Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Bitcoin-related fraud trial in NH gets underway
Veteran Union-Leader reporter Mark Hayward is covering the trial of Free Keene activist Ian Freeman on money-laundering charges related to bitcoin/blockchain operations. The first story is here. Tuesday was spent choosing jurors. It's not usually worthwhile to cover...
Tale of two city road projects (tl;dr – I prefer Manchester’s to Concord’s)
Even as Concord considers the possibility of putting up with a decade of construction to tweak the big highway that cuts us in half, a smaller but more interesting transportation project is percolating in Manchester. The project, which carries the uplifting name RAISE...
Visiting a substation, a decade ago
With power substations in the news because of the attack in North Carolina - it's pretty easy to stand outside the chain-link fence and shoot out important components - I checked out my 2012 visit to a big substation in Amherst, NH. Unlike many of my stories for the...
New England power grid says “we’re good, thanks”
New England faces no obvious power problems this winter, according to an annual forecast from the group that runs the six-state electricity grid, although extreme conditions might produce requests for conservation. The group, ISO-New England, said Monday that it does...
Vermont studies whether ridgeline wind farms affect black bears
The state commissioned a study on black bears and the Deerfield wind development built in 2017 in Readsboro and Searsburg. It looked at how the bears interacted with the different phases of the development from baseline studies through the construction of the 15...
N.H. patents through Dec. 4
The US Patent Service has changed the way it reports patents and we can no longer include direct links to each patent. You can find them here, using the patent number. By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire...
Forget self-driving cars – concentrate on AM radio
Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey wrote more than 20 car manufacturers, asking them to continue to have AM radios in future models, including electric vehicles. “Broadcast AM radio remains a crucial, cost-free source of news, sports, and weather, and, more importantly, is...
Mobile EV charging for AAA members in parts of Mass.
The Massachusetts cities of Avon, Peabody and West Springfield will be home to AAA's expansion of its mobile EV charging service, reports Green Car Reports. AAA first added EV charging to its map services in 2012.
A Quebec-to-US hydropower line is actually getting built, but it goes to New York
Construction has begun on the 339-mile Champlain Hudson Power Express, which will deliver Canadian hydropower to New York City, reports Canary Media (here). It won't benefit us in New England, unlike the power that would have come down through defunct Northern Pass in...
HydroQuebec power link in Maine inches ahead
AP - Maine’s highest court on Tuesday upheld the lease for a small section of state land for a $1 billion electric transmission corridor, a victory for developers who hope to complete the project. (Note: this is the project that was launched after New Hampshire...
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