Tag: Clean Energy
Report: Clean energy employment rebounds in R.I., qualified workers needed
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s clean energy industry has begun to bounce back.
After shedding nearly 20% of the sector's job during the height of the...
R.I. misses out on $1B in federal funding for economic projects
WASHINGTON (AP) – Ambitions to jump-start the state’s biotech and blue economies with multi-millions in federal funding were dashed on Friday after neither Rhode...
New clean-energy incentives not enough
The Inflation Reduction Act is stuffed with subsidies for everything from electric vehicles to heat pumps, and incentives for just about every form of...
Raimondo signs executive order to commit state to 100% renewable electricity...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo signed an executive order Friday that directs the Office of Energy Resources to conduct an energy-market analysis and...
R.I. Energy Commissioner Grant to retire
PROVIDENCE – State Energy Commissioner Carol Grant is retiring from her role effective Jan. 10, the R.I. Department of Administration announced Friday.
Grant was confirmed...
Five questions with Becca Trietch
Becca Trietch | Administrator of energy efficiency programs, R.I. Office of Energy Resources
1. Why should R.I. residents and businesses be concerned about energy...
Aquanis looks to curb wind-energy costs
From the ground, wind-turbine blade rotation appears nearly effortless, as though the spinning is entirely propelled by air currents.
In reality, the movement and the...
Fighting climate change is good business
The New York State Assembly recently passed what Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the most aggressive clean-energy target in the United States, requiring New York...
R.I. joins partnership developing transportation emission cap/trade program
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island was among nine Northeast and mid-Atlantic states and Washington, D.C., Tuesday announcing a partnership in a project designed to create...
Governor’s push for clean energy moves forward on eve of primary...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo's clean energy plan for Rhode Island is moving forward this week, the state announced on the eve of...