In April, Arne Jacobson and Meg Harper attended the United Nations Foundation (UNF) Clean Energy for Healthcare conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Arne and Meg presented interim findings from our QA for Public Facilities...
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Meg Harper
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...
Maia Cheli
Webinar (5/13): proposed changes to Lighting Global standards for solar products
On May 13, Schatz Center Director Arne Jacobson will present on proposed changes to the Lighting Global Quality Standards / IEC 62257-13-1. The proposed changes include increased battery and PV safety requirements, and...
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A public session on offshore wind and California fisheries and wildlife (5/3)
On Friday, May 3, experts from natural resource and energy agencies, the wind industry, and fisheries and environmental groups will gather in Eureka to discuss how fisheries and wildlife might coexist with offshore wind...
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...
Visit from the Agricultural Research Institute
On April 9, the Schatz Center hosted a session during the Agricultural Research Institute’s (ARI) 2019 Logistics Meeting. The ARI, which supports applied agricultural and natural resource research within the California...
Mark Severy
Webinar (4/17): CCAs, resilience, and the Redwood Coast Airport microgrid
Interested in learning more about our design for the Redwood Coast Airport’s renewable energy microgrid? We’ll be joining the folks at the Clean Power Exchange for a free online webinar on Wednesday, April 17, from 11...
Lecture: California offshore wind – the challenges of “high road” climate policy (4/11)
5:30 pm Thursday, April 11 in Founders Hall 118 Planning is underway to site huge floating wind farms along California’s coast, including offshore Humboldt County, to help the state reach its goals of 100 percent...
Lecture: The environmental sustainability of energy use at HSU (4/4)
5:30 pm Thursday, April 4 in Founders Hall 118 Humboldt State University has set ambitious climate action goals, including a target to achieve an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions relative to 1990 levels by 2040...
Lecture: Humboldt Bay on the threshold of change — sea level rise challenges to a sustainable future (3/28)
5:30 pm Thursday, March 28 in Founders Hall 118 Environmental planner Aldaron Laird specializes in sea level rise vulnerability assessments and adaptation planning, specifically in the Humboldt Bay region. In this...
Powering the north coast with clean, local energy
Today, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors approved a Memorandum of Understanding for the Redwood Coast Airport Renewable Energy Microgrid. Key partners for this project include the County of Humboldt, which will...
Energy access and off-grid solar in Uganda: final project report
To better address the energy needs of off-grid communities, we must understand how households choose, and are enabled to purchase, solar energy products. From 2015-2017, with support from the United Nations Capital...
