by David Brooks | Jun 4, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
The district geothermal pilot in Framingham, Mass., that I wrote about two years ago goes online this week, reports Canary Media: On Tuesday, utility Eversource will flip the switch on the country’s first utility-operated underground thermal energy network. The...
by David Brooks | Jun 3, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
It takes a honkin’ big battery to power an EV fast-charging station, but that’ s how a two-vehicle station in Weymouth, Mass., works, according to this Boston Globe story. Using a battery lets them sidestep a shortage in transformers. The battery can be...
by David Brooks | Jun 3, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
(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 June 2. Malicious Homoglyphic Domain Name Detection and Associated Cyber...
by David Brooks | Jun 3, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
From NH Forest Health Bureau: Browntail moth caterpillar winter webs have been located and removed at the Isles of Shoals off of the New Hampshire coast, the N.H. Forest Health Bureau announced today. This is the first confirmed incident of the species in the Granite...
by David Brooks | May 31, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
From Hubbard Brook Research Foundation: During the 2023-24 winter season, Mirror Lake underwent four separate freeze-thaw cycles, as determined by an event never before seen during the lake’s 60-year ice record. Hubbard Brook technician, Tammy Wooster, from the...