Sustainable Energy Resources
Discover curated resources on renewable and sustainable energy, designed to empower your Global Sustainability Challenge project. Build your knowledge, explore innovative solutions, and accelerate your solution building.
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Essential foundation
Core concepts
Broader learning
Practical tools
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Pro tip: Start with Must Reads, then progress through Foundation → Exploration → Application.
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Showing 38 of 38 sustainable energy resources
Must Reads
2 resourcesSource: GSC
Sustainable Energy Overview, Problem Statement & how to get started.
Source: GSC
Detailed Problem Overview with areas for innovation and criteria for well-designed intervention
Foundation
10 resources(page 1 of 3)Source: IEA | Subtheme: Large-scale transition
Clean Energy Transition Overview
Source: Stanford Understand Energy
A learning hub to explore how energy shapes our world, various technologies, impact on envirothe nment, and equity.
Source: Our World in Data
Interactive graphs, data, and explanations of energy production, use, and transition trends globally.
Source: IEA
Subtheme: Energy Usage
Overview of global energy crisis, usage demand, and pathways for energy saving
Exploration
15 resources(page 1 of 4)Source: IEA | Subtheme: Industrial Energy
Need for Carbon Removal from Industrial Emissions, pathways and challenges
Source: NREL
Subtheme: Large-scale Transition
A quick overview of curtailment, and how it can make the grid more flexible and reliable
Source: Dept of Energy, US | Subtheme: Energy Usage
Basics of Duck Curve & Demand Management Needs
Source: IEA | Subtheme: Energy Distribution
Stocktake of the world’s electricity grids and challenges with transmission
Application
11 resources(page 1 of 3)Source: EThree | Subtheme: Industrial Energy
Industrial Heat: Technology, economics and policy deep dive
Source: Reuters | Subtheme: Large-scale Transition
Example of ultra-High-Voltage Transmission in China Mitigating curtailment through West-to-East power transfer
Source: Delft University of Technology | Subtheme: Energy Distribution
Battery energy storage systems: Technical deep-dive with case studies
Source: IEA | Subtheme: Resource Scarce
Report on the use of hybrid and floating solar PV in Thailand