Renewable energy can be a pillar of a sustainable future in industrialized and developing countries alike. Over the past decade renewable energy has moved from the margins into the mainstream, as commercially viable...
Archive - June 2006
Schatz CenterAnnual Speaker Series on Energy, the Environment, and Society
Energy is a vital element of some of the most important and most divisive processes of our times. The widespread use of fossil fuels provides the foundation on which economic globalization is taking place. At the same...
SERC Delivers Fuel Cell to San Luis Obispo
The Materials Engineering Department at CalPoly San Luis Obispo (SLO) recently purchased a 140 cm2 single cell fuel cell that was designed and produced at SERC. Delivery of the cell to the department occurred last May...
First-Ever Schatz Energy Fellow Announced
SERC recently awarded the first ever Schatz Energy Fellowship to Ranjit Deshmukh, an incoming HSU student who will begin the Environmental Systems Graduate Program in Fall 2006. Although SERC has supported graduate...
Watts Up?
What’s the difference between energy and power? What’s a “Watt?” These are some of the questions students explored during SERC’s “Got Energy?” workshops at the annual Redwood Environmental Education Fair (REEF). Each...
Allison HansberryA Message from the Director
Early in May, we were fortunate to host a visit from California’s Climate Action Team. The team was here to discuss the role of forests in mitigating climate change and to take input from attendees on the state’s...
Peter Lehman
