by David Brooks | Aug 16, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Globe has a good story about Vermont facing reality: Flooding is part of life now and the state needs to change. State and local leaders are also asking tough questions about climate adaptation and what it means for the Green Mountain State. The questions span from...
by David Brooks | Aug 15, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Canary Media reports that Vineyard Wind has been given permission to resume building supports for its offshore wind turbines after the blade on one of them broke, fell in the see, and floated onto the beach. It has not gotten permission to install blades while the...
by David Brooks | Aug 13, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Unitil, an electric and natural gas provider in New England, is about to build the first utility-owned solar array in New Hampshire. Its 4.9 MW in capacity – sneaking under the state’s 5 MW limit on net metering. It’s in Kingston, sufficiently remote...
by David Brooks | Aug 13, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
There’s a good reason why the federal government is giving $450 million to New England to help get electric heat pumps into homes and businesses: They’re great machines and not just for climate change reasons. “I have been saving about $1,000 a year,” said Natch...
by David Brooks | Aug 12, 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 Aug. 11 *** Trigger Housing for a Firearm Q, LLC, Portsmouth, New Hampshire...
by David Brooks | Aug 12, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
The Valley News has a good story about an electrical engineer who put a public pay phone into the general store in North Tunbridge, Vermont – it hooks into the internet and is free. The whole story is here. The operation is called, semi-tongue-in-cheek, the...