Schatz Energy Research Center

Events

Upcoming events

Climate and Clean Energy Series

Thursday, May 8: Scaling Our Energy Future with Carla Peterman

  • When: Thursday, May 8 from 5:30-7:00 pm
  • Where: BSS 166 at Cal Poly Humboldt
  • Who: Everyone is invited to attend this free event!

Carla J. Peterman is Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer for PG&E Corporation. At PG&E, she oversees the company’s regulatory, legislative, sustainability, and charitable strategies. Peterman has spent her career in several senior-level government and utility roles focused on California’s clean energy future. Peterman holds a PhD in energy and resources from the University of California, Berkeley, and MS and MBA degrees from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.

Carla Peterman head shot

Carla’s talk “Scaling Our Energy Future: Insights from the utility sector” will focus on how PG&E, as one of the nation’s largest electric and gas utilities, plans to scale the energy system to meet growing load and decarbonization and resiliency goals, while ensuring energy remains affordable.

This event is free and open to the public, and accessible parking is available nearby (see the BSS & Native American Forum buildings on the campus map).

Please contact us at schatzenergy@humboldt.edu or 707-826-4345 for additional accommodations or questions. 

POWC Offshore Wind Webinar Series

Monday, May 12: What does it take to grid-connect offshore? Cable Laying and Monitoring at PacWave

  • When: Monday, May 12 from 2:00-4:00 pm (Pacific)
  • Where: Online webinar — register now

Presented by Dan Hellin, Director of the PacWave wave energy test facility, and Sarah Henkel, Associate Director of the Pacific Marine Energy Center at Oregon State University

PacWave is a state-of-the-art, pre-permitted, grid-connected, wave energy test facility. It is being developed in partnership with the US Department of Energy, the State of Oregon, Oregon State University, and local stakeholders. The open ocean test site consists of four berths, which occupy two square nautical miles of ocean with a cable to shore of approximately 12 miles in length (for each berth). Drilling for cable conduits began in summer 2021 and cable laying was completed in fall 2024; however, permitting and cable procurement started long before that. This webinar will describe the cabling process, including pre-installation environmental surveys and post-installation monitoring. Register here to attend (and to receive an update when the recording is available).

For questions or accessibility requests, contact schatzenergy@humboldt.edu or call 707-826-4345.

This webinar is being hosted by the Pacific Offshore Wind Consortium (POWC, pronounced pow-sea), which is a joint effort between three research centers: the Schatz Energy Research Center at Cal Poly Humboldt, the Pacific Marine Energy Center at Oregon State University, and the Center for Coastal Marine Sciences at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

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California offshore wind

Microgrids and resiliency

Off-grid energy access

Sustainable Futures

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