Teressa Waddington

From Oilpatch to Energy Garden – Energy in Transition

From Oilpatch to Energy Garden – Energy in Transition offers a comprehensive overview of the evolving energy landscape, focusing on molecules, electrons, generation, transmission, distribution, and end use. This fundamentals-level course enhances energy literacy and equips professionals with critical thinking skills about future energy systems and technologies. It addresses the economic, ethical, and technological challenges of transitioning to low-carbon and renewable sources, including the role of hydrogen and battery storage. The course also explores the human and leadership aspects required to manage and lead transformational change in the energy sector. Practical tools and resources support learners in identifying, managing, and driving change for a sustainable energy future.

Who Should Take This Course
• Clean energy advocates
• Energy industry professionals
• Learners seeking energy literacy basics
• Organizational leaders in energy transition

What You Will Learn
• Strategies to manage and lead change
• Challenges of renewable generation and storage
• Transmission and distribution system evolution
• Key energy transition concepts and technologies

Why This Course Works
• Understand future energy supply and demand
• Access practical tools for managing change
• Prepare for leadership in energy transition
• Develop critical energy decision-making skills

1.01 Course Outline (11 min.)  
1.02 The Carbon Pyramid (7 min.)
1.03 Technology Barriers (9 min.)
1.04 Relative Value of Energy (19 min.)

2.01 Sources of Power (16 min.)
2.02 Geology and Geography – Part 1 (6 min.)
2.03 Energy Sovereignty (7 min.)
2.04 Renewables and Cyclical Power (11 min.)
2.05 Net Zero (13 min.)

3.01 The Grid (9 min.)
3.02 Geography and Geology – Part 2 (10 min.)

4.01 Efficiency vs New Markets (10 min.)
4.02 Energy Systems – How It All Comes Together (4 min.)
4.03 What Needs to Grow in the Energy Garden (8 min.)

5.01 Disruptors and Doers – Leading in Transition (9 min.)
5.02 Culture (29 min.)
5.03 Employee Value Proposition (6 min.)
5.04 Transformational Versus Incremental Change (4 min.)
5.05 Diversity Inclusion Equity and Anti-Racism (8 min.)
5.06 Energy Literacy and Chapter Summary (13 min.)

6.01 Leading Change (16 min.)
6.02 Managing Change (20 min.)
6.03 Chapter and Course Summary (6 min.)

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