Tag: energy
DEM announces $67.2K in grants to 4 farms for solar arrays
PROVIDENCE – Four Rhode Island farms received a combined $67,237 to install solar arrays, the R.I. Department of Environmental management announced Tuesday.
The grants, made...
ISO New England expects to have adequate energy and fuel resources...
PROVIDENCE – ISO New England, operator of the New England electricity grid, said Wednesday that it expects to have enough resources to meet consumer...
Two firms enter Rhode Island’s municipal energy market
PROVIDENCE – An energy company and a nonprofit consortium have reached an agreement to supply many of Rhode Island’s public schools and other municipal...
Natural gas soars 20% in U.S. on concerns about winter supplies
NEW YORK - Natural gas soared the most in nine years as forecasts for lingering U.S. cold spurred concern that supplies may not be...
Providence zoning board to consider 3 new 364-ft. turbines at waterfront
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Zoning Board of Review will consider two proposals for the construction of three wind turbines on the Providence waterfront at...
National Grid empowers employees’ community service
Business Excellence Awards 2018
Community involvement: National Grid Rhode Island
National Grid Rhode Island dives right in when it comes to community service – or at...
S.K. businesses take advantage of RIIB energy-efficiency financing
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Three businesses in the town have recently taken advantage of a Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank program to help businesses finance their...
Seven-turbine, onshore wind farm to begin construction in Johnston
JOHNSTON – Work on a seven-turbine, 21-megawatt onshore wind farm is expected to begin next week, the developer, Green Development LLC, announced Thursday.
The company...
Science reveals dark side of wind power
Any solution to global warming will almost certainly rely on an expansion of renewable energy, reducing carbon dioxide emissions with clean solar or wind...
Deepwater Wind to be acquired for $510M
PROVIDENCE – Deepwater Wind LLC will be acquired by the Danish company Ørsted for $510 million, the two companies announced Oct. 8.
Ørsted has entered...
















