Late last spring, the BRDI team began acquiring testing apparatus and field equipment needed for torrefaction, drying, and briquetting of biomass at a test site located on Green Diamond property at Big Lagoon. The area...
Recent posts
Yaad RanaDriving the World’s First Mass-Produced Fuel Cell Vehicle
There’s a new hydrogen vehicle in town: a 2016 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle. SERC will use this state-of-the-art vehicle, on a three-month loan from the Hyundai America Technical Center Station, as an education...
Greg ChapmanMicrogrid Project Groundbreaking Ceremony
Monday’s groundbreaking ceremony for our Microgrid project was a success – read more about the event and learn about the project goals and partners at the following: HSU Now: $5M Grant to Fund HSU’s Schatz...
Schatz CenterA Message from the Director
As we celebrate our 26th year here at SERC, we are taking stock and looking toward the future. As part of this effort, we recently held our fourth all-team retreat (our prior retreats were held in 2003, 2008, and 2012)...
Arne JacobsonPurdue Project Continues SERC’s Commitment to Technology Transfer
Continuing our long commitment to helping other universities get started in fuel cell research, SERC has recently begun working to build a fuel cell test station for Professor Neera Jain of Purdue University. As a new...
Peter LehmanSERC Teams With Trinidad Rancheria on Energy Planning
Thanks to a grant from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Energy and Mineral Development Program, SERC has begun a project with the Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria. The Rancheria owns a portfolio of...
NorthCAT
SERC is the home of the new North State Regional Office of the Northern California Center for Alternative Transportation Fuels and Advanced Vehicles (NorthCAT). The formation of NorthCAT was made possible by a grant...
Jim ZoellickNorth Coast PEV Charging Infrastructure
As the number of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in Humboldt County grows, publically available charging stations are crucial to continued PEV adoption success. According to the International Council on Clean...
Kristen RadecskyA Message from the Director
I spent much of the month of March traveling for project-related work. The travel included time in Africa (Ethiopia), Europe (Germany), and Asia (India and Bangladesh). Much of my attention during this time was on...
Lighting Global Program Expands to Solar Home System Kits
Since 2008, we at SERC have worked with the Lighting Africa and Lighting Global programs to support the development of the off-grid lighting market. We currently manage the quality assurance program that has tested over...
Meg HarperRePower Humboldt: Biomass-Fired Fuel Cell Power System
The 175 kW biomass-fired fuel cell power system being installed at the Blue Lake Rancheria is nearly complete. The Proton Power gasifier has been installed and gone through initial start-up procedures, including heating...
BRDI Waste to Wisdom: Remote Power Generation and Summer Testing
SERC continues work on the BRDI Waste to Wisdom project, a three-year, multidisciplinary project to study pathways to convert forest residuals – or slash piles – into valuable energy and agricultural products at...
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