{"id":5510,"date":"2026-01-14T22:21:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neon.energy\/?page_id=5510"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:29:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:29:24","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/neon.energy\/en\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"ExEd Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><h1>ExEd Courses<\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"355\">Our two-day executive courses provide deep insights into energy economics and combine market expertise with immediately applicable practical knowledge for analysts and decision-makers. You simply cannot get more power markets in two days.<\/p>\n<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"355\">Key facts<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two-day in-person courses in Berlin<\/li>\n<li>High-quality course materials<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"355\">Expand your knowledge and built your network<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"355\">All courses are taught by Lion Hirth, supported by his team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"355\">Pricing\n<ul>\n<li>EUR 2,000 + VAT<\/li>\n<li>25% discount for the public sector and non-profits<\/li>\n<li>Group discounts available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"button_align align_center\"><a class=\"button  button_full_width button_size_2 button_js\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/EVcFnjFzbkeXZPK2A\" style=\"background-color:#8FBC8F!important;color:black;\" target=\"_blank\"   ><span class=\"button_label\">Register<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"button_align align_center\"><a class=\"button  button_full_width button_size_2 button_js\" href=\"mailto:courses@neon.energy?subject=Question%20%2F%20request\" style=\"background-color:#8FBC8F!important;color:black;\" target=\"_blank\"   ><span class=\"button_label\">Get in touch<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<p>[vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>The Economics of Power Grids <span style=\"color: #999999;\">(EN)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>21-22 May &#8211; SOLD OUT<br \/>\n5-6 Novemeber\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A comprehensive introduction to the technology, economics, and regulation of electricity grids: from locational pricing and redispatch to network charges and dynamic grid fees. For anyone who operates, regulates or uses electricity grids. <a href=\"https:\/\/neon.energy\/Neon Courses - The Economics of Power Grids.pdf\"><i class=\"icon-right-dir\" style=\"\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grid components: lines, cables, transformers, converters<\/li>\n<li>Load flow and congestion management<\/li>\n<li>Nodal pricing \/ locational marginal pricing<\/li>\n<li>Zonal pricing, market coupling, and bidding zone split<\/li>\n<li>Markets for local flexibility<\/li>\n<li>The costs of power grids<\/li>\n<li>Regulating network operators<\/li>\n<li>Grid tariffs and how to reform them<\/li>\n<li>Grid impact of batteries and FCAs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Electricity Markets <span style=\"color: #999999;\">(EN)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>11-12 June &#8211; SOLD OUT<br \/>\n8-9 October\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>An in-depth overview of how electricity markets function in practice, combining economic theory, regulation, and industry experience: from price formation and day-ahead auctions to balancing mechanisms and capacity markets. Designed for professionals who trade, regulate, analyze, or design electricity markets across the power sector.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marginal pricing and the \u201cMerit Order\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Price spikes, scarcity pricing, and investment incentives<\/li>\n<li>The day-ahead auction and intraday trading<\/li>\n<li>Balancing: reserves, responsibility, and settlement<\/li>\n<li>Hedging and forward markets<\/li>\n<li>Renewables support schemes and CfDs<\/li>\n<li>Capacity mechanisms<\/li>\n<li>Retail electricity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>The Economics of Renewables <span style=\"color: #999999;\">(EN)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>25-26 June<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A deep dive into the economics of wind and solar energy, from support schemes to merchant exposure. The course covers capture prices, PPAs, CfDs, and other remuneration models, with an emphasis on risk allocation, investment decisions, and the integration of renewables into competitive power markets. Designed for the full renewable value chain, from manufacturing to policy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tech basics: wind turbines, solar photovoltaics, hydroelectricity<\/li>\n<li>The cost revolution \u2013 why solar (and wind) got so cheap<\/li>\n<li>The economic value of wind and solar energy: capture price<\/li>\n<li>Power system flexibility and \u201csystem-friendly\u201d renewables<\/li>\n<li>Financing, investor risk, and hedging<\/li>\n<li>Support schemes: from feed-in-tariffs to CfDs<\/li>\n<li>Negative prices (and what to do about them)<\/li>\n<li>Commercialization, optimization and trading<\/li>\n<li>Electricity storage and co-location<\/li>\n<li>Prosumers and self-consumption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Batteries in Power Systems <span style=\"color: #999999;\">(EN)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>27-28 August\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A deep dive into the current and future role of batteries in power systems: from battery technology to market commercialization, from grid impact to market design. Designed for professionals who develop, operate, optimize or regulate BESS.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Energy storage technologies and the battery revolution<\/li>\n<li>Cost of BESS: evolution, drivers, optimized design<\/li>\n<li>Commercialization of batteries: value staking and revenue pools<\/li>\n<li>Intraday trading, balancing reserve, and imbalance pricing<\/li>\n<li>Grid impact of batteries<\/li>\n<li>Connection queues and flexible connection agreements<\/li>\n<li>Grid tariffs for batteries: the good, the bad, and the ugly<\/li>\n<li>Self-consumption and behind-the-meter batteries<\/li>\n<li>Co-location of batteries with renewable (battery hybrids)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Grundlagen der Energiewirtschaft <span style=\"color: #999999;\">(DE)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>28.-29. Mai\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Eine kompakte Einf\u00fchrung in Energie- und Netzwirtschaft sowie den politisch-regulatorischen Rahmen. Der Kurs vermittelt grundlegendes Verst\u00e4ndnis von Stromsystem, Energie\u00f6konomik, Marktmechanismen und Regulierung. F\u00fcr Berufs- und Quereinsteiger in Energieversorgungsunternehmen, Netzbetreibern, Projektentwicklung und Energiepolitik.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Technik-Crashkurs: Kraftwerke, Windparks, PV<\/li>\n<li>Stromgestehungskosten \/ LCOE<\/li>\n<li>Merit Order und Marktwert<\/li>\n<li>Day-Ahead-Auktion und Intraday-Handel<\/li>\n<li>Risikomanagement und Hedging<\/li>\n<li>EE-F\u00f6rdersysteme: von Marktpr\u00e4mie bis CfD<\/li>\n<li>Stromnetze und Netzentgelte<\/li>\n<li>Preiszonen und Zonenteilung<\/li>\n<li>Die Batterie-Revolution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Previous participants:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;5722&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;mailto:courses@neon.energy?subject=Question%20%2F%20request&#8221;]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ExEd Courses Our two-day executive courses provide deep insights into energy economics and combine market expertise with immediately applicable practical knowledge for analysts and decision-makers. 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