Tag: ProvPort Inc.
City Council reverses course, approving contested ProvPort tax and lease agreements
PROVIDENCE – After previously postponing a decision on controversial tax and lease agreements with the city’s primary port operator, Providence officials reversed course and...
Enormous turnover among Providence leaders is unchartered territory
The Providence City Council is on the brink of a massive shift, with nearly half of its members leaving office at the end of...
Votes on ProvPort tax exemption, lease postponed amid public opposition
PROVIDENCE – Community pleas to delay a decision on extending the city’s tax exemption and lease agreements with its primary port operator were granted...
Proposed ProvPort tax, lease agreement extensions advance despite public protest
PROVIDENCE – Controversial extensions to the tax and lease agreements with the operators of Providence's industrial port received preliminary approval from a city panel...
City Council gives final approval to $10M reparations budget
PROVIDENCE – A two-yearslong effort to bring racial reparations to Providence achieved a milestone Wednesday, with the City Council approving a $10 million budget...
Orsted named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies list
PROVIDENCE – Orsted A/S, a Danish renewable energy developer, was named to Time USA LLC's TIME100 Most influential Companies list Wednesday for the second...
At Quonset port, supply chain problems of a different kind
Major ports around the country are jammed with ships carrying products and materials waiting to be delivered to their final destinations, but Rhode Island’s...
R.I. Commerce moving ahead on land purchase near Port of Providence
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Commerce Corp. is moving ahead on the purchase of land to add to the Port of Providence, an effort authorized...
POWERING UP: Offshore wind sector gains momentum despite pandemic
Stark white walls, blank computer screens and empty desk chairs weren’t what the executives at Denmark-based wind-energy firm Orsted had in mind when they...
While delays have hampered offshore wind, land-based turbines loom large in...
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on the challenges and opportunities of solar- and wind-farm development in Rhode Island and...
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