facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts Windaction http://www.windaction.org/articles/c100+132?theme=atom Xarayar 2006-06-12T02:16:27Z .37159 2013-01-26T00:13:54Z 2013-01-26T00:13:54Z

"We just feel ... that it would be unsightly to place a high-voltage line right alongside Narragansett Avenue," Shields said this week. "I think that there's some trees there that are mature and I'm concerned they may have to cut them down and place these wires above the roof lines along the street."

.34832 2012-04-27T16:10:29Z 2012-04-27T16:10:29Z

Deepwater Wind has officially submitted plans for a cable connecting Block Island and the mainland to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), project manager Bryan Wilson reported to the town's Electric Utility Task Group Monday.

.34523 2012-03-09T16:16:08Z 2012-03-09T16:16:08Z

"I think it is extremely premature to sign or cosign anything. For me, I need a lot more specifics about what that compensation, or other form of consideration, would be for us to put our name remotely close to this," said Council President Glenna Hagopian. "I want to see what you are bringing to the table before we move forward."

.34165 2012-01-23T15:31:32Z 2012-01-23T15:31:32Z

A federal order issued last fall is intended to make it easier to construct transmission lines, costly and controversial projects that are notoriously tough to build.

.33805 2011-12-08T18:09:23Z 2011-12-08T18:09:23Z

The 15-mile underground transmission line will make its land connection in the pier at Gazebo Park, between Narragansett Town Beach and the Towers. For approximately eight weeks during the winter of 2012-13, a large drill will enter the ground at a 15-degree angle, and continue drilling under the sea wall and water until it reaches a concrete coffer dam about 1,500 feet offshore.

.29821 2010-11-08T14:26:20Z 2010-11-08T14:26:20Z

"Everyone has gotten so caught up in the ‘green is good' idea that they don't stop to think about the economics and the physics and the evidence. We're financing this with debt, which put the U.S. economy in the tank, and all the empirical evidence is against this producing enough energy to get us off fossil fuels," said Michael Delia, who owns a home near the Southeast Lighthouse.

.26951 2010-04-25T15:24:30Z 2010-04-25T15:24:30Z

Power companies in New England are beginning work on a nearly half-billion-dollar plan to upgrade the region’s electric grid to make way for appliances that can shut down to reduce electric bills, improve energy conservation, and connect to wind and solar energy. The first step is replacing decades-old meters with so-called smart meters that detail the use of computers, appliances, TVs, lights, and other household equipment.