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First R.I. community solar project at affordable-housing complex marks completion

WEST WARWICK – Cleaner and cheaper, solar-powered energy has reached the first Rhode Island affordable-housing residents, with real estate company Fairstead announcing on Monday...
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS to The Meadows, a 125-acre farm in the Potowomut area of Warwick, have been purchased by the state and The Nature Conservancy. / TIM MOONEY/COURTESY THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

Development rights to 125-acre Warwick farm acquired by state, The Nature...

WARWICK – Development rights to a 125-acre farm in the Potowomut section of the city have been sold and placed under permanent protection, according...
ORSTED U.S. OFFSHORE WIND, which owns and operates the Block Island Wind Farm pictured above, has said new delays in the Vineyard Wind project will not affect its own plans to build a 50-turbine wind farm off the coast of Block Island. / COURTESY ORSTED U.S. OFFSHORE WIND

R.I. optimistic for offshore wind, despite new federal permitting delays

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island leaders insist the state’s ambitious renewable-energy goals and related projects won’t be affected by recently announced delays in what was...

Grybowski appointed CEO of Md.-based US Wind

PROVIDENCE – Former Deepwater Wind CEO Jeffrey Grybowski has been named CEO of Maryland-based US Wind Inc., the company announced on Thursday. Deepwater Wind developed...

R.I. gas prices tick up 1 cent

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island increased 1 cent week to week to $2.09 per gallon, 4...

First major R.I. offshore wind project faces further delays, with no...

PROVIDENCE – The 12-year saga of efforts to build a utility-scale offshore wind project off the coast of Rhode Island has been extended again,...

Green Development gets approval for three turbines at the Port of...

PROVIDENCE – Green Development LLC has received all required approvals to construct three 1.5 megawatt turbines at the Port of Providence, the company announced...
THE AVERAGE PRICE of regular gas in Rhode Island remained unchanged from one week prior at $2.08 per gallon on Monday. / AP FILE PHOTO/JOHN RAOUX

R.I. and Mass. gas prices remain unchanged this week

PROVIDENCE – The average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline in Rhode Island was $2.08 per gallon, level with one week prior and 3...

DEM acquires 149.5 acres in Tiverton for conservation and recreational use

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management has acquired 149.5 acres of forestland in Tiverton for $710,000 to keep it undeveloped, the state...

DEM announces $1.6M in grants for public trail projects

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management is seeking applicants for $1.6 million in federal funding for recreational trail projects, the agency announced...
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