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In support of EVs, we're No. 27 or so!
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (123+ words) Concord Monitor As I learned from this Canary Media report, the Brookings Institutes looked at ways various states promote vehicle electrification and gave each a score. At the top were, surprise, California and Massachusetts, while the South and much of…...
HAREI's solar power initiative aids Concord NH community
3+ week, 6+ day ago (433+ words) A crowd formed at the Friends of Forgotten Children food pantry in Concord on Sunday, but not because meals were being served inside. The crowd was outdoors. "We had about 30 people there. We had probably a dozen on the roof,…...
There's lots of lithium in northern New England, U. S. Geological Survey says
2+ mon, 1+ hour ago (310+ words) New Hampshire has long been known for granite, but our connection to another mineral, lithium, has been considered pretty minor. It consisted mostly of a forgotten health tonic called Londonderry Lithia that was naturally infused with the substance. The company…...
Granite Geek: Batteries are accelerating the energy transition. One weird trick can help you get one for your home
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (488+ words) Solar power is neat and electric vehicles are cool and heat pumps are more powerful than it seems like they should be, but these days the technology that's really accelerating the energy transition is batteries. Plus, we can play along…...
Two solar projects are coming online in Concord soon. Unitil may be the reason why.
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (719+ words) Two solar projects in Concord are expected to deliver power to the grid this summer " and their quick turnaround could be attributed to the utility company they worked with: Unitil. Over the last two years, development has progressed rapidly on…...
Opinion: It's time for Republicans to see the light on solar power
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (449+ words) As a lifelong Republican and proud New Hampshire resident, I love solar power " and so should you. It's clean, cost-effective and embodies our "Live Free or Die" spirit by letting individuals generate their own electricity, reducing dependence on fossil fuels…...
Dean Kamen's youth robotics organization puts him on leave amid new Epstein revelations
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (398+ words) The Manchester-based youth science organization founded by New Hampshire inventor Dean Kamen, says it has'placed him on leave'from "all activities" related to its work, while it reviews'recent revelations'of Kamen's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Part of that cooperation, the statement read,…...
End of vehicle emissions testing, the result of end to annual car inspections, gets more opposition
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (279+ words) New Hampshire's plan to stop testing vehicle emissions in two months as part of an end to annual car inspections is facing another objection in the form of a threatened lawsuit that says the move could violate long-standing obligations under…...
'Need to make a big step forward': Largest state solar array project underway in Warner
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (731+ words) Fred Hill's family has owned a large 20-acre plot of land in Warner for generations. The space, off Poverty Plains Road near I-89, was once a cornfield that was converted into a gravel pit in the late 1940s. More recently, the land…...
Granite Geek: New Hampshire might get access to 'balcony solar"
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (587+ words) I had solar panels put on my roof six years ago, facing south to maximize production. Some trees have grown since then, as trees are wont to do, and I should really put panels on other parts of the roof…...