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When Synagro Technologies Inc. and Woonsocket entered into an agreement to generate power at the company’s sewage incinerator, it was an unprecedented deal in Rhode Island. It’s the first time a local municipality and private entity in the business of sludge incineration will venture into the field of energy generation.
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By Michael Souza |
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During the first quarter of 2012, earning reports for the “Big Three” American motor companies, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler, showed that Americans are standing behind their automobile makers, and the Ocean State followed suit in the country’s rekindled love affair with the iconic, American-made automobile.
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By Michael Souza |
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Weather isn’t a controllable thing.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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BOSTON – The Mass. Department of Public Utilities has approved NSTAR’s lowest electric rates since 2004.
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5/28/12
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By Rhonda Miller |
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Gasoline prices in the Ocean State fell 9 cents this week in the seventh consecutive week of price declines, AAA Southern New England reported Monday.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island is among nine Northeastern states poised to revise regulations that will substantially lower allowable emissions of carbon dioxide, with the goal of putting the changes into effect by January 2014, said Frank Stevenson, supervising air-quality specialist for the
By Rhonda Miller |
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PROVIDENCE – The company responsible for the high-tech battery powering the newly landed Mars Curiosity rover is in the middle of moving to Rhode Island, according to The Associated Press.
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8/13/12
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WALTHAM, Mass. – National Grid named John J. Donleavy executive vice president and chief operating officer for the company’s U.S. operations, which include more than 3 million electric and 3 million natural gas customers in Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island.
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4/1/13
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The shale-gas bonanza on New England’s western doorstep has dramatically reduced the price of energy, but hasn’t ended fuel-supply constraints for the region’s electricity generators.
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By Patrick Anderson |
