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RHODE ISLAND had the ninth most solar-energy jobs per capita of all state in 2020, according to a new report from The Solar Foundation. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Report: R.I. ranks No. 9 for solar-energy jobs per capita in...

Natural Resources 05/07/2021

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 9 for highest number of solar-energy jobs per capita, according to a new report from The Solar Foundation...

GREEN ENERGY: David Lamb, assistant director of utilities management at the University of Rhode Island, and Marcia Garcia, URI’s sustainability officer, stand among a field of solar panels in South Kingstown. The solar array is part of the 40-megawatt South Kingstown Solar Collaboration facility, of which URI is one of three partners.   / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

R.I.’s solar industry has grown with the help of state incentives....

Cover Story 03/01/2019

After stints in the California, Nevada and Texas solar-energy industries, Kenny Hsieh learned of the financial incentives offered in Rhode Island, picked up his...

THE SOLAR FOUNDATION is a Washington, D.C. nonprofit focused on the national solar industry./ GRAPHIC COURTESY THE SOLAR FOUNDATION

Report: Rhode Island solar jobs declined in 2017

Government 02/07/2018

PROVIDENCE – The number of solar jobs in Rhode Island fell 9.5 percent to 1,064 during 2017, according to a national report released Wednesday. The...

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