Coal and Power, I: Use of coal to create electricity in N.H. has plummeted
In the 2004-2015 decade, N.H. reduced the total amount of electricity it produced through burning coal by 77 percent, the 8th-biggest decline of any state, according to federal data. That’s one of the reasons it is so hard to determine how much...
Coal and Power, II: As auction of Bow power plant nears, could it switch from coal to wood?
One of the big questions regarding energy in New Hampshire at the moment is the pending sale of more than a dozen power plants still owned by our utility, Eversource, including a large coal-fired plant in the town of Bow, just south of Concord. That power plant came...Dive into the citizen science smorgasbord, courtesy of Science Cafe
Great discussion last night at Science Cafe Concord about “citizen science” projects. As promised, here are more details about various possibilities discussed at the session (which you can see on Concord TV’s page – the taping will be edited...Do different types of scientists like different types of pets?
Twitter has its problems, as is known by anybody who uses it or has seen it help destroy democratic institutions around the world, but it can be fun, too. There’s an ongoing thread called @realscientists that working scientists use to discuss their daily life,...
The solar eclipse could cut New England solar power by 1300 MW
The Aug. 21 solar eclipse cutting through the U.S. will miss New England by hundreds of miles, but the partial shading of the sun by the moon will be enough to reduce the region’s solar power by an amount equal to the output of Seabrook Station. ISO-New England, the...
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Dave Brooks has written a science/tech column since 1991 - yes, that long - and has written this blog since 2006, keeping an eye on topics of geekish interest in and around New Hampshire, from software to sea level rise, population dynamics to printing (3-D, of course). He moderates monthly Science Cafe NH discussions, beer in hand, and discusses the geek world regularly on New Hampshire Public Radio.
Brooks earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics but got lost on the way to the Ivory Tower and ended up in a newsroom. He has reported for newspapers from Tennessee to New England. Rummage through his bag of awards you'll find oddities like three Best Blog prizes from the New Hampshire Press Association and a Writer of the Year award from the N.H. Farm and Forest Bureau, of all places. He joined the Concord Monitor in 2015.