This update was written by Joe Purdon. The gasifier has safely arrived from India! It is currently being installed here at SERC (see photo, below) and we expect to be generating gas within a month or two. SERC also...
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Schatz CenterA Message from the Director
As I write this, we have 15 students studying and working at the Center, our largest number ever. They range from graduate students serving as research assistants on various projects, to three undergraduate UNPEPPers...
Peter LehmanLED Technology for Off-Grid Lighting in Africa
Article written by Arne Jacobson Battery powered lanterns that use white LED technology are emerging as a potential substitute for kerosene lighting in unelectrified areas of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Dozens of...
Gearing Up for the Biomass Gasifier
Article written by Ranjit Deshmukh These are exciting times at SERC as we prepare for the arrival of the biomass gasifier system from India. The gasifier system is an air-fed downdraft gasifier coupled with a gas engine...
RNSP Headquarters to Become Sixth UNPEPP Project for SERC-RNSP Partnership
With funding from the University-National Park Energy Partnership Program (UNPEPP), SERC will again partner with Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) for a summer 2008 UNPEPP project. The UNPEPP 2008 project follows...
Hydrogen Technology and Education Curriculum
Project partners Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) at UC Berkeley, SERC, and AC Transit Authority were recently awarded an additional $150,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to further develop the Hydrogen...
Allison HansberryHSU Hydrogen Fueling Station
The construction and installation phases of the hydrogen fueling station are complete . Site inspections of the hydrogen piping and electrical system were conducted by a mechanical and electrical engineer with no major...
Greg ChapmanWelcome New Graduate Research Assistants
SERC is pleased to welcome Michael “Joe” Purdon and Colin Sheppard as graduate research assistants. Colin Sheppard (formerly Colin Ritter) is a graduate student in the Environmental Resources Engineering (ERE)...
A Message from the Director
At a recent weekly staff meeting, we welcomed a couple of new graduate research assistants, Michael “Joe” Purdon and Colin Sheppard. You can read about them and their interests in this newsletter. The addition of Joe...
Growing Interest in Biomass at SERC
Readers of SERC Energy News may have noticed that our last issue featured two articles on the topic of biomass energy. SERC’s newfound interest in this energy resource is natural and perhaps overdue, considering that...
Richard EngelNew SERC Building
This fall, we’ve taken two critical initial steps toward building a new facility for SERC on the Humboldt State University campus. The construction money we’ll need has been set aside by our foundation and the...
Charles ChamberlinHydrogen Fueling Station Update
The excitement of having a hydrogen fueling station here at HSU is growing as the fueling station takes shape. We’ve accomplished a lot since the last fueling station update (SERC Energy News, Spring 2007). HSU Plant...
