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Introduction to Sustainable Energy
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- Instructors
- Prof. Michael Golay, Randall Field, Prof. William Green, Jr., Dr. John C. Wright
- Term
- Fall 2010
- Level
- Undergraduate, Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 reading · 54 other files · 4 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 22.081J Introduction to Sustainable Energy, Fall 2010, Prof. Michael Golay, Randall Field, Prof. William Green, Jr., Dr. John C. Wright — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lectures and Readings
41 files
- Overview and administration Download
- Energy uses in different countries Download
- Lecture 1a · Introduction - Historical context… · Slides Download
- Lecture 1b · Overview of energy use and related issues - Major energy options; issues of supply and… · Slides Download
- Lecture 2 · “Climate Change: Science, Economics, and Policy.” Global climate change issues and… · Slides Download
- Lecture 3a · Toolbox 1: Energy transfer and conversion methods - Energy sources and uses - Survey of… · Slides Download
- Lecture 3b · Drake, Elisabeth. “Energy and Sustainability Issues.” 10.391J, January 2007… · Slides Download
- Lecture 4a · Recitation 1: Discussion of sustainability issues - Energy footprints - Opportunities and… · Slides Download
- Lecture 4b · Toolbox 2: Resource evaluation and depletion analyses - Present energy sources… · Slides Download
- Lecture 5a · Toolbox 3: Energy conversion, transmission, and storage - Matching supply and demand to… · Slides Download
- Lecture 5b · Katherine Dykes, MIT Engineering Systems Division · Slides Download
- Lecture 6a · Toolbox 4: Systems analysis methodologies - Scoping analysis; simulation models; economic… · Slides Download
- Lecture 6b · Toolbox 5: Energy supply, demand, and storage planning - Matching energy density of… · Slides Download
- Lecture 7a · “Changes in the Electric Power Sector.” The electric power system and requirements for… · Slides Download
- Lecture 7b · “New Challenges and Opportunities for the Electric Grid.” Historical factor and prospects… · Slides Download
- Lecture 8a · Toolbox 6: Electrical systems dynamics · Slides Download
- Lecture 8b · Toolbox 7: Economic feasibility assessment methods - Engineering, capital, and investment… · Slides Download
- Lecture 9a · Toolbox 8: Thermodynamics and efficiency calculations - First and second laws… · Slides Download
- Lecture 9b · “International Climate Change Policy: From Copenhagen to Cancún, and Beyond.” Carbon… · Slides Download
- Lecture 10 · Nuclear energy I: Basics and current status · Slides Download
- Lecture 11a · Fossil energy I - Fuel conversion, power cycles, combined cycles - Advanced technologies · Slides Download
- Lecture 11b · “The Dominant Piece of the Energy System: Fossil Fuels.” Fossil energy II - Types and… · Slides Download
- Lecture 12b · Current energy policy · Slides Download
- Lecture 13a · “Transport Issues and the Environment in Latin America.” Transportation in developing… · Slides Download
- Lecture 13b · Fossil energy III - Alternative transportation fuels - Emission performance improvements… · Slides Download
- Lecture 14b · Nuclear energy II: Waste disposal and Yucca Mountain · Slides Download
- Lecture 15a · Nuclear energy III: Expansion of civilian nuclear power and proliferation · Slides Download
- Lecture 15b · Fusion as a future energy source? · Slides Download
- Lecture 18 · Recitation 2: Carbon limitation options / critique (student-led discussion) · Slides Download
- Lecture 19a · Biomass I: Resources and uses - Resource types and requirements - Technical and… · Slides Download
- Lecture 19b · Biomass II: Producing liquid fuels · Slides Download
- Lecture 20a · Don MacKenzie, MIT Engineering Systems Division · Slides Download
- Lecture 20b · Lifecycle analysis of biomass conversion - Land use issues… · Slides Download
- Lecture 21a · “Systems Dynamics & Sustainable Energy.” Wind system dynamics, barriers to entry · Slides Download
- Lecture 21b · “Electrochemical Approaches to Electrical Energy Storage.” Electrochemical energy… · Slides Download
- Lecture 22a · “The Energy Crisis: A Neglected Solution.” Sustainable buildings in developing countries · Slides Download
- Lecture 22b · Toolbox 9: Probabilistic risk analysis · Slides Download
- Lecture 23 · Recitation 3: Current energy policy / critique (student-led discussion) · Slides Download
- Lecture 24a · “Why So Little Progress on International Climate Negotiations?” Corporate and… · Slides Download
- Lecture 24b · Hydropower · Slides Download
- Lecture 25a · “Sustainable Energy: Options for Africa.” Challenges and options for electricity systems… · Slides Download
Assignments and Exams
13 files
- Problem Set 1 · Problems Download
- Problem Set 2 · Problems Download
- Problem Set 3 · Problems Download
- Problem Set 4 · Problems Download
- Problem Set 5 · Problems Download
- Problem Set 6 · Problems Download
- Problem Set 7 · Problems Download
- Problem Set 8 · Problems Download
- Take-home exam 1 · Problems Download
- Take-home exam 1 · Solutions Download
- Take-home exam 2 · Problems Download
- Take-home exam 2 · Solutions Download
- Final exam · Problems Download
Course outline
Lectures and Readings · Lecture Notes
Lecture 10: Golay
Lectures and Readings · Lecture Notes
Lecture 17: Vladimir Bulovic , MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Lectures and Readings · Lecture Notes
Lecture 18: Hussein Abdelhalim, Mark Artz, et al.
Lectures and Readings · Lecture Notes
Lecture 23: Edward Alfano, et al.
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Michael Golay, Randall Field, Prof. William Green, Jr., Dr. John C. Wright, 22.081J Introduction to Sustainable Energy, Fall 2010.
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