Your next challenge will be to analyze the associated energy evacuation system that every power generation plant must have, together with the associated protections. And you will achieve it with this postgraduate diploma!"  

This postgraduate diploma contains the most complete program on Economics and Operation of Power Plants: Combined Cycle and Cogeneration Plants. It details how the integration of the different technologies within the power generation park is operated and regulated, and addresses production technologies according to their characteristics, installed capacity and energy demand. It also includes the integration of renewable energies into the electricity generation market. 

The student will learn how to perform investment appraisals for the viability and profitability of a power generation plant, as well as how to finance a power generation plant with equity and debt. All this will allow you to perform an in-depth analysis of preliminary projects and studies, since the technical-economic variables and the feasibility of the investment required for the implementation and construction of power generation projects are studied. 

Finally, before embarking on the construction of an electricity generating plant, we must know what type of recruitment we will use for its execution. Therefore, we will study the different types of recruitment that exist, with their different characteristics. Moreover, as it is a 100% online program, it provides the student with the ease of being able to study it comfortably, wherever and whenever they want. They will only need a device with internet access to take their career one step further. A modality in line with the current times with all the guarantees to position the professional in a highly demanded area that is continuously changing, in line with the SDGs promoted by the UN. 

You will learn more about how renewable energies are integrated into the Electricity Market and the international agreements related to the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere" 

This postgraduate diploma in Economics and Operation of Power Plants: Combined Cycle and Cogeneration Plants contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

• The development of case studies presented by experts in electrical engineering
• The deepening in Energy Resources Management
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments 
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection 

With this postgraduate diploma you will deepen your knowledge in the operation and performance of the steam turbine, as it is a fundamental part of power plants"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this training program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive training program designed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.  

You will discover a new approach to the evolution and new trends in cogeneration plants as never before"

Due to its economic importance, you will learn how the life cycle of electricity generating plants evolves"

The postgraduate diploma in Economics and Operation of Power Plants: Combined Cycle and Cogeneration Plants is oriented towards the student acquiring the necessary skills to undertake various functions oriented to the economic-financial administration of a power plant, as well as its operation. The student will discover the latest trends, technologies and techniques of the sector, which will enable them to successfully manage maintenance plans for energy production plants, coordinate the operation of the different systems that are part of the combined cycle facilities, establish the operating and safety criteria according to the requirements of the system to be supported by cogeneration or analyze how the operation of renewable energies affects the Electricity Market.   

You will successfully coordinate the operation of the different systems that are part of the combined cycle facilities thanks to this TECH program"

General objectives

• Interpret the investments and feasibility of power generation plants
• Discover the potential business opportunities offered by electricity generation infrastructures 
• Delve into the latest trends, technologies and techniques in electric power generation
• Identify the components necessary for the correct functionality and operation of the facilities that make up the power generation plants
• Establish preventive maintenance plans that ensure and guarantee the proper operation of the power plants, taking into account human and material resources, the environment and the most rigorous quality standards
• Successfully manage maintenance plans for power generation plants
• Analyze the different productivity techniques existing in power generation plants, taking into account the particular characteristics of each facility
• Select the most appropriate contracting model according to the characteristics of the power plant to be built 

Specific objectives  

Module 1. Economics of Electricity Generation 

• Identify the most appropriate generation technology for a given power demand or  need to expand the power generation fleet demand or the need to expand the power generation park
• Detailed knowledge and diversification of the different generation techniques and technologies
• Acquire the necessary background knowledge of the existing technologies and techniques in the generation of electric power and the future trend of the same
• Integrating renewable energies into the electric power generation fleet
• Establish the guidelines that must be taken into account in the environmental management of this type of facilities
• Study the profitability of a power generation plant based on production revenues/costs, plant economics and financial planning     

Module 2. Combined Cycle 

• Coordinate the operation of the different systems that are part of the combined cycle facilities
• Sizing improvements in the thermodynamic processes of energy production in this type of power plants
• Detailed knowledge of the protocols and treaties on atmospheric emissions and how they influence combined cycle plants
• Acquire the necessary knowledge to optimize the operation of gas turbines, reciprocating engines and waste heat boilers
• Identify the parameters that affect the performance of the combined cycle power plant
• Structuring the auxiliary systems of combined cycle plants
• Select the ideal operating level based on the different types of existing combined cycle plants
• Develop projects for hybridization of combined cycles with solar energy

 Module 3. Cogeneration 

• Establish the operating and safety criteria according to the requirements of the system to be supported by cogeneration
• Analyze the different types of cycles that can exist in cogeneration plants
• Know in detail the technology associated with reciprocating engines and turbines used in cogeneration plants
• Deepen the knowledge of pyrotubular steam generators
• Integrate the operation of the various technologies used in the machines with absorption techniques
• Assigning priorities in trigeneration, tetrageneration and microcogeneration facilities.
• Supervise and control the correct operation of cogeneration plants with tail cycle
• Select the type and size of the cogeneration plant according to the energy needs to be covered in the adjacent installations
• Identify new trends in cogeneration plants

Module 4. Construction and Operation of Electric Power Production Plants 

• Selecting the most beneficial type of contract for the construction of a power production plant
• Analyze how the exploitation of renewable energies affects the Electricity Market
• Perform maintenance to optimize the performance of the steam generators
• Diagnose failures in gas and steam turbines and reciprocating engines
• Elaborate the maintenance plan of a wind farm 
• Execute and design the maintenance plan of a photovoltaic plant 
• Study the profitability of a production plant by analyzing its life cycle 
• In-depth knowledge of the elements attached to an electric power production plant for its discharge to the distribution network

You will study in depth the elements attached to an electric power production plant for its discharge to the distribution network and you will study its profitability by analyzing its life cycle"