Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Very big battery coming to eastern Mass. More, please!
A dirty, nasty former oil-storage site will become home to New England's biggest (for the moment, anyway) battery, in Everett< mass., report WCVB: With 700 megawatts of power capacity and 2.8 gigawatt-hours of stored energy, the project will include two underground...
UNH spots longest recorded journey of a fisher seeking a new home
UNH News Service: Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have documented the farthest trek of a young female fisher (Pekania pennanti) moving 118 kilometers (over 73 miles) from Durham to the outskirts of Lincoln, a small town in New Hampshire’s White...
If you’ve ever said ‘When I die, don’t mess with caskets; just shove me in the ground’ – then read this
PLYMOUTH NH — The first natural burial ground in New Hampshire has opened in Benton, NH,located in central Grafton County. Natural burials eliminate concrete or fiberglass vaults, employ simple cooling techniquesinstead of chemical embalming, and use only shrouds or...
Carbon capture vs. logging in the Great North Woods
Northern Woodland Magazine has a great, detailed explanation of the debate going on right now around the Connecticut Lakes of northern New Hampshire about how to balance income from logging, which pays you to cut down trees, vs. income from carbon capture programs,...
NH patents through March 1
Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name. By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire in the week through March 1 Weapon System With Operator Identification WILCOX...
Science on Tap to analyze games (analog, digital, whatever)
If you're a gamer, the next Science on Tap in Manchester, from the SEE Science Center, is for you. On March 10th the topic will be: Behind the Game. Games occur on fields, screens and boards, with challenges for our bodies, hearts and minds. How are games...
Vineyard Wind is almost done – two other New England offshore wind farms are right behind it
Vineyard Wind is almost fully active, reports E&E News (paywalled here) with 60 of 62 turbines installed, the others almost ready, and 52 already cleared to produce power. Its capacity is 806 MW, about 20% less than Seabrook Station nuke plant (my favorite...
‘Balcony solar’ is popular all over the place (including NH)
A bill allowing "balcony solar" - solar panels you can plug into a normal socket - is advancing in New Hampshire, with an "ought to pass" recommendation from a House committee. And we're not alone: Canary Media reports (here), 28 states and Washington, D.C., have...
Anti-vax ignorance is starting to target rabies in pets
From New Hampshire Bulletin: The New Hampshire House of Representatives is considering a bill that would exempt some pets from booster shots intended to protect against rabies, but state veterinarians said the proposal was not founded on solid data. Rep. Keith Ammon,...
That big new legislative parking garage in Concord has (checks plans) zero EV chargers
They're building a big new legislative parking garage in downtown Concord. Driving past it today I noticed that, like all parking garages, the walls are full of enormous wide-open windows so that fumes don't build up and kill our retirement-age lawmakers while they...
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