Energy

Rhode Island’s gasoline dropped 3 cents this week, the fifth week of declines after five consecutive weeks of increases, according to AAA Southern New England. May 21

Oil headed for a third weekly drop in New York after Germany’s finance minister said Europe’s crisis may last another two years and reports added to evidence of a slowdown in China. May 18

Consumers in the Northeast paid 2.5 percent more for commodities in March 2012 than they did a year earlier, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index. May 15

Rhode Island’s gasoline dropped 3 cents this week, the fourth week of declines after five consecutive weeks of increases, according to AAA Southern New England. May 14

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is unveiling a wind energy project Tuesday, marking the end of the first phase of an undertaking that the school says will reduce annual energy costs by $3 million. May 1

Rhode Island’s gasoline dropped 4 cents this week, the second week of declines after five consecutive weeks of increases, according to AAA Southern New England. Apr 30

Oil traded near the highest level in a week in New York after the American Petroleum Institute said crude inventories fell in the U.S., the world’s biggest consumer of the commodity. Apr 25

The owners of Newport Biodiesel LLC have asked the state for permission to triple the company’s annual production to 1.5 million gallons, according to the Newport Daily News. Apr 23

When it comes to green building, structural insulated panels, or SIPs as they are called in the industry, are used for walls and ceilings. However, their increasing use make them part of the foundation for reducing energy costs. Apr 21

U.S. wind-power capacity grew 31 percent in 2011, accounting for 35 percent of all new electricity-generation capacity, the American Wind Energy Association said. Apr 21