Natural Resources

THE R.I. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION has awarded a grant and a loan to the East Bay Energy Consortium totaling nearly a half million dollars for renewable energy projects /

R.I. EDC awards East Bay Energy Consortium $335K grant for Tiverton...

Natural Resources 09/28/2010

(Corrected, Sept. 29) PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Economic Development Corporation has awarded a grant and a loan totaling nearly a half-million dollars for two renewable...

THE AVERAGE PRICE OF REGULAR SELF-SERVE gasoline slipped 1 cent in Rhode Island and Massachusetts this week, according to AAA's Sept. 27 survey. /

Gas prices in R.I. and Mass. slip 1 cent this week

Natural Resources 09/27/2010

PROVIDENCE - Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have slipped 1 cent, AAA Southern New England reported Monday, noting that the state’s prices have not...

GETTING THE MESSAGE: Cooley’s 6,000-square-foot billboard in New York City’s Times Square. The billboard uses thin solar panels, reducing costs and emissions. /

Cooley sees future in solar-powered billboards

Natural Resources 09/27/2010

Billboards could soon boast more than advertisements for the nearest fast-food stop. Pawtucket-based Cooley Group wants very thin solar panels integrated with many of...

LOOKING AHEAD: Tomorrow BioFuels owner Larry Dressler holds up jars of biocrude, left, and biodiesel. He’s standing at the site of his company’s research building that is under development. /

Spreading the gospel on algae as energy source

Natural Resources 09/27/2010

Larry Dressler discovered the enormous energy-creating power of algae four years ago, and he quickly fell in love. The Cranston native started in the biofuels...

WASTE NOT: Biowater Technology’s
plastic carriers house bacteria, used to remove contaminants from wastewater. /

Bacteria, not chemicals, used to cleanse wastewater for reuse

Natural Resources 09/25/2010

Biowater Technology LLC, a division of Norwegian firm Biowater Technology AS, has developed a technology for water and wastewater treatment that relies on bacteria,...

POWER SUMMIT: Achim Trasser, Tyco Flow Control vice president, left, and David Thibault, general manager of Tyco Flow Control of Mansfield facility, second from left, tour the Tyco Advanced Nuclear Testing & Development Facility. /

Tyco Flow Control readies for nuclear power plant building boom

Natural Resources 09/25/2010

Tyco Flow Control, which supplies nuclear power plants with valves and controls used for nuclear reactors, anticipates a nuclear power plant construction boom due...

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION: Ron Sacks, managing partner of ProvDotNet LLC, founded the managed-services data company last year. ProvDotNet’s main source of revenue is renting space in its data center to other companies, or “colocation.” /

ProvDotNet keeps power on for business servers at unique city location

Natural Resources 09/25/2010

Information technology firm ProvDotNet LLC’s headquarters doesn’t look like much: A worn, red brick warehouse with few windows and even fewer decorative touches inside. But...

Northeast carbon futures at record low

Natural Resources 09/25/2010

Carbon futures in the U.S. Northeast’s cap-and-trade program for power plants fell to a record low amid a surplus of the pollution rights, Bloomberg...