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Schatz Energy News
Congratulations to Arla Ramsey, Vice Chair of the Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe, for receiving an inaugural Clean Energy Champion award from the California Energy Commission! Learn more…
Thanks to everyone who participated in our offshore wind feasibility webinar series this fall! Videos for all events are now available, along with reports for most of our wind analyses to date. Watch or download materials
On October 22, we hosted a webinar on Redwood Coast telecommunications resilience, with Karen Eckersley of the California Public Utilities Commission and Jana Ganion of the Blue Lake Rancheria. Watch the video
Our projects in the news
MICROGRID KNOWLEDGE | 8/25/20
California Microgrids Flex Their Skills During Blackouts
GREENTECH MEDIA | 8/24/20
The Elusive ‘Microgrid Tariff’ Begins to Emerge in California
PG&E CURRENTS | 8/7/20
First-Ever Multi-Customer Microgrid in Northern California Coming to Humboldt County
MICROGRID KNOWLEDGE | 6/12/20
Partnering with Communities on Microgrids “Critically Important”
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM | 5/29/20
COVID-19 will accelerate the revolution in energy systems
LOST COAST OUTPOST | 1/23/20
Terra-Gen Critics Said We Should Wait for Offshore Wind, But Will That Project Spark an Even Nastier Debate?
JEFFERSON PUBLIC RADIO | 1/14/20
California Reservation’s Solar Microgrid Provides Power During Utility Shutoffs
WASHINGTON POST | 1/1/2020
Amid shut-off woes, a beacon of energy
MICROGRID KNOWLEDGE | 12/19/19
Community Microgrids: Four Examples of Local Energy that Improves Lives
REASONS to be CHEERFUL | 12/7/19
Power struggle: In the haze of the California wildfires, a Native American tribe’s independent electricity grid saved the day. Is a new model for energy in America rising from the ashes?
MICROGRID KNOWLEDGE | 11/12/19
Airport Microgrid in Northern California Looks to Create Replicable Model
MICROGRID KNOWLEDGE | 11/11/19
Life Won Thanks to the Blue Lake Rancheria Microgrid
ETH ZURICH | 11/6/19
Understanding the Scale of Back-up Generation in the Developing World
POPULAR SCIENCE | 10/21/19
How microgrids could protect California from blackouts during fire season
NORTH COAST JOURNAL | 10/17/19
Blackout
WIRED | 5/16/19
This Casino’s Microgrid Might Be the Future of Energy
