In the early morning of May 1, 2017, Block Island, Rhode Island, shut off the diesel generators that had powered the island for nearly a century. The lights on the island flickered off before turning ...

The Miles Smith Farm diesel-fueled generator is housed in a concrete building partially underground to help cut the noise while it is running. Credit: Courtesy of Carole Soule Sign up for the Concord ...

This outback town is giving renewable energy another shot as a new solar farm and battery system hooks up to the grid, two decades after a solar array project failed to live up to the hype.

Thick fog covered most of Block Island Monday morning, hiding the five wind Turbines located just a few miles off-shore. The smallest town in smallest state is now 100-percent powered by the off-shore ...