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When Synagro Technologies Inc. and Woonsocket entered into an agreement to generate power at the company’s sewage incinerator, it was an unprecedented deal in Rhode Island. It’s the first time a local municipality and private entity in the business of sludge incineration will venture into the field of energy generation.
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By Michael Souza |
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Weather isn’t a controllable thing.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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BOSTON – The Mass. Department of Public Utilities has approved NSTAR’s lowest electric rates since 2004.
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5/28/12
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By Rhonda Miller |
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Rhode Island is among nine Northeastern states poised to revise regulations that will substantially lower allowable emissions of carbon dioxide, with the goal of putting the changes into effect by January 2014, said Frank Stevenson, supervising air-quality specialist for the
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PROVIDENCE – The company responsible for the high-tech battery powering the newly landed Mars Curiosity rover is in the middle of moving to Rhode Island, according to The Associated Press.
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8/13/12
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First Wind, in an acquisition of Victus Solar developments in three Massachusetts towns, now holds the rights to just over 26 megawatts in solar-electric projects, reported the Boston Business Journal.
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By PBN Staff
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WALTHAM, Mass. – National Grid named John J. Donleavy executive vice president and chief operating officer for the company’s U.S. operations, which include more than 3 million electric and 3 million natural gas customers in Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island.
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4/1/13
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The shale-gas bonanza on New England’s western doorstep has dramatically reduced the price of energy, but hasn’t ended fuel-supply constraints for the region’s electricity generators.
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BOSTON – Massachusetts appealed a Nuclear Regulatory Commission decision to relicense Entergy Corp.’s Pilgrim nuclear power station 40 miles south of Boston, asking to have the extension canceled pending further review, Bloomberg News reported last week.
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6/25/12
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