SERC has begun work on a Renewable Energy-based Secure Community (RESCO) study for Humboldt County. (See SERC Energy News v.4, #2 for more information about RESCO.) The objective of the research is to assess the...
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Jim ZoellickA Message from the Director
There have been several firsts at the Schatz Center recently and you can read all about them in this newsletter. We are all very proud of our first Fulbright Scholar, Richard Engel. Richard won his prestigious award...
Peter LehmanOff-Grid Lighting Adventure Continues
This article was written by Jennifer Tracy. Despite dust storms stirring up eye-stinging grits of dirt, downpours that filled 50 gallon barrels and donkeys that reverberated piercing 6 AM wake up calls, it was...
Schatz CenterUniversity Curriculum Project
Since our last update, we have completed fabrication of two dozen benchtop fuel cell/electrolyzer kits and one of two fuel cell test stations to be built as part of the Hydrogen Energy in Engineering Education (H2E3)...
Richard EngelWelcome New Faculty Research Associate
All of us at SERC are pleased to welcome Dr. Eileen Cashman as a new SERC faculty research associate. Eileen is a Professor in the Environmental Resources Engineering department at HSU. She is an alumna of the ERE...
Hydrogen Learning for Local Leaders
Part of SERC’s mission is to educate people about clean and renewable energy. To that end, SERC is working on a US Department of Energy funded project to inform local government leaders about the long-term benefits and...
SERC Raises Wind Monitoring Tower with the Yurok Tribe
SERC staff and Yurok Tribe members recently raised a 50-meter meteorological tower atop McKinnon Hill on the Yurok Reservation. The tower will be used to collect wind data for one year, and SERC will use the data to...
A Message from the Director
The Schatz lab celebrated its 20th year anniversary with a gala picnic and reunion last month. The food was delicious, the fog lifted just in time, and Schatzers new and old got to enjoy a wonderful afternoon at...
North Coast Teachers Learn HyTEC
SERC had a busy summer working to get the Hydrogen Technology and Energy Curriculum (HyTEC) into high school classrooms. HyTEC is a 2-3 week curriculum developed over the last four years through a partnership between...
Renewable Energy Security in Humboldt County
How much of Humboldt County’s energy needs could be supplied by wind and wave energy? At what point would the local electricity grid become unstable due to the intermittent nature of these resources? How many biomass...
Colin SheppardSolarizing the BLM Kaluna Cabin
This article was written by Matt Bray and Garren Sparks. Recently the Bureau of Land Management contracted with SERC to design and install a photovoltaic (PV) system for the Kaluna Cabin. Located in California’s rugged...
Gasification System Update
For the past two years, SERC has been investigating biomass gasification for the Indonesian Sugar Group. Bagasse, a fibrous sugar cane waste product, is burned inefficiently in boilers at the Sugar Group factory. An...
