Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire
Solar and wind made 7% of N.E. electricity in 2022
Solar and wind accounted for about 7% of the electricity produced by generators within New England in 2022, according to ISO-New England, which oversees the six-state power grid. Solar was about 3.4% of the total and wind about 3.8% but solar is growing much faster....
Big onshore wind project in Maine gets OK
A 1,000-megawatt wind farm in northern Maine (already the region's wind-power leader) has been approved by the state PUC, along with a 345-kilovolt transmission line. Massachuseets will but 60% of the power and Maine 40%. Story from UtilityDive is here. Longroad...
N.H. patents through Feb. 5
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Feb. 5. *** Determining an Action by an Electronic Device Based on Voltage at a Port of the...
Cities start to question “always more parking!”
Parking requirements for new construction are a hidden expense because they either take up space that could be a business or housing, making it harder or more expensive to build, or they require an expensive building to provide short-term auto storage (A 2016 study...
As tourists turn to EVs, the state’s charging gap could cost us
From Energy News Network (whole article is here) A coalition of tourism organizations representing more than 3,300 businesses throughout the state is now backing legislation that would help ramp up charging infrastructure by making chargers less cost-prohibitive to...
Rolling your eyes at ‘teaching science through art’? Maybe you shouldn’t
Pardon me for sounding cynical but over the years I have become dubious about claims that art can bring science to the masses. It seems to me that translating the quantitative into the qualitative usually creates little insight for the general public. But even if that...
N.H. patents through Jan. 29
(Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number.) By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire through Jan. 29. *** Hybrid Air and Liquid X-Ray Cooling System Comprising a Hybrid Heat-Transfer...
An anniversary to be proud of, I guess
I'm not sure whether to brag about this or be embarrassed, but wikipedia tells me today is the 20th anniversary of my first edit on that unexpectedly effective website. According to their stats, I have made 40,438 edits over those decades, from creating entire...
Vineyard Wind hopes AI will reduce impact on whales
Interesting story about Vineyard Wind, the big offshore-wind project being developed south of Cape Cod, trying to track whales via their blowhole emissions among other things to reduce the wind farm's impact on them. Vineyard Wind is looking to capture something much...
N.H. claims two crypto firms defrauded investors
New Hampshire is going after two cryptocurrency companies that it says defrauded New Hampshire residents, as regulators continue to wrestle with how to oversee digital assets using legal systems that were created for very different types of investments. The Secretary...
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