart formations
- Evaluation of technical signals
- Trade and procurement decisions in the current market situation
The seminar electricity price forecasts and procurement strategies with chart analysis off the perfect combination of theory and practice. With this knowledge you can create price forecasts and optimize your procurement management.
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optimised electricity supply for industry
Level: Expert seminar
Dauer: 1 day
Themen:
- Brief introduction to the electricity market
- Procurement of electricity for industrial needs
- CO2-free electricity procurement
- Self-sufficient with decentral systems
- Risk management
The intensive seminar PPA evaluation is the optimal supplement for all those who would like to deal in more detail with the electricity procurement by means of PPAs.
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Renewable energies
The Future of EEG subsidised plants
Level: Expert seminar
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Overview of the current EEG 2017
- Tendering system and remuneration structure
- Feed-in management and grid expansion areas
- Business models with RES-E
- Direct Marketing
- Current developments
Complete your market competence and get fit for the future of renewable energies with the seminar renewable energies: bye EEG – hello PPA?
EEG 2021: are PPAs taking off now?
Level: Expert seminar
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Electricity market & pricing today and tomorrow
- The EEG 2021 and marketing models with subsidies
- PPA at a glance
- Market outlook and further marketing models
Complement your market knowledge with the intensive PPA evaluation or batteries on the electricity market seminars.
Intensive Seminar PPA Evaluation
Level: Expert seminar
Topics:
- PPA pricing: opportunities and risks
- Marketing of wind and solar power on the spot and futures markets
- Case study 1: current evaluation of Ü21-Wind PPA over five years
- Long-term value develompent of electricity supply
- Case study 2: evaluation of a long-term PPA for a new PV system according to EFET-PPA
Built up your market knowledge in advanced with the basic seminar on renewable energies: Bye-bye EEG, hello PPA? or compleate it with the seminar on marketing options for battery storage.
New energy worlds
Game Changer Hydrogen
Level: Expert seminar
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- The value chain of the hydrogen economy
- Cost structures and price influences in the hydrogen economy
- Potential hydrogen demand
- Political funding instruments for the hydrogen economy
Supplement your market knowlege with the seminars basics of the energy indursty or trends in electricity price development.
Electricity market knowledge for e-mobility
Level: Expert seminar
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Electromobility in the context of the energy transition
- Fundamentals of electricity trading
- Electric mobility and electricity trading
- Discussion and market outlook
If you want to expand your knowledge, we recommend the seminar marketing options for battery storage.
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Interfaces between the electricity and gas markets
Level: Basic seminar
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Introduction to he electricity market
- Introduction to the gas market
- Value chains between electricity and gas markets
- Business models between electricity and gas
- Future scenarios
You need further knowledge in the field of flexibility and sector coupling? Then the seminar marketing options for battery storage is the ideal supplement for you.
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Integration of PPAs in the electricity distribution
Level: Expert seminar
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Brief overview of the electricity market
- PPAs at a glance
- Development of new business models
- Market outlook and scenarios
Supplement your market knowledge with the intensive seminar PPA evaluation.
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Marketing options battery storage
Level: Expert seminar
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Overview storage technologies: technical parameters, investment costs
- Legal framework
- Relevant markets for battery storage: prerequisites, price, sales strategies on the control power market
- Spot Market: day-ahead and intraday
- Comparison of sales strategies and revenues
- Own generation and optimization of wind and PV demand
Supplement your market knowledge with the seminar renewable energies: bye-bye EEG, hello PPA? or immerse yourself in the depth of the flexibility markets in the seminar understanding short-term markets.
Workshops
Agility in the energy industry
Level: Workshop
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Agility: definition, history, goals
- The agile attitude
- Dynamic organisations and agile leadership in the energy industry
- Overview of agile tools and methods and their classification
- Agile energy world
- Group work: agility in your company
If you want to refresh your market knowledge before this workshop, then visit our seminar basics of the electricity industry. Or you can prepare yourself for future challanges with the seminar interfaces between the electricity and gas markets.
future of the electricity market
Level: Workshop
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Renewable energies in the electricity market
- Flexibility options and storage in the electricity market
- Sector coupling: energy transition in the electricity and transport sectors
- Coal phase out and its consequences
- Accompanying discussion with participant focus
In combination with the intensive seminar PPA evaluation and marketing options for battery storage, this seminar is supplemented by detailed further knowledge.
Check-Up Procurement strategy
Format: Workshop
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Preparation and preliminary analysis
- Workshop: Analysis of current market enviroment
- Check-up of your electricity and gas procurement strategy
In combination with the seminar procurement strategies with chart analysis, the Workshop can be supplemented by in-depth knowledge.
Business models in the energy industry
Format: Workshop
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Workshop: innovative business models – prospects of success and horizon of implementation
- Workshop: new sales concepts – customer retention and new distribution channels
- Additionally (optional): written composition of the recommendations
In combination with the check-up procurement strategy workshop and related seminars, this workshop can be supplemented by in-depth knowledge.
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Electricity Market Knowledge for Banks and Investors
Format: Workshop
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Introduction to the electricity market
- Electricity market revenues from renewable energies
- Evaluating risks and opportunities correctly
- Long-term price scenarios with fundamental models
- EU Energy Outlook 2019 – Electricity price scenario until 2050 for Europe (on average)
- Live modeling of an electricity price scenarios
In combination with this Workshop Energy BrainReports can be brought at a reduced price.
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Risk management in energy trading
Level: Workshop
Duration: 1 day
Topics:
- Introduction to risk management
- Risk assessment and risk indicators
- Deriving strategies for risk management
- Risk management with derivative trading products
- Implementation of risk management processes
- Summary and concluding discussion
Our simulation game futures trading supports the ideal learning effect by means of practical and playful application of the thoretically imparted knowledge.
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"Energy Brainpool has been supporting us for years with customised in-house seminars and interactive workshops on strategic and operational issues. We are particularly impressed by the combination of professional expertise and methodological competence."
Sebastian Sladek
Member of the Executive Board
EWS Elektrizitätswerke Schönau eG

"Thank you a lot for this superb training! I liked your sovereign style and the many deep insights into the complex energy trading markets in Germany and Europe."
Simon Bittner
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

"Thank you very much for the highly successful in-house event at our company. All participants liked it and are now well-informed."
Stefanie Selms
Stadtwerke Parchim GmbH
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