New Hampshire

A community solar array in Harvard, Massachusetts. (Stephen Coffrin | Department of Energy)

New Hampshire’s Low-Income Community Solar Program Is Finally Hearing The Starting Line

More than seven years after New Hampshire regulators first approved the idea of using community solar to create savings for low-income households, electric bill discounts are finally on the horizon for the first batch of participants. “There has been this rhetoric that we want solar to benefit low-income people, but … [continued]

Doctoral student Mason Bichanich reviews and troubleshoots tidal turbine data at the University of New Hampshire’s Turbine Deployment Platform. Photo from Nicole Marone, UNH.

How Two Rookie Engineers Expertly Designed a Tidal Energy Turbine

The Turbine Will Collect and Share Data To Deepen Our Understanding of Tidal Energy To innovate in marine energy requires some extracurriculars: turning wrenches at the barge, conducting trial runs in the wave pool, and talking through ideas with a supportive team. All this appeals to University of New Hampshire … [continued]

Energy Facts: Impact of the Investing in America Agenda on New Hampshire

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visits New Hampshire On Monday, January 8, 2024, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm will travel to Nashua and Bedford, New Hampshire, and join the state’s entire congressional delegation to highlight how Bidenomics is helping to lower costs for American households, advance cutting-edge … [continued]

Image: Road washed out by a flood. Source: U.S. National Park Service, photographer unknown, Public Domain.

Climate—& A Cautionary Tale of Three New Hampshire Commissioners

In the midst of eye-popping summer precipitation in New England, the Deputy Commissioner at the New Hampshire Insurance Department, D.J. Bettencourt, encouraged New Hampshire residents to go out and buy flood insurance. An entire summer’s worth of rain fell in just a few hours, turning roads into rivers in New … [continued]