Rhode Islanders: National Grid is still your utility, at least for now.
Green Energy Consumers
APRIL 4, 2022
On Friday, Superior Court Judge Brian Stern put a pause on PPL's purchase of Rhode Island's electric and gas utility from National Grid.
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FuelCell Energy hits 3 billion kWh mark from its DFC plants since 2003
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 14, 2014
a provider of direct fuel cell power plants, has generated a cumulative three billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity from its Direct FuelCell (DFC) power plants since the first commercial installation in 2003. This land area is larger than the State of Rhode Island and almost as large as the State of Delaware.
Rhode Island's Renewable Energy Goal a Beacon for Other States
Cars That Think
AUGUST 4, 2022
Early in July, Rhode Island’s governor signed legislation mandating that the state acquire 100% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2033. It is true that Rhode Island is small. But Rhode Island plans to fill the gap with as much as 600 megawatts of new wind power.
National Grid wants to Sell Its Rhode Island Business. Is that in the public interest?
Green Energy Consumers
JUNE 14, 2021
A few months ago, news broke that National Grid planned to sell the Narragansett Electric and Gas Companies to a Pennsylvania-based company named PPL. In its deal with PPL, National Grid hopes to gain PPL’s business in the U nited Kingdom in exchange for Rhode Island’s electric and gas customers.
US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The Federal Transit Administration reviewed more than $2 billion in applications for these funds.
NEESC releases 2015 hydrogen & fuel cell development plans for eight Northeastern states; power generation and transportation
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
Cumulative goals for the Northeast states include approximately 1,300 megawatts of installed stationary fuel cell capacity; 10,800 fuel cell electric vehicles; 640 fuel cell powered buses; and 110 hydrogen refueling stations to support the fuel cell electric vehicles and buses. Fuel cell electricity generation by 2025.
3 Climate Policies to Get RI Back on Track for 2030
Green Energy Consumers
MAY 3, 2022
Rhode Island is headed in the wrong direction when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions. A month ago, the state released worrying emissions data that shows the state’s GHG emissions in 2018 were up 15% from 2016, including increases in all sectors, with one of the biggest jumps in emissions coming from our electricity sector.
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