by David Brooks | Jul 17, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
ISO-NE, the folks who run the six-state power grid, say the wildfire smoke that makes the air unpleasant on some days makes forecasting power demand more complicated. (The whole release is here) Smoke from wildfires in Canada has traveled to New England, significantly...
by David Brooks | Jul 17, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
On Thursday July 20, at 7 p.m., Dartmouth College grad student Matthew Maclay will be speaking at the Museum of the White Mountains in Plymouth about the factors that led to rapid erosion at Cannon Cliff, and how bedrock weathering and frequent rockfalls over the...
by David Brooks | Jul 17, 2023 | 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 July 16. *** Medical Treatment System and Methods Using a Plurality of...
by David Brooks | Jul 17, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire Bulletin has a story (here it is) about a state Supreme Court ruling upholding a sweeping protective order by a female against a male who had used deepfakes as part of online attacks. The offender would post comments expressing fantasies that the victim...
by David Brooks | Jul 15, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
When four representatives of National Grid came before Concord City Council on Monday to start the long process of expanding a power line through the state bringing electricity from HydroQuebec, they soon encountered a ghost. “Our community still...
by David Brooks | Jul 13, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
The power grid in New England, and other parts of the country, has something called the “forward capacity auction.” Power plants are paid in advance to guarantee production three years down the road and get the money no matter how much electricity they end...
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