RHODE ISLAND businesses and agencies look to state and federal renewable-energy programs to help build solar-energy projects throughout the state. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/KEN JAMES
PROVIDENCE – The Narragansett Bay Commission on Wednesday announced it has finalized a deal to build two solar-energy projects totaling 9.7 megawatts in Coventry and Richmond. The two projects, pending local approvals, would give the quasi-governmental agency the capacity to be fully powered by renewable energy. “The NBC will essentially achieve net zero energy use…