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- Quonset Development Corporation’s push for renewable energy continues with lease for 500-kilowatt solar farm (2/18/14)
NORTH KINGSTOWN — The Quonset Business Park is continuing its push into renewable energy with the approval on Tuesday of a lease for a 500-kilowatt solar farm proposed by a Colorado-based developer.
- Frigid spell diverts natural gas from New England’s power grid (1/7/14)
For the second time since Friday, frigid temperatures in New England are forcing a realignment of how natural gas is used to power the region -– a renewed reminder that increasing reliance on natural gas, coupled with limited pipeline capacity to deliver it, has ramifications for the reliability of the electric grid and, potentially, the cost to consumers.
- WindSail Capital raises $20M for 1st clean energy fund (12/2/13)
Boston-based WindSail Capital Group, which lends to clean energy-related businesses in need of growth financing, has raised $20.4 million for its first dedicated fund.
- OP-ED | Wind Siting Regulations Will Help Secure Connecticut’s Clean Energy Future (11/25/13)
When Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection finalized its comprehensive energy strategy earlier this year, they set Connecticut on a direct path to a cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable energy. The strategy stands to reduce energy costs for the state’s residents and businesses and positions Connecticut as a true clean energy leader.
- Vermont Electric Co-op to be part of solar partnership (11/12/13)
MONTPELIER(AP) -- The Vermont Electric Cooperative is hoping to build the state's largest utility-owned solar power project as part of a broader effort to help reduce the state's dependence on fossil fuels, officials said Monday.
- R.I. Commerce Corp approves $300,000 energy loan contingent upon final approval by subcommittee (1/27/14)
PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation agreed Monday night to loan $300,000 from the state's Renewable Energy Fund to an early-stage company, rTerra PV Solutions, yet that's contingent upon final review by its Access to Capital Subcommittee
- Opinion: How to prepare for Maine’s next big, windy industry (12/11/13)
One day, there will be an offshore wind energy industry in the United States. Maine can either prepare for it now — by fostering a stable environment for related business, technology and education growth — or lose later. New industries with potential to create thousands of jobs do not come to the Pine Tree State often.
- Central Connecticut State coming up green (12/1/13)
The environmental sustainability movement is growing stronger on college campuses across the U.S. Central Connecticut State University is no different.
- Maine wind, Canadian hydro, natural gas: Are the stars aligning for a bright energy future in New England? (11/22/13)
It’s the latest way of thinking about New England’s energy future: Each state has something the others need. Maine has wind resources and the space for turbines. Southern New England has the demand for renewable energy.
- For marinas, being green makes business sense (11/11/13)
“Green” and “clean” are adjectives being used increasingly to describe Rhode Island marinas, as well as the boats that take harbor there.