by David Brooks | Feb 28, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
As noted in this column earlier (here), the existence of “hidden” or behind-the-meter solar has changed the shape of electricity demand in New England. It creates what is known in the industry as a duck curve, because the 24-hour chart looks vaguely...
by David Brooks | Feb 27, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Climate change is scrambling the traditional process of gathering sap from sugar maple trees and boiling it down into that Nectar Of The Gods known as maple syrup. Old-timers rarely started tapping trees until much before traditional town meeting day, the second...
by David Brooks | Feb 27, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
We talked about science fiction at Science Cafe NH in Concord last night. Because I moderate, wandering around with a microphone so that ConcordTV can capture the audio from audience questions (note: audio is a pain in the neck), I don’t take notes, so I...
by David Brooks | Feb 26, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
When I came to the Concord Monitor almost five years ago I was surprised that the city didn’t have a makerspace. I’d gotten spoiled in Nashua, home of the state’s first and biggest space, MakeIt Labs. Well, now Concord has one – more oriented...
by David Brooks | Feb 26, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Check this out, a description of a new apartment building coming to Roxbury in south Boston: Named Model-C, the 5-story, 19,000-square-foot building will contain 14 residential units above an affordable co-working space on its ground floor.Model-C will be assembled...
by David Brooks | Feb 25, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
The warm winter (ugh) means some trees are getting ready to start budding, at least a month early. Sugar shacks are definitely worried, since when maple trees start budding the chemistry of the sap changes and you can’t make good syrup. Anyway, I thought...