YouTube Courses

Introduction to Renewable Energy

Explains what makes energy renewable and how renewables fit into energy use, with an overview of factors shaping project development.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Energy Storage - Introduction, Technologies, and Grid-Scale Deployment

Explore why energy storage is needed, compare storage technologies, and learn how grid-scale storage is deployed.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Energy Policy - 10 Minute Take

A concise introduction to how policy works, using U.S. energy policies and policy instruments as examples.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to Deep Learning - Lecture 1

An opening lecture introduces deep learning through examples of deep learning projects.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Industry Decarbonization - Reducing GHG Emissions from Iron, Steel, and Cement

A short overview of opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across major industrial subsectors, including iron and steel and cement.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Ocean Energy - Technologies, Environmental Impacts, and Future Trends

An overview of how tidal flows, waves, ocean heat, and salinity gradients can be harnessed for energy, including environmental impacts and future prospects.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Buildings, Energy and Decarbonization

Explains how buildings can reduce climate impact through embodied and operational decarbonization, with strategies including efficiency, electrification, and renewable energy.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Biofuels - 10-Minute Take

A short introduction to how ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuels are made and used, and what their environmental impacts may be.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Energy Transition Implications - Nuclear Power, Climate Protection, and Global Security - Part 2

Examines nuclear power’s costs, safety, and security implications within the energy transition, including comparisons with renewables and emerging small modular reactors.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Implications Part 1 - Hydrocarbon Exits, Renewable Challenges, and Energy Resilience

Examines how extreme energy efficiency changes the outlook for hydrocarbons and renewables, and how energy systems can withstand disruptions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Mobility Part 1 - Light Duty Vehicle Efficiency

See how reducing vehicle weight and integrating design choices can make cars and light trucks use energy far more efficiently.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Mobility Part 2 - Electric and Heavy Vehicles - Extreme Energy Efficiency

Explores how electrification and system-wide changes can make passenger, urban, freight, air, and sea mobility more efficient and less dependent on oil.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Buildings Part 3 - Passive Techniques for Superefficient Buildings

Explore passive cooling and integrative building design techniques that make buildings dramatically more energy efficient.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Integrative Design for Superefficient Buildings - Part 1

Explains how integrative, whole-systems design can make buildings much more energy efficient while reducing costs, from new construction to retrofits.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Carbon Management - 10-Minute Take

A short introduction to carbon management’s natural and technological solutions and their potential role in decarbonization.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video