Natural Resources

IMPROVEMENTS UNDERWAY: ProvPort Terminal Manager Chris Waterson identifies a section of the port that will handle wind turbines. The port is undergoing improvements after voters in 2016 approved $20 million in upgrades. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Can the Ocean State stay in the race for offshore wind-energy...

Natural Resources 03/08/2019

The nation’s first offshore wind farm is spinning off Block Island. But Rhode Island appears to be playing catch-up to neighboring Massachusetts in preparing...

Still a place for natural gas in R.I.

Natural Resources 03/08/2019

Despite the considerable promise of solar, wind and other renewable-energy sources to significantly broaden the state’s power portfolio, Rhode Island’s heavy reliance on natural...

SPINNING NOWHERE? The Block Island Wind Farm may have been the first offshore energy project to start operations in the United States, but the benefits that it promised Rhode Island have yet to materialize.   / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/ERIC THAYER

Is R.I. going to see the promise of wind energy blow...

Natural Resources 03/08/2019

The Block Island Wind Farm is a rightful point of pride for Rhode Island. The first offshore wind-energy project installed and doing what it...

HEAVY SNOW and blizzard conditions as seen in Providence in a 2015 storm are not unusual in New England. How did your workplace deal with the March 3-4 storm that dumped more than a foot of snow on some parts of Rhode Island? / PBN FILE PHOTO/FRANK MULLIN

How did you deal with the snow storm on March 3-4...

Natural Resources 03/08/2019

While many schools were closed on Monday, March 4, as a result of the winter storm that hit the area, most businesses seemed to...

WHILE USE OF NATURAL gas is expected to rise globally, gas producers are facing resistance as governments battle climate change and wind and solar costs plunge. / BLOOMBERG NEWS

Natural gas demand threatened by battle over home hookups

Natural Resources 03/07/2019

NEW YORK - One of the biggest threats facing the natural gas industry is in the home. Long heralded as an ideal transition from heating...

Global fishing conglomerate to acquire Rhode Island’s Seafreeze Ltd.

Natural Resources 03/07/2019

NORTH KINGSTOWN – An affiliate of European commercial fishing conglomerate Profand Fishing Holding has a pending agreement to buy Seafreeze Ltd., the family-owned mainstay...

THE COMPASS SCHOOL has received a $500,000 grant to improve the energy efficiency of a large building renovation from a grant program with funds from the Ocean State's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. / COURTESY R.I. OFFICE OF ENERGY RESOURCES

Compass School wins $500K for energy efficiency from R.I. Office...

Natural Resources 03/07/2019

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The Compass School has been awarded $500,000 from the R.I. Office of Energy Resources to help improve the energy efficiency of...

A FEDERAL OFFICIAL said that the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy will see its $2.3 billion budget slashed by about 70 percent, to $700 million, under President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2020 budget request. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/MATTHEW STAVER

Trump said to again seek deep cuts in renewable energy funding

Natural Resources 03/07/2019

NEW YORK - The Trump administration is again seeking severe cuts to the U.S. Energy Department division charged with renewable energy and energy efficiency...

NATIONAL GRID plans to start construction this month on a natural gas liquefaction facility at Fields Point that has been opposed by residents, environmentalists, and some local officials. / COURTESY/NATIONAL GRID PLC

Construction to start soon on Fields Point natural gas liquefaction plant

Natural Resources 03/06/2019

PROVIDENCE – National Grid Rhode Island plans to start construction soon on its controversial Fields Point natural gas liquefaction plant at Providence’s seaport, the...