Virya वीर्य · Energy Markets Pathway

Understand the grid. Price your market.

16 courses. Learn it in the games, then prove it on live data.

C00 · Foundations · 6 h

Electricity Fundamentals

Watts, volts and the AC grid. The physics every price rests on.

Take the placement quiz

C01 · Foundations · 6 h

How the Grid Works

Load curves, power plants and who runs the grid, from PJM to Japan.

Open the Grid Simulator

C02 · Foundations · 8 h

Dispatch, Unit Commitment and Locational Prices

Merit order, congestion, and why price changes from bus to bus.

Break a line

C03 · Grid Operations · 8 h

Reliability, Reserves and Root Causes in SCADA Data

Reserves, outages, and finding the fault in SCADA data.

Open the datasets

C04 · Trade · 6 h

Wholesale Markets

Day-ahead auctions, intraday trading and the real-time scramble.

Trade now

C05 · Trade · 6 h

Forwards, Futures, Options and the Margin Call

Hedge a position. Then survive the cash call.

Open the desk

C06 · Trade · 7 h

The Trade Lifecycle

From trade capture to settlement, and the rules that police it.

Play as risk manager

C07 · Invest · 7 h

Batteries and Flexibility

How a battery earns, and why its revenues never simply add up.

Add a battery

C08 · Invest · 7 h

Renewables, PPAs and Project Finance

Capture prices, LCOE and what a lender needs to say yes.

Read the queue

C09 · Invest · 8 h

Powering AI

Site and price a data center, one megawatt at a time.

Build a data center

C10 · Govern · 7 h

Who Decides

Regulators, ministries, and how a rule becomes law.

Govern a nation

C11 · Govern · 7 h

Grid Readiness and Energy Geopolitics

Read 86 grids. Then plan the first meeting in yours.

Take your seat

C15 · Govern · 7 h

Power Sector Emissions

Count the CO2 from any plant, and learn the EPA rules behind it.

Open the emissions map

C12 · Apply AI · 8 h

AI for Energy Markets

Forecast, check the forecast, and build agents you can trust.

Score a forecast

C13 · Structure the deal · 8 h

Power Contracts

PPAs, tolls and risk products. Who carries which risk.

Price the protection

C14 · Prove it · 12 h

Your Market Brief

Four pages on your country. One recommendation.

Start your brief

Intro

Tracks

Short on time? Pick a track.

  • Trading deskC00 · C01 · C02 · C04 · C05 · C06 · C12 · C13 · C14
  • Energy for computeC00 · C01 · C02 · C08 · C09 · C11 · C15 · C12 · C13 · C14
  • Policy and country riskC00 · C01 · C10 · C11 · C15 · C08 · C12 · C13 · C14
  • Grid operationsC00 · C01 · C02 · C03 · C07 · C12 · C14

Your energy persona

Short forms at the end of each course shape your track and the country examples you see.

Start with the intake formTake a course test

Earn a certificate for each track

Each course ends in a 10-question test. Score 9 or more to pass. Pass every course in a track for its certificate, and all 16 to become a Virya Grid Master. Request it after you pass, and we email it to you.

Sample certificate: Virya Grid Master
Virya Grid Master
Sample certificate: Trading Desk Track
Trading Desk Track
Sample certificate: Energy for Compute Track
Energy for Compute Track
Sample certificate: Policy and Country Risk Track
Policy and Country Risk Track
Sample certificate: Grid Operations Track
Grid Operations Track