by David Brooks | Jun 25, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
I will go down in history as the person who asked the last question on AskSam, the NH Public Radio series in which reporter/podcaster Sam Evans-Brown answers listener questions. Sam is leaving radio to become a clean-energy advocate. My question was: Why do all wind...
by David Brooks | Jun 23, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
ISO-New England, the folks who run the six-state power grid, estimate that there are 4,000 MW of “behind-the-meter” solar (i.e., rooftop, although some of that is ground-mounted) in the region. That’s a little more than three times the output of...
by David Brooks | Jun 23, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service The following patents were assigned in New Hampshire from June 20 to June 27. *** University of New Hampshire Assigned Patent for Opto-Coupler with Field-Shaping End Caps The University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, has been...
by David Brooks | Jun 23, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
From AP: A $158 million project that’s part of the Navy’s plan to make Portsmouth Naval Shipyard more efficient and less dependent on tides took a big step forward Monday with the arrival of a key component. The 5,000-ton precast concrete entrance for one of the...
by David Brooks | Jun 23, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
It’s taken 20 years and $96 million or so to clean up a closed copper mine in tiny Strafford, Vermont. Two other closed mines in the region are still a problem. The Valley News has a story here. Old mines can be a real environmental disaster. Yet another thing...
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