Conventional and Renewable Energy

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Energy Course Material

Open-access MIT courses related to energy: Courses ranging from “Intro to Sustainable Energy” to “Electrochemical Energy Systems.”
OpenLearn Energy courses
edX Energy courses: Free online courses in solar, nuclear and other forms of energy. Learn about worldwide energy development and the impact of energy production and use on the environment.
Energy 101: EESI - Environmental and Energy Study Institute's freshman-level, interdisciplinary university course
Energy University: Free online energy courses from Schneider Electric
Renewable Energy Courses: Class Central - Links to free online courses and MOOCs
Energy and Environment (CHE 410) Syllabus: University of New Hampshire
Energy: Capture, Storage, and Transformation: Energy-related photographs

Interactive Energy Tools

Climate Interactive Simulators
Energy Scenarios Tool for Exploring Decarbonizing the Global Energy System: Aspen Global Change Institute
HydroViz: Energy-Water Nexus tool for students
GapMinder Interactive Charts
ENACT Energy Access Tool: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in support of the Global Energy Assessment
Full Cost of Electricity Calculators

Modeling Tools

NETL Analytical Tools and Data: The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has developed a number of analytical tools and databases designed to facilitate fossil fuel utilization and carbon capture and storage (CCS) analyses, including numerical simulators, analytical models, databases, and associated documentation.
IDAES-PSE: NETL’s open-source Institute for the Design of Advanced Energy Systems (IDAES) Process Systems Engineering software
CCSI Toolset: NETL's Carbon Capture Simulation Initiative (CCSI) open-source software toolkit
Grid Mix Explorer: NETL tool that allows users to browse regional electricity grid mixes and resulting generation and consumption life cycle inventory and impact data, as well as configure customized mixes of technologies and results.
CanmetEnergy data analysis software and modelling tools: innovative clean energy project analysis, modelling, and simulation software tools
H2Tools: Analysis tools and models for studies of hydrogen and fuel cells
H2A: Hydrogen analysis production models and case studies from National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
HYBRID: Open-source tool for analyzing the dynamic behavior of hybrid energy systems (from the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Argonne National Laboratory, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
TEMOA: Open-source Tools for Energy Model Optimization and Analysis implemented in Python and using PYOMO
FORCE: Framework for Optimization of ResourCes and Economics is a collection of open-source software tools developed under the Integrated Energy Systems program at INL
DWSIM: Open-source CAPE-OPEN compliant chemical process simulator
Life Cycle Analysis Tools
Integrated Environmental Control Model (IECM)
GridLAB-D: open-source simulation and analysis tool that models emerging smart grid energy technologies
Building Energy Modeling

Energy Data

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
International Energy Agency (IEA)
BP
ExxonMobil Energy Outlook
Shell Energy Scenarios
OpenEI
Data.gov: U.S. Government’s open data
NREL Energy Data: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Energy Outlooks: outlooks from IEF, IEA, OPEC, DECC, EIA, EU Energy 2020, IEE Japan, IMF, WEC, BP, ENI, ExxonMobil, Shell, Statoil, Chinese Academy of Social Science
EDX Energy Data Exchange: U.S. Department Of Energy Fossil Energy’s virtual platform for public curation of R&D data and tools.