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New report outlines ways to improve electric vehicle infrastructure in R.I.

Economic Activity 01/11/2022

PROVIDENCE – Requiring 100% of state electricity to come from renewable sources will help incentivize the electric vehicle market and ensure the state’s fossil...

Capital Good Fund opens public EV charging station at Providence office

Financial Services 01/10/2022

PROVIDENCE – Capital Good Fund is expanding its services beyond low-interest loans and financial coaching to an entirely different arena: electric vehicle charging. The Providence-based...

Can the buyer of Narragansett Electric handle offshore wind?

Government 12/24/2021

Connecting massive arrays of offshore wind turbines to the state electric grid is a complicated process, and some fear the corporation looking to buy...

6 Rhode Island farms awarded $118K for solar projects

Government 12/01/2021

SCITUATE – The sustainability benefits of hydroponic cultivation always appealed to Katherine Fotiades. Growing plants in a controlled, soil-less environment uses less water and produces...

R.I. Office of Energy Resources gets federal funding for refrigeration energy...

Government 09/21/2021

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Office of Energy Resources announced it has received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to help grocery stores use...

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT: David A. Caldwell Jr., vice president of North Kingstown custom-homebuilding company Caldwell & Johnson Inc., at the construction site for a Jamestown home that will be capable of net-zero energy use. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Measures aim to boost desire for greener buildings

Focus 06/25/2021

When Peter Gill Case founded his sustainability-focused architectural firm, Providence-based Truth Box Inc., in 2002, he had lofty expectations. “I thought there was this race,...

R.I. Housing, OER to offer grants for energy-efficient affordable housing

Government 05/03/2021

PROVIDENCE – The state is incentivizing affordable housing that also helps to meet its ambitious energy goals. R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. and the...

BACKUP SYSTEM: Tyler Mason, vice president and installation manager for Sol Power LLC, has installed backup batteries and a converter box in his Westerly home to provide electricity to the house during an outage. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Battery sales energized by renewable energy incentives

Focus 04/16/2021

Tyler Mason has made a career out of renewable energy. But it wasn’t until last summer that Mason, who serves as vice president and installation...

THE REVOLUTION WIND, South Fork Wind Farm and Vineyard Wind offshore wind projects in waters off the coast of southern New England are all currently in various stages of the permitting process. / SOURCE: R.I. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT / PBN FILE GRAPHIC/ANNE EWING

R.I. has muted reaction to shifting offshore wind priorities

Economy 04/09/2021

After years of competing for a crucial position on the forefront of the burgeoning U.S. offshore wind industry, Rhode Island officials no longer seem...