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Where Clean Energy Meets Business Innovation

The future of energy needs people who can think beyond technology. Fredonia's B.S. in Alternative Energy Management prepares graduates to connect clean energy systems with the business decisions, economic forces, and public policies that shape them. Develop the analytical, financial, and leadership skills to help organizations navigate the future of energy transition.

What You'll Gain

  • Understand Clean Energy Systems: Explore how energy is produced, converted, stored, and delivered, including the opportunities and challenges of solar, wind, and other energy sources.
  • Connect Energy and Business: Apply business, financial, and management principles to decisions facing energy-related organizations.
  • Analyze Energy Markets: Use economic concepts and data to understand energy supply, demand, pricing, investment, and market behavior.
  • Make Data-Informed Decisions: Develop the analytical skills to evaluate energy systems, interpret information, and assess alternatives.
  • Advance Sustainability: Examine the environmental impacts of energy production and principles of responsible resource management.
  • Lead Projects and Teams: Build the leadership, organizational, and communication skills needed to coordinate people and projects.
  • Make Ethical Decisions: Evaluate energy challenges with a focus on environmental responsibility, stakeholder interests, and long-term consequences.

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Discover more about careers opportunities and programs at Fredonia. 

Where Science Meets Business: A Career in Alternative Energy Management

Career Opportunities for Alternative Energy Management

  • Battery Storage Project Coordinator
  • Energy Market Analyst
  • Renewable Energy Business Development
  • Solar Project Development
  • Utility Program Coordinator
  • Energy Management Specialist
  • Energy Operations Analyst
  • Renewable Energy Project Coordinator
  • Sustainability Coordinator
  • Wind Energy Project Coordinator
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What does a 4-year degree look like?

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What are all the required and elective courses offered to obtain this degree?

Managerial Finance

he techniques of managerial finance as a decision science, in the context of owner wealth maximization and alternative business goals, are presented. The topics include time value of money, risk analysis, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend theory, financial analysis, working capital management and foreign exchange risk management.

Environmental/Natural Resource Economics

Economic analysis of natural resource and environmental issues and policies. Social cost-benefit analysis, theories of externalities and intertemporal resource allocation and their application to renewable and exhaustible natural resources are emphasized.

Electricity Markets, Regulation and Policy

A comprehensive introduction to the economics and regulation of electricity markets, including power plant investment and operation, power supply dispatch and auctions, the power grid, evolving market structure and regulation, and integration of decentralized renewable electricity sources.

Build the Skills to Lead the Energy Transition

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Turn Data Into Decisions

Build analytical skills to evaluate energy systems, interpret market trends and help organizations make informed choices.

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Take Learning Beyond the Classroom

Complete an internship that connects your academic preparation with experiential learning and the professional world.

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Understand the Power Grid

Explore electricity markets, energy regulation and policy to understand the forces shaping the energy industry's future.

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