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BOEM completes environmental analysis of offshore Revolution Wind project

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced Monday that it had completed its environmental analysis of the proposed Revolution Wind Farm...

147-turbine offshore wind project suffers another setback

PROVIDENCE – A significant Massachusetts offshore energy project faces additional headwinds following a decision Thursday by a Rhode Island state agency to not issue...
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND Research Foundation has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to develop and advance blue economy, marine and energy technologies and opportunities that strengthen the Rhode Island’s economy and its workforce.

URI Research Foundation receives $2.4M federal grant to launch RISE-UP blue...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation announced Thursday that it has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the U.S....
A NEW REPORT released June 5 by the New England State Food System Planners Partnership notes that the region has become too reliant on food exports, and calls for a more regionalized approach to food production and consumption. / COURTESY NEW ENGLAND STATES FOOD SYSTEM PLANNERS PARTNERSHIP

Regionalized approach on food production, consumption urged

PROVIDENCE – A new report released June 5 by the New England State Food System Planners Partnership notes that the region has become too...
EVERSOURCE ENERGY LLC is selling off its interests in the joint venture that is building massive power generation farms off the coasts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Long Island. / AP FILE PHOTO/DAVID GOLDMAN

Eversource to sell all interests in offshore wind joint venture

PROVIDENCE – New England’s leading developer of offshore wind is selling off its interests in the joint venture that is building massive power generation...
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND has received a $3 million gift from the van Beuren Charitable Foundation to help with the modernization of the Narragansett Bay Campus. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI receives $3M from van Beuren Foundation for bay campus renovation...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The pending modernization of the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus received another significant financial boost. The university announced Monday that...
THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Dartmouth has received a $3.6 million federal grant to support its Marine and UnderSea Technology research program.

UMass Dartmouth receives $3.6M federal grant for MUST program

DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Marine and UnderSea Technology research program will once again be the beneficiary of a multimillion-dollar federal grant...
MONEY TALKS: Toby Stapleton, left, director of Newport-based Blue Venture Forum, speaks with Erin Donovan-Boyle, CEO and president of the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce, at Innovate Newport. Stapleton says many blue and green tech startups have been avoiding a funding crunch that other new ventures are facing at the moment. 
PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Blue and green startups avoiding funding crunch

Over the past year, declining investments, layoffs and uncertainty about the future have plagued tech companies throughout the U.S. And while tech giants such...
ROOM TO RUN: Robert Wheeler, co-owner of Friends of Toto Inc. in Pawtucket, spent $400,000 to double his business space but must now attract more customers to cover the cost. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

It’s not if but when on recession, so get ready

Inflation and a looming recession have weighed heavily on local business owners and state leaders for months. And with good reason, as this week’s...
MARC B. PARLANGE, center, president of the University of Rhode Island, answers questions from Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce President Laurie White, left, and URI Provost Barbara Wolfe during Wednesday's State of the University event. / SCREENSHOT VIA YOUTUBE

‘Now is our time’: URI President Parlange unveils school’s strategic plan

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – In front of a live audience Wednesday in Edwards Hall, University of Rhode Island President Marc B. Parlange unveiled a 10-year...
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