by David Brooks | Dec 7, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The winter outlook for New England’s electricity grid is mostly the same as it has been for several years: We have more than enough power as long as the weather doesn’t get really bad for really long. But the 2021-22 winter outlook from ISO-New England, which operates...
by David Brooks | Dec 6, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
From Plymouth State University: Environmental sustainability, financial flexibility, and enhanced student services will be coming together in the form of two leased Nissan Leaf “vehicle to grid” (V2G) capable electric cars. Plymouth State plans to have the...
by David Brooks | Dec 6, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Fiber-optic cables are the present and future of the information superhighway (I’ve always loved that phrase and darned if I’m going to give it up) and they’re finally starting to spread outside through northern New England, sidestepping copper DSL...
by David Brooks | Dec 6, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Evolution is an amazing process but when it comes to COVID-19, I wish it would slow down a bit. The imminent arrival of the Omicron variant while the Delta variant is still rampaging through New Hampshire is not really a surprise. Thanks to evolution people have been...
by David Brooks | Dec 4, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Sunshine on photovoltaic panels from Connecticut to Maine can reduce the carbon intensity of the New England power grid – the measured amount of “CO2 equivalent” emitted by power plants per kilowatt-hour – by at least one quarter, according to...
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