Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
NH patents through Oct. 13
(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 through Oct. 13. *** Shoe COLE HAAN LLC, Greenland, New Hampshire has been assigned...
One China turbine may outproduce all of Lempster Mt. wind farm
Chinese company Dongfang Electric Corp. says it has built a new offshore wind turbine with a power-producing capacity of 26 megawatts. If true, that is freakishly enormous: The entire Lempster Mountain Wind Power Project, whose 12 turbines were the first wind farm in...
Documenting skeletal remains found on historic ‘poor farm’
From UNH News Service: On a bright autumn afternoon, a plain wooden box crafted by a local cabinet shop containing skeletal remains was returned to its final resting place during a simple reburial ceremony in Brentwood. Researchers and students from the University of...
Devil’s in the details for Vermont’s Clean Heat Standard
Vermont is the first state to pass a Clean Heat Standard - the heating equivalent of clean-power goals that many states have for electricity. Not surprisingly, the details are complicated, as Canary Media reporter (here): advocates criticize that it doesn't prioritize...
Ocean mapping vessel (non-autonomous variety) makes NH its home
From National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration: NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler and its crew of 14 have returned to their homeport in New Castle, New Hampshire following a successful 18 month hydrographic survey mission. Ferdinand R. Hassler, a...
Climate disasters make ‘ham radio’ more valuable
Note: Right after this ran in the Monitor I got a notice that Members of the New Hampshire Amateur Radio Emergency Service will conduct their annual Simulated Emergency Test on Saturday November 2. For information, see http://nh-ares.org/ The carnage left in the wake...
NH patents through Oct. 6
(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 through Oct. 6. *** Methods and Systems for Protecting a Secured Network...
Mass. town will use batteries right: grid help, backup power, cut electric bills
Canaery media has a story (here it is) about a Wakefiled, Mass., municipal project that seems to be taking full advantage of battery storage: By next year, a site off a tree-lined road running between the town’s two high schools will host a 15-megawatt-hour...
Four states will vote on adding ranked-choice voting and one on opposing it
Alaska, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon will have citizen initiatives on the ballot Nov. 5 about adopting ranked-choice voting for some races and Colorado might or might not have one as well, while Missouri will have a vote on whether to prohibit it. Ballotpedia has a story...
Feds support a long transmission line in Maine – no, not that one
From AP: A $425 million federal grant is breathing new life into a proposal for a wind power project that would provide enough electricity for about 450,000 homes, along with construction of a transmission corridor in northern Maine's Aroostook County to get the...
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