Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
EPA joins the debate over whether burning wood is “green”
The administrative policy shift will treat all burning of biomass as carbon-neutral “when used for energy production at stationary sources.”

Electric vehicle charging network planned for the U.S. as Vermont utility expands its at-home system
Green Mountain Power is expanding its program providing free at-home chargers for Vermont customers as long as they agree to let GMP draw power from the chargers during peak demand.

Dockless bike share comes to New England College
I think this is the first dockless bike share in New Hampshire.
Compost-collecting firm expands to Concord
They’ll even take meat, bones and shellfish shells! “If it grows, it goes. … All of that stuff breaks down perfectly well – after all, if an animal dies in the middle of the woods, it’s going to break down.”
N.H. deer are doing well, thanks to warmer winters
Notable was the number of bucks killed: 7,708. That is more than at any time since records started being kept in 1922.
The folks who bought New Hampshire’s telephone system would love to expand their broadband
Consolidated Communications has pledged to make good on where others could not: improve the operations and customer trust in the FairPoint markets it acquired in 2017. ... These new markets, particularly those in Northern New England that FairPoint itself gained via...

Helping amphibians cross the road
I’ve saved salamanders and frogs that were trapped in the window wells of my basement – does that count?
How trees can best cut carbon: Don’t just replace oil, replace steel & concrete
If you build high-rise buildings with trees, you lock away a lot of carbon. New technology makes that possible.
NH Electric Coop offers cheaper rate to charge your car, as long as you do it at night
Electric cars are an obvious new customer base for electric utilities, which are bedeviled by stagnant demand in the rest of the economy – but figuring out how to deal with EV’s erratic needs is hard.
Recent patents in New Hampshire
From controlling wind turbines to “percutaneous valve repair by reshaping and resizing right ventricle” – a little of this and a little of that.