Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies
Innovative, emerging technologies are reshaping the energy sector at a breakneck pace. Thanks to surging interest in renewable energy, along with ongoing efforts to maximize the output and efficiency of fossil fuels, demand for energy experts has never been higher.
Stanford's Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies Program provides the tools needed to find a job in this field today, as well as insights into the trends and driving forces that will determine what the energy sector looks like a decade from now. Insights from Stanford faculty and Silicon Valley researchers will help you:
- Apply modern techniques and strategies to transform the energy industry
- Create energy-saving behaviors using behavioral economics insights
- Discover alternative energy solutions and how to implement them in local, national, and global scales
- Master economic and technological concepts that influence energy innovation
- Find opportunities for investments, entrepreneurship, and innovation

Platform
Online

Pace
Take courses on your own time, on-demand

Proof
Complete 4 courses to earn a certificate of completion
Learning Options
Individual Courses
Each course can be taken on its own, on-demand. Access each course for 60 days after enrollment.
Certificate of Completion
Complete 4 courses within the program, learn at your own pace and earn your certificate after finishing your fourth course successfully.
Featured Courses

Economics of the Clean Energy Transition
XEIET201
Stanford School of Engineering
When / Where / Enrollment
- Online - Available

Building Energy Efficiency: Technology, Policy & Finance
XEIET203
Stanford School of Engineering
When / Where / Enrollment
- Online - Available

Transforming the Grid: AI, Renewables, Storage, EVs, and Prosumers
XEIET237
Stanford School of Engineering
When / Where / Enrollment
- Online - Available
Who Should Enroll?
This program is designed for engineers, product developers and marketers, investors, entrepreneurs, and policymakers who want to understand how energy technologies work and what is happening behind the scenes in the energy industry.
If you're working in the energy field or wishing to move into the industry, this is the right program for you.
Learn more about our Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies learners.
Academic Director

Will Chueh
Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, a Senior Fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University, and a faculty scientist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.