北京大学能源研究院是北京大学下属独立科研实体机构。研究院以国家能源发展战略需求为导向，立足能源领域全局及国际前沿，利用北京大学学科门类齐全的优势，聚焦制约我国能源行业发展的重大战略和科技问题，按照“需求导向、学科引领、软硬结合、交叉创新、突出重点、形成特色”的宗旨，推动能源科技进展，促进能源清洁转型，开展专业及公众教育，致力于打造国际水平的能源智库和能源科技研发推广平台。

北大能源研究院主要研究方向包括能源战略与政策、智慧能源、页岩油气、地热、新能源及能源国际合作等领域，初步形成了软硬结合的学科特色。已经开展了碳中和与能源转型路径、油气清洁勘探开发技术、智慧油田、天然气市场化改革政策、全球能源治理等研究。逐步搭建了以院士、教授、研究员、兼职教授、特聘研究员及博士后、博士等中青年学者组成的研究团队。

Institute of Energy, Peking University is an independent research institute of Peking University. The Institute strives to be on the forefront of international energy developments. It takes advantage of comprehensive categories of subjects in the university and addressing major technological barriers that restrict the development of China's energy industry. The mission statement of Institute of Energy is to build a pioneering and distinctive platform focusing on interdisciplinary innovation, competitive curriculum and comprehensive research of policy and energy sciences. The institute aims to accelerate the innovations of energy technology, promote clean energy transition, develop specialized and public education, aims to build an energy think-tank and a platform for clean energy research and promotion on international level.

The research of the institute focuses on energy strategy and policy research, intelligent energy, clean oil and gas, geothermal resources, new energy and international cooperation in industry. Institute of Energy has already launched the research of road map to carbon neutrality and energy transition in China, green oil and gas prospecting technology, intelligent oil and gas field, gas market reform policy and global energy governance, demonstrating a unique advantage of combining policy and science study. The institute has gradually formed a team of academics, professors, researchers and special researchers, as well as post-doctoral, doctoral and other young scientific research talents from various disciplines.