Study: Region Doesn’t Need More Natural Gas
Boston — The New England region does not need additional natural gas pipelines to maintain a reliable flow of energy for the next 15 years, according to a study commissioned by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and released Wednesday. The report concludes that the region will be able to meet electricity needs through 2030, even on the coldest of winter days, “with or without electric ratepayer investment in new natural gas...
Dartmouth College Receives $925,000 Cybersecurity Grant
Hanover — Dartmouth College has received nearly $1 million from the Cyber Resilient Energy Delivery Consortium as part of its $28.1 million effort to create and foster cyber-attack resistant systems for electric power and oil and gas industries. The consortium includes 11 national laboratories and universities and is led by the University of Illinois. It is a successor to earlier efforts to create trustworthy cyber infrastructure for...
Polaris Beats Harley to Electric Motorcycle Starting Line
Milwaukee — Polaris Industries, the maker of Indian and Victory motorcycles, has introduced an electric street bike that puts the company ahead of Harley-Davidson Inc. in a new category of two-wheel machines. Named the Empulse TT, it looks like a high-performance sport bike without the gasoline engine. “We wanted to get in early, and so we are,” said Gary Gray, product director for Victory motorcycles, a division of Minneapolis-based...
GM: Future Is Electric but Profits Are in Pickups, SUVs
Detroit — General Motors declared that the auto industry’s future is electric just as Americans’ rekindled demand for pickup trucks, SUVs and crossovers are driving the bulk of the automaker’s profits. “The company believes the future is electric, with billions (of dollars) of investment to support an all-in-house approach to the development and manufacturing of electrified vehicles,” GM said in its annual sustainability report...
Tesla, Maker of Electric Cars, Plans to Install Route 12A Charging Station
Lebanon — The Route 12A commercial strip in West Lebanon is finally to get a new refueling station for automobiles. Only it won’t help drivers running low on gas. Tesla, the maker of $70,000-plus electric cars, is planning to build a charging station for its vehicles adjacent to Price Chopper in a move that brings the first major electric vehicle power station to the Upper Valley. The station comes after Korpela Family Trust, the...
