Numerous SERC staff are busy working on the RePower Humboldt with Community Scale Renewable Energy project. Most of our recent efforts have been focused on the design of the biomass gasification to fuel cell project at...
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Jim ZoellickStand-Alone Torrefaction Update
As we reported previously, SERC is collaborating with Renewable Fuel Technologies (RFT) to assess performance of RFT’s biomass torrefier. The torrefier converts wood waste from logging or forest thinning, roasting it to...
Richard EngelLighting Lab Update
The Solar Lighting Laboratory of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi, India is open and ready for business. Last year, SERC director Arne Jacobson and I traveled to New Delhi to complete a hands-on...
Kristen RadecskySustainble Futures Speaker Series: Duncan Callaway of UC Berkeley
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Duncan Callaway of the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley as the next speaker in the spring 2014 Sustainable Futures speaker series. Duncan will speak on Thursday, April 10 from...
Schatz CenterSustainable Futures: Preparing for Plug-in Electric Vehicles on the North Coast
We are pleased to have Matthew Marshall of the Redwood Coast Energy Authority and Colin Sheppard of SERC as the next speakers in the spring 2014 Sustainable Futures series. They will speak on Thursday, March 13 from...
Sustainable Futures Speaker Series: Richard Norris
It is our pleasure to host Dr. Richard Norris of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography as the next speaker in the spring 2014 Sustainable Futures speaker series. Richard will speak on Thursday, March 6 from 5:30 to...
Sustainable Futures Speaker Series: Adam Browning
Unfortunately, inclement weather precluded Adam from making it to campus in time to deliver his talk. We hope to reschedule; stay tuned. HSU’s Sustainable Futures Speakers Series spring lineup kicks off on...
A Message from the Director
Happy New Year! I hope that 2014 is off to a good start for you all. The year promises to be a busy and productive one for the team at SERC. We have an exciting lineup of clean energy projects and activities across a...
Arne JacobsonSERC Co-Hosts Woody Biomass Workshop
Biomass energy is an important resource in Humboldt County and other heavily forested regions. Woody biomass residues include waste materials generated during timber harvest operations. Often referred to as slash piles...
Moving Forward with the RePower Humboldt Plan
Last spring, SERC worked with the Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA) to release the RePower Humboldt Strategic Plan. The plan lays out long-term strategies and near-term implementation measures that can lead Humboldt...
Colin SheppardLighting Laboratory Conducts Testing for Global LEAP Competition
With 1.3 billion people globally still living without access to reliable electricity, there remains an acute and persistent need for affordable, efficient, and quality off-grid appliances. For over five years, engineers...
Aqueous Phase Reformation: New Pathway for Renewable Biomass to Offset Fossil Fuels
I’ve been leading a new area of research aimed at offsetting natural gas consumption with hydrogen produced from biomass-derived sugars or waste glycerol from biodiesel production. The process utilizes waste heat in the...
