ENV 588b/MGT 682 () / 2024-2025
Climate Tech Innovation and Commercialization
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Credits: 3
Spring 2025: Tu, 2:40-5:40, Evans 2400 |
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Accelerating the deployment of innovative technologies will improve our ability to decarbonize and address climate change rapidly. This course explores the intersection of science, policy, and business in the rapidly growing field of climate technology. The course is taught by Steph Speirs, a climate tech entrepreneur and national leader on climate tech, clean energy, and climate solutions. Steph most recently co-founded and led Solstice, an enterprise dedicated to radically expanding the number of American households that can take advantage of clean energy using community-shared solar farms. In the course, students will be introduced to key scientific, economic, and policy frameworks for analyzing climate technologies, explore and assess trends in specific sectors, and engage in-depth class discussions and case studies on the necessary innovations in technology, policy, finance, and business models. Select sessions in the course will feature domain-specific lectures from faculty experts and industry leaders, where students will gain insights into the scientific innovations, market opportunities, and commercialization challenges driving specific verticals in the climate tech sector. Each session is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of both the scientific underpinnings and the practical applications of various climate tech domains.