SERC’s yearlong effort coordinating the Lighting Global 2012 Outstanding Product Awards culminated in the announcement of the award winners at the 3rd International Off-grid Lighting Conference and Trade Fair in Dakar...
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Meg HarperSERC Develops Mini-grid Interconnection Guidebook
SERC is collaborating with Chris Greacen of Palang Thai to develop a guidebook on the interconnection of mini-grids to national or regional electrical grids. Titled A Guidebook on Grid Interconnection and Islanded...
Tom QuetchenbachFlorida Tech Latest User of SERC Hydrogen Curriculum
SERC’s hydrogen experiment kits are now being used by chemistry students at Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). The kits were originally developed as part of SERC’s Department of Energy-funded Hydrogen Energy in...
Richard EngelNew Chapter in SERC Partnership with Kettering University
SERC has a long-standing working relationship with the mechanical engineering department at Kettering University in Flint, MI. As reported in the debut issue of this newsletter in 2006, we provided Kettering with a four...
The 700 bar Hydrogen Fueling System is in Service
SERC has successfully installed and commissioned the 700 bar hydrogen fueling system at the Humboldt State University (HSU) Hydrogen Station. The first 700 bar hydrogen fueling of a Toyota FCHV-advanced vehicle took...
Greg ChapmanA Message from the Director
I am honored to write my first newsletter column as Director of the Schatz Energy Research Center. The faculty, staff, and students who work at SERC are a talented and dedicated group of people, and it is a privilege to...
Arne Jacobson
GridShare Success in Bhutan
We’re excited to report on the successful installation of GridShares on a small microhydro mini-grid in Bhutan. In our Summer 2011 newsletter, we wrote about our upcoming fieldwork in the Bhutanese village of Rukubji...
RePower Humboldt Plan Pivots on Local Renewable Resources
SERC and the Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA) have unveiled their joint RePower Humboldt Strategic Plan, spelling out how local renewable resources can be used to meet the majority of Humboldt County’s electricity...
Jim ZoellickNorth Coast Electric Vehicle Planning Study
As part of a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) planning study for our North Coast community, SERC engineers have been busy developing a simulation model of PEV drivers and their experiences traveling through the county in...
Colin SheppardHydrogen Fueling Station Upgrade
SERC engineers have completed the testing phase of the project’s commissioning plan. Two critical and successful steps in the plan were the high pressure testing of the 700 bar dispensing system and hydrogen gas...
RePower Humboldt Strategic Plan
The Schatz Energy Research Center held a press conference on Tuesday, September 18th to announce the release of the draft RePower Humboldt Strategic Plan. The plan, prepared by SERC and the Redwood Coast Energy...
Summer Field Season in Kenya
As the spring semester drew to a close the signs of summer crept in: fewer cars parked on the streets of Arcata, foggy mornings, and SERC staff packing for field work on our international projects. In early June, we...
