About CEED
The Yale Clean and Equitable Energy Development certificate program (CEED) is a 100% online certificate program that provides you with the knowledge, frameworks, and skills needed to address challenges and advance an equitable clean energy transition by promoting policies and designing bankable energy projects that produce meaningful community benefits.
Systems-thinking and the ability to critically evaluate policy, research, and energy development projects are foundational to the CEED program. These critical thinking skills are then coupled with highly sought practical knowledge on how clean energy projects are built. Participants will design or redesign a clean energy project pitch deck so they can immediately impact the transition to a clean, affordable, and equitable energy future.
Courses
Taught by a combination of Yale faculty and experts in the field, with the CEED program you will learn:
- foundational concepts of energy,
- foundational concepts of finance,
- foundational theory and practice of environmental and climate justice,
- diverse approaches to energy justice, and
- the nuts and bolts of clean energy project development.
After completing this program, you will be able to design and evaluate clean energy projects, promote policies that accelerate the just energy transition, and advocate on behalf of vulnerable communities that could be or are already affected by energy crisis and inequality.
Applying to the Certificate
Check out the Curriculum page to download the Course Themes and Objectives, a week-by-week curriculum breakdown of the entire program.
Who Should Apply?
CEED is built for high-impact professionals and organizations who are shaping the future of clean energy. This program is ideal for:
- Energy professionals and policymakers seeking to understand developer perspectives and integrate justice and equity into clean energy planning.
- Developers, investors, and financial experts developing impactful projects and leveraging clean energy incentives and funding models.
- Community leaders, advocates, and local officials driving regional clean energy initiatives and facilitating community benefits through the development process.
- Entrepreneurs and innovators developing tangible clean energy solutions that drive local benefits.
FDCE completers looking to deepen their engagement — collaborating, investing, and promoting policies and projects that advance the just energy transition.
If you want to understand the role of energy justice and clean energy development within your organization — and act on it in a time frame that matters — CEED is for you
Please check out the Apply page to learn more about the application process.
FDCE and CEED annual reunion, Yale School of Management.
Tuition
Check out the Tuition, Payments & Discounts page for more information about this year's tuition rates, discounts offered, and payment deadlines.
Key Dates and Deadlines
Check out the Important Dates & Events page for the program calendar, including application timeline, payment deadlines, and course dates.
