Environmental Impact & Protection Courses and Certifications

Electricity Generation: From History to Future Directions

Comprehensive overview of electricity generation, covering historical context, production methods, economics, environmental impacts, and future trends in the energy sector.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Most Important Things You Need to Know About Wind Energy

Comprehensive overview of wind energy: technology, economics, environmental impacts, and future prospects. Gain insights into this renewable energy source's significance and potential.

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

Natural Gas: From History to Future Impacts - Understand Energy Lecture

Comprehensive lecture on natural gas covering history, sources, systems, environmental impact, economics, and future trends. Aims to build energy literacy for addressing climate change and sustainability issues.

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

Transportation: Energy Challenges and Solutions in the Modern Era - Lecture

Comprehensive lecture on transportation energy, covering policies, regulations, efficiency, electrification, and future trends. Explores environmental impacts and sustainable solutions in the transportation sector.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hydroelectric Power - History, Operations, and Environmental Impacts

Explore hydroelectric power fundamentals, from flowing water mechanics to facility operations, environmental impacts, and future prospects in renewable energy systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Nuclear Fission - 10-Minute Take

Discover nuclear fission's commercial applications, history, environmental impacts, and safety considerations in this concise Stanford energy overview.

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

Hydropower 10-Minute Take - Introduction to Hydropower Technology and Grid Applications

Discover how hydropower generates electricity, its grid benefits, environmental impacts, and pumped storage technology in this concise Stanford energy primer.

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

Biofuels - 10-Minute Take

Discover biofuels including ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuels - their production methods, uses, environmental impacts, and future trends.

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

Transportation - Environmental Impact and Decarbonization Options

Discover transportation's climate impacts and decarbonization solutions including electric vehicles in this concise Stanford energy overview.

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

Coal - Mining, Processing, Transportation, and Environmental Impacts

Explore coal's role in energy, from mining and processing to electricity generation, environmental impacts, and future economic prospects in this comprehensive Stanford lecture.

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

Nuclear Fission - Significance, History, and Commercial Applications

Explore nuclear fission fundamentals, from commercial reactor operations to environmental impacts and future economics in this comprehensive Stanford lecture.

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

Oil 10 Minute Take - Significance, Markets, and Environmental Impacts

Explore oil's significance, markets, characteristics, transportation, refining, and environmental impacts in this concise overview by Diana Gragg from Stanford University.

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

Solar Thermal Electricity - Concentrating Solar Power

Explore solar thermal electricity and concentrating solar power systems, their environmental impacts, and future trends in renewable energy technology.

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

Coal - Mining, Processing, Transportation, and Environmental Impacts

Explore coal's significance, mining processes, transportation, electricity generation, environmental impacts, and economic future in this comprehensive Stanford energy lecture.

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

Natural Gas: History, Systems, Environmental Impact and Future Outlook

Explore the comprehensive world of natural gas, from its historical significance and global distribution to system operations, environmental impacts, economics, and future prospects.

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