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Energy Decisions, Markets, and Policies

Sloan School of Management MIT CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 21 lectures

This course examines the choices and constraints regarding sources and uses of energy by households, firms, and governments through a number of frameworks to describe and explain behavior at various levels of aggregation. Examples include a wide range of countries, scope, settings, and analytical approaches. This course is one of many [OCW Energy Courses](/courses/energy-courses/), and it is a core subject in MIT's undergraduate {{% resource_link "d4b41011-454b-4318-8b81-c480cc84f319" "Energy Studies Minor" %}}. This Institute-wide program complements the deep expertise obtained in any major with a broad understanding of the interlinked realms of science, technology, and social sciences as they relate to energy and associated environmental challenges.

Syllabus

  1. 1 Lecture 1: This Course and The U.S. Energy System
  2. 2 Lecture 2: Comparative Energy Systems
  3. 3 Lecture 3: U.S. Energy Problems
  4. 4 Lecture 4: The Market and The State
  5. 5 Lecture 5: Path Dependence in Energy Systems
  6. 6 Lecture 6: Climate Science and Policy
  7. 7 Lecture 8: Economics of Energy Demand
  8. 8 Lecture 9: Energy Use by Individuals and Households
  9. 9 Lecture 10: Normative Frameworks for Business Decisions
  10. 10 Lecture 11: Business Decisions in Reality: CHP at Hexion
  11. 11 Lecture 12: Organizational Decision-Making: Biodiesel at MIT
  12. 12 Lecture 13: Developing Profitable Strategies
  13. 13 Lecture 14: Innovation and Energy Business Models
  14. 14 Lecture 15: Non-Renewable Energy Resources
  15. 15 Lecture 16: Shale: Opportunities & Challenges
  16. 16 Lecture 17: (Yesterday’s &) Today's Electric Power System
  17. 17 Lecture 18: Tomorrow’s Electric Power System
  18. 18 Lecture 19: Making Public Policy
  19. 19 Lecture 20: Social Movements
  20. 20 Lecture 21: U.S. Environment Policy
  21. 21 Lecture 22: Economic Development & Green Growth

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