We invite you to join us on Wednesday, March 1, for a symposium on Rural & Tribal Community Resilience: Strategies for Action. This in-person event is part of the SAFE project — a collaboration of the Blue...
Category - Microgrids
Schatz Center
California’s first 100% renewable multi-customer microgrid is now operational
PRESS RELEASE: June 7, 2022 Collaborating for a clean energy future California’s first 100% renewable energy, front-of-the-meter, multi-customer microgrid is now fully operational. Located in Humboldt County...
June 22: Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid grand celebration
We invite you to join us on Wednesday, June 22 as we celebrate the completion and successful commercial operation of the Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid. Join us to learn about: Project innovations: grid integration...
Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid featured in EPIC report
Thanks to the California Energy Commission for its leadership in supporting innovative, clean energy projects across the state! The EPIC program is now entering its 10th year, with over $1 billion in funding to date...
Congratulations to a clean energy champion
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! This new award recognizes leaders from across...
4/24 webinar: Innovations of the Redwood Coast Airport microgrid
View the webinar recording On Friday, April 24 @ noon (Pacific), the California Community Choice Association will launch a new monthly webinar series. This opening event will explore innovations developed for the...
Blue Lake Rancheria microgrid provided critical services during power shutoff
Climate change is challenging our communities to redesign how we meet basic needs. Our specific mission at the Schatz Center is to increase energy access and reliability while shifting power generation to clean and...
Maia Cheli
Blue Lake Rancheria microgrid battery expansion
The Blue Lake Rancheria’s main campus microgrid currently has a 500 kW battery system with an energy storage capacity of 950 kWh. We are in the process of integrating a new 634 kW / 1,014 kWh battery storage system into...
Managing EV charging stations for microgrid demand response
In California, we’ve made a lot of progress in improving greenhouse gas emissions in the electric sector, but have a long way to go in transportation. We need cleaner cars and robust, clean public transit systems...
Solar+ systems and wildfire solutions
The Solar+ project at the Blue Lake Rancheria (BLR) is fast approaching completion. This summer, we are working closely with the BLR and with our project partners at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to connect the...
Peter Alstone
The future of energy
Wired magazine recently visited the Blue Lake Rancheria and the Schatz Center to learn how microgrid systems create energy security during natural disasters. Reporter Matt Simon compares the Rancheria’s microgrids...
Webinar (4/26): Lessons learned & best practices from 7 EPIC-funded microgrids
This Friday (9:30 am – 12:30 pm Pacific), microgrid professionals will join together to share their best practices and lessons learned from recent, cutting edge microgrid systems. Speakers represent seven projects...
