Power for the People: Community Solar Project Achieves High Efficiency and Good Return on Investment

Credit to Author: Peter Mathews| Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 19:54:34 +0000

A 6.2-MW solar farm in Foster, Rhode Island, provides 3.35 GWh per year of clean, renewable energy for more than 700 community solar subscribers. The state of Rhode Island has ambitious targets for renewable energy production, including from solar. Many residents—especially those with the most to gain from cost-savings linked to solar power—are unable to […]

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Happy New Year for Climate & Cleantech, New England?

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 12:39:53 +0000

Happy New Year! According to the science, over the next 7 years we must focus on reducing emissions of heat-trapping gases significantly to halve emissions by 2030 and avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Getting there requires an all-of-society approach; getting there requires leadership at all levels of government. Inauguration Week We all settled […]

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Monster Clean Hydrogen Hub Rising In Northeast US

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 23:00:26 +0000

northeast clean hydrogen hubSix northeast US states have combined forces to fight for a share of the Energy Department’s $8 billion funding pot for Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs.

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Rhode Island Passes Soonest 100% Renewable Electricity Commitment in USA

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2022 17:10:12 +0000

Rhode offshore wind power farmRhode Island is the latest state that has committed to 100% renewable electricity. Earlier this week, Governor Daniel McKee made it official by signing the bill into law that commits Rhode Island to get 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources no later than 2033. In fact, that commitment means Rhode Island has the […]

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Governor McKee Signs Historic Legislation Requiring 100% of Rhode Island’s Electricity to be Offset by Renewable Energy by 2033

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:00:44 +0000

If governor signs bill, the Ocean State will have nation’s fastest timeline to power state solely with renewables.

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Rhode Island Legislature Commits to 100% of State’s Electricity from Renewable Sources by 2033

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 09:00:44 +0000

If governor signs bill, the Ocean State will have nation’s fastest timeline to power state solely with renewables.

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Rhode Island Targets 100% Renewables Procurement by 2033

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 12:58:56 +0000

Legislation passed in Rhode Island will commit the state to procure 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2033. If Gov. Daniel McKee, as expected, signs the bill into law, the Ocean State could have the nation’s fastest timeline for a 100% renewables procurement. The New England state’s legislature on June 17 approved […]

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The Single-Use Plastic Dilemma — It’s Complicated

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 21:50:16 +0000

single use plastic banPlastic bag bans are the subject of discussion in state and local governments across America as people struggle with how to respond to the scourge of plastic waste.

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