by David Brooks | May 13, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
Autumn is many people’s favorite season in New England, but as far as changing climate is concerned it is proving to be the most unusual. That’s one of the surprises from newly updated 30-year “normals” released by the National Weather Service. The update, which...
by David Brooks | May 12, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
A year ago I looked at carbon-free electricity on the New England grid. I did it on a sunny Saturday morning in May, when demand is particularly low. About two-thirds was carbon free. This morning I did it again on another sunny and breezy spring day, but this time a...
by David Brooks | May 11, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
The organization that oversees the six-state power grid predicts New England will see one million electric cars and trucks on its roads and more than one million electric heat pumps in homes and businesses by the end of the decade. The forecast is good news for the...
by David Brooks | May 11, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
There’s nothing quite as nice on a day as jumping into a cool clear New Hampshire lake. Unless it has been hit with a cyanobacteria bloom, that is; then it’s gross. And dangerous. The number of these blooms, which can release toxins that sicken or even kill people and...
by David Brooks | May 11, 2021 | Blog, Newsletter
As you all know, the electric grid needs to be reinvented, top to bottom. Easy to say, hard to do. Part of that is making pieces of the “dumb” one-way network more flexible. Green Mountain Power in Vermont, which has a history of interesting innovation...
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