Tag: wind energy
Neronha leads effort to reverse cuts to Department of Health and...
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha joined a pair of lawsuits Monday challenging recent moves by the Trump administration.
Neronha announced he is...
Local port, offshore wind leaders holding industry to highest standard amid...
PROVIDENCE – Leaders of local ports and offshore wind are looking to hold themselves to the highest possible standard as political uncertainty over the...
BOEM completes environmental analysis of offshore Revolution Wind project
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced Monday that it had completed its environmental analysis of the proposed Revolution Wind Farm...
Construction to begin soon on wind farm off R.I. coast
Construction will soon begin on the second commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project to gain approval in the United States, the developers said.
The U.S. Department of...
E.G.’s Arctura awarded $1.15M grant from U.S. Dept. of Energy
EAST GREENWICH - Arctura, a wind-energy technology company, on Monday said it was awarded a $1.15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
The...
URI, UMaine researchers receive $1.2M grant to study floating offshore wind...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Engineers at the University of Rhode Island, along with colleagues from the University of Maine, have been awarded a $1.2 million...
COVID-19 will slow shift to renewable energy
The renewable energy industry, which until recently was projected to enjoy rapid growth, has run into stiff headwinds as a result of three era-defining...
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...
Waiting on more offshore wind
Three major offshore wind projects are in various stages of complicated permitting processes in southern New England waters.
Revolution Wind is a joint effort between...
Wind turbine blades can’t be recycled, so they’re piling up in...
NEW YORK – A wind turbine’s blades can be longer than a Boeing 747 wing, so at the end of their lifespan they can’t...