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.
Este curso faz parte do Programa de cursos integrados Energy Industry: Production, Distribution & Safety
Energy Industry: The Enterprise
oferecido por
University at Buffalo
The State University of New York
Programa de cursos integrados Energy Industry: Production, Distribution & SafetyUniversity at Buffalo
Programa - O que você aprenderá com este curso
Semana
1Energy 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 vídeos (Total de 18 min), 4 leituras, 4 testes
4 leituras
Acknowledgements10min
Resources (Optional): It's Abstract25min
Resources (Optional): Uses25min
Resources (Optional): Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming25min
4 exercícios práticos
Self-Check4min
Self-Check8min
Self-Check8min
Energy Touches Everything30min
Semana
2Energy 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 vídeos (Total de 33 min), 3 leituras, 4 testes
4 videos
Stored Sunlight10min
Reflecting Energy8min
Natural Gas & Hydrofracking7min
Conversation: Economics & Environment6min
3 leituras
Resources (Optional): Stored Sunlight25min
Resources (Optional): Reflecting Energy25min
Resources (Optional): Natural Gas and Hydrofracking20min
4 exercícios práticos
Self-Check2min
Self-Check8min
Self-Check10min
Energy Sources30min
Semana
3Energy & Utility Solutions
We will discuss innovations in energy as well as the movement and storage of energy along with supply and demand.
9 vídeos (Total de 48 min), 4 leituras, 5 testes
9 videos
Innovations4min
Conversation: Moving & Storing Energy6min
Conversation: Batteries & Infrastructure2min
Supply & Demand7min
Conversation: Demand Response4min
Conversation: Business Strategies7min
Conversation: Distributed Network Integration7min
Embodied Energy4min
Customers of Today & Tomorrow4min
4 leituras
Resources (Optional): Innovations25min
Resources (Optional): Supply and Demand25min
Resources (Optional): Embodied Energy10min
Resources (Optional): Customers of Today and Tomorrow20min
5 exercícios práticos
Self-Check4min
Self-Check6min
Self-Check4min
Self-Check6min
Energy & Utility Solutions30min
Semana
4Adaptation
We will focus on workforce opportunities and preparation for a future in energy fields.
5 vídeos (Total de 29 min), 3 leituras, 3 testes
5 videos
Workforce7min
Conversation: Tomorrow's Workforce6min
Conversation: Trends of the Utility Industry3min
Conversation: Workforce Culture & Safety4min
Energy is Complicated7min
3 leituras
Resources (Optional): Workforce10min
Resources (Optional): Energy is Complicated10min
Energy Industry: The Enterprise - Key Takeaways10min
3 exercícios práticos
Self-Check12min
Self-Check8min
Roadmap to Success: Final Projectmin
Instrutores
Martin Casstevens
Business Formation and Commercialization ManagerBusiness and Entrepreneurial Partnerships
Sobre University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo (UB) is a premier, research-intensive public university and the largest, most comprehensive institution of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. UB offers more than 100 undergraduate degrees and nearly 300 graduate and professional programs.
Sobre The State University of New York
The State University of New York, with 64 unique institutions, is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States. Educating nearly 468,000 students in more than 7,500 degree and certificate programs both on campus and online, SUNY has nearly 3 million alumni around the globe.
Sobre o Programa de cursos integrados Energy Industry: Production, Distribution & Safety
This specialization provides introductory knowledge about the energy industry and associated career opportunities, whether you are interested in a utility technician or utility worker role, or emerging green energy solutions. It is intended for those considering a career in the field, and people already working in the industry who have less than three years of experience and have not completed similar training. Through four courses, learners receive an overview of electric power systems, natural gas, safety practices, and the energy industry as a whole. To learn more, please watch the overview video by copying and pasting the following link into your web browser: https://youtu.be/Py8uP6vuH_o.
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