Energy Policy Courses and Certifications

Climate Change - Energy and Climate Science, Policy Gaps, and Solutions

Discover the science behind climate change, explore the gap between scientific recommendations and current policies, and uncover practical solutions for addressing our energy future.

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

Fusion Explained: The Geopolitics and Future of Energy

Explore how fusion powers the sun and why the U.S.–China race matters: national security stakes, energy economics, and the technical, financial, and regulatory hurdles to grid power.

• Coursera
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Geothermal Energy Networks: Transforming Our Thermal Energy System

Explores how geothermal energy networks can decarbonize building heating and cooling through policy, design, construction, scaling, and techno-economic modeling.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Social Problems of Nuclear Energy

Weighs nuclear power's capital costs, accident risks, waste and proliferation against renewables, asking whether decarbonization actually needs it.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Geothermal Energy Networks: Transforming Our Thermal Energy System

Analyze geothermal energy networks through energy-transition policy, heat-pump design, borehole construction, and techno-economic modeling with the HEATNETS model.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Energy Markets of Today

20 ratings at edX

Understand the European energy market and the economic principles behind it.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Transition to the Decarbonised Economy of Tomorrow

6 ratings at edX

Dive into the economic strategies for promoting the energy transition: technologies, policies, pricing, emission trading and more.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Circularity Principles for Renewable Energy Technologies

Learn how to integrate circular economy principles into renewable energy policy and practice. Gain insights into resource demand, governance strategies and sustainable solutions to drive the transitio

• edX
• 4 weeks, 6-8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Circularity Principles for Renewable Energy Technologies

Learn how to integrate circular economy principles into renewable energy policy and practice. Gain insights into resource demand, governance strategies and sustainable solutions to drive the transition to a circular energy system.

• edX
• 28 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Career Certificate

The Economics of Energy Transition

Understand variables and conditions of the energy markets and how economic instruments can promote the transition towards a decarbonized economy.

• edX
• 10 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $304.00
• 2 courses

Career Certificate

Electric Cars

Obtain a comprehensive understanding of electric mobility to lead projects and initiatives to success.

• edX
• 17 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $446.00
• 4 courses

Career Certificate

Intelligent and Integrated Energy Systems

Discover how the present-day power grids and energy systems will be revolutionized by the digital transformation from industrial, technological, economic, and business perspectives.

• edX
• 24 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $608.00
• 4 courses

Incorporating Renewable Energy in Electricity Grids

44 ratings at edX

Learn how to manage high shares of variable renewable electricity sources to achieve cost-effective and reliable electricity supplies

• edX
• 6 weeks, 2-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Just and Green: Labour's Ecological Question

104 ratings at iversity

Explore the jobs versus environment dilemma: labour struggles, theoretical debates on labour and ecology, environmental labour policies, and union strategies for the energy crisis.

• iversity
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Energy Systems Integration: A Trend or a Revolution?

Build upon your energy expertise, combining your existing knowledge with global and multidisciplinary strategies, and learn to create smart and sustainable integrated energy systems.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 7-8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate