Acerca de este curso: Every aspect of human life involves using energy. This course gives you the knowledge and tools to dissect regulations of the U.S. power industry, as well as explain the price structure for electricity and natural gas, and the various actors in setting rates: consumer, utility, and government. You will also be educated about the history of the industry, and the challenges and opportunities it faces. The course is a combination of online lectures, videos, readings and discussions. This is the fourth course in the Energy Industry: Production, Distribution & Safety specialization that explores various facets of the power sector, and features a culminating project involving creation of a roadmap to achieve a self-established, energy-related professional goal.
Para quién es esta clase: This course is for individuals considering a career in the energy field (who have a high school diploma, at minimum, and basic knowledge of mathematics), and existing energy sector employees with less than three years of experience who have not completed similar training and would benefit from a course of foundational industry concepts.
Creada por: University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Enseñado por: Martin Casstevens, Business Formation and Commercialization Manager
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| Información básica | |
| Nivel | Principiante |
| Compromiso | 4 weeks, 2.5 to 5 hours/week |
| Idioma | Inglés (English) |
| Cómo aprobar | Aprueba todas las tareas calificadas para completar el curso. |
| Calificaciones del usuario |
Programa
SEMANA 1
Energy Touches Everything
We will discuss the concept, scope and types of energy. We will explore energy's origins, uses, and evolving sources along with the properties and effects of greenhouses gases and their global warming potentials.
3 videos, 4 lecturas, 3 cuestionarios de práctica
- Reading: Acknowledgements
- Practice Quiz: Self-Check
- Reading: Resources (Optional): It's Abstract
- Vídeo: Uses
- Practice Quiz: Self-Check
- Reading: Resources (Optional): Uses
- Vídeo: Greenhouse Gases & Global Warming
- Practice Quiz: Self-Check
- Reading: Resources (Optional): Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming
Calificado: Energy Touches Everything
SEMANA 2
Energy Sources
We will discuss ultimate sources of energy and potential uses for certain sources of energy. We will review energy timelines and the economics involved with energy, along with stabilizing pricing.
4 videos, 3 lecturas, 3 cuestionarios de práctica
- Practice Quiz: Self-Check
- Reading: Resources (Optional): Stored Sunlight
- Vídeo: Reflecting Energy
- Practice Quiz: Self-Check
- Reading: Resources (Optional): Reflecting Energy
- Vídeo: Natural Gas & Hydrofracking
- Vídeo: Conversation: Economics & Environment
- Practice Quiz: Self-Check
- Reading: Resources (Optional): Natural Gas and Hydrofracking
Calificado: Energy Sources
SEMANA 3
Energy & Utility Solutions
We will discuss innovations in energy as well as the movement and storage of energy along with supply and demand.
9 videos, 4 lecturas, 4 cuestionarios de práctica
- Vídeo: Conversation: Moving & Storing Energy
- Vídeo: Conversation: Batteries & Infrastructure
- Practice Quiz: Self-Check
- Reading: Resources (Optional): Innovations
- Vídeo: Supply & Demand
- Vídeo: Conversation: Demand Response
- Vídeo: Conversation: Business Strategies
- Vídeo: Conversation: Distributed Network Integration
- Practice Quiz: Self-Check
- Reading: Resources (Optional): Supply and Demand
- Vídeo: Embodied Energy
- Practice Quiz: Self-Check
- Reading: Resources (Optional): Embodied Energy
- Vídeo: Customers of Today & Tomorrow
- Practice Quiz: Self-Check
- Reading: Resources (Optional): Customers of Today and Tomorrow
Calificado: Energy & Utility Solutions
SEMANA 4
Adaptation
We will focus on workforce opportunities and preparation for a future in energy fields.
5 videos, 3 lecturas, 2 cuestionarios de práctica
- Vídeo: Conversation: Tomorrow's Workforce
- Vídeo: Conversation: Trends of the Utility Industry
- Vídeo: Conversation: Workforce Culture & Safety
- Practice Quiz: Self-Check
- Reading: Resources (Optional): Workforce
- Vídeo: Energy is Complicated
- Practice Quiz: Self-Check
- Reading: Resources (Optional): Energy is Complicated
- Reading: Energy Industry: The Enterprise - Key Takeaways
Calificado: Roadmap to Success: Final Project
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University at Buffalo
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The State University of New York
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| Comprar curso | |
|---|---|
| Accede a los materiales del curso | Disponible |
| Accede a los materiales con calificación | Disponible |
| Recibe una calificación final | Disponible |
| Obtén un Certificado de curso para compartir | Disponible |
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Very helpful! Thanks