Tag: Office Of Energy Resources
R.I. launches $2.6M Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant Program
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of Energy Resources on Tuesday launched the $2.6 million Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant Program.
The program is supported by...
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...
Orsted and Eversource the only bidder for offshore wind proposal
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Energy says it received only one response to the utility’s request for proposals to add 600 to 1,000 megawatts 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...
National Grid to sort through state’s renewable-energy proposals
PROVIDENCE – National Grid Rhode Island will begin reviewing 11 wind and solar energy proposals to help Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s administration reach its...
R.I. selects Deepwater for 400 MW wind farm
PROVIDENCE – Deepwater Wind LLC has been selected by Rhode Island to build a 400-megawatt offshore wind farm called the Revolution Wind project, which...
In emerging R.I. energy sector, men still dominate
In 2015, the state’s workforce comprised 51 percent men and 48.9 percent women, and women made 77 cents compared to every dollar earned by...
