Tag: Offshore Wind
Revolution Wind completes construction off R.I. coast
PROVIDENCE – Revolution Wind has completed construction of its 65-turbine offshore wind project off the Rhode Island coast despite facing two federal stop-work orders...
UMass Dartmouth gets $730K for offshore wind workforce, research
DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has received three awards totaling $730,000 from the Mass Clean Energy Center to expand offshore wind workforce development and...
Revolution Wind project on track for completion this year, developer says
The offshore Revolution Wind project is nearing completion after nearly three years of work based out of the State Pier in New London, Conn.,...
On the workforce development front, headwinds persist
In 2022, excitement surged in the state after Breeze Airways announced plans to establish a permanent base at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport...
Driving Forces: Michael Sabitoni
Michael Sabitoni
Laborers’ International Union of North America general secretary treasurer;
Rhode Island Building and Construction Trades Council president
AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S administration took drastic steps...
ELECTION26: Gubernatorial race puts performance of R.I. Commerce in spotlight
On the top floor of the Wexford Science & Technology building overlooking Providence’s I-195 District, Gov. Daniel J. McKee stood before business executives and...
URI’s ocean robotics hub feeds wave of innovation
Inside a large test tank at the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus, a remotely operated vehicle recently sliced through a floating ribbon...
Appeals court judge nixes Trump attempt to block wind-energy development
PROVIDENCE – Attorneys general from 17 states, including R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, scored another legal victory over the Trump administration.
The United States...
R.I. can offer so much to believe in
During my 25 years at CVS Health Corp., I watched the same pattern play out over and over: We recruited people to our Woonsocket...
Lombardi named president of Green Oceans
LITTLE COMPTON – Michael Lombardi, an underwater diving scientist, technologist and contractor, has been named president of Green Oceans, the nonprofit organization announced Monday.
Lombardi, a...



















