The gasifier system has successfully completed shakedown testing and is now ready for experimental testing. The gasifier burns wood chips in an air-deficient environment to produce a combustible gas made up of mainly...
Recent posts
Greg ChapmanA Message from the Director
It was a great thrill for us at SERC to finally have a signed contract in place for the construction of our new lab/office building. After years of planning, we now have a design we can dream about and a date we can...
Peter LehmanCalifornia’s First Rural Hydrogen Station Debuts
Three years of effort at SERC culminated on a sunny September 4 with the opening ceremony for our newly completed hydrogen fueling station on the Humboldt State University campus. On hand for the ceremony were Congress...
Richard EngelSERC Returns to Redwood National Park
Three HSU students spent their summer as SERC interns helping to reduce environmental impacts at Redwood National and State Parks. Funding for the collaboration was provided by the nationwide University-National Park...
Off-Grid Lighting Research in Kenya
SERC co-director Dr. Arne Jacobson and graduate student research assistants Peter Johnstone and Kristen Radecsky traveled to Kenya this past summer to collect data for the off-grid lighting project. Lighting is often a...
Kristen RadecskyYurok Wind & Hydro Study
SERC has been assisting the Yurok nation with energy related projects since 1999. Our current collaboration is to examine the feasibility of developing hydroelectric and wind power resources on the Yurok Reservation. To...
Jim ZoellickBiomass Gasification Update
This article was written by Ranjit Deshmukh. We have successfully completed the first phase of our three- year Indonesian Gasification project in collaboration with the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory of the...
Schatz CenterSchatz Energy Fellow 2008-2009
We are pleased to welcome Marjorie “Meg” Harper as the 2008-2009 Schatz Energy Fellow. Meg is pursuing a Master’s degree in the Energy, Environment and Society Program at HSU. As a Schatz Energy Fellow, Meg is...
A Message from the Director
The big news for the Schatz Center this month is the official opening of the HSU hydrogen fueling station. As reported by Richard Engel in this issue, we had a joyous grand opening ceremony on a beautiful Humboldt...
Indonesia Gasification Project and the Brazilian Experience
This article was written by Ranjit Deshmukh. SERC is engaged in an exciting biomass to energy project in collaboration with the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) group at the University of California...
SERC to Develop University Hydrogen Curriculum
SERC received word in June that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected us for negotiation of an award to develop hydrogen curriculum for California’s public universities.
Student Work at SERC
SERC welcomes eight student employees to our program, a two- fold increase in just one month. Four Environmental Resources Engineering (ERE) students joined our project researching the quality, performance, and cost of...
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