Energy Knowledge
Rhode Island electricity rates in August 2018 averaged 18.70 cents per kilowatthour -- an estimated 41 percent more than the 13.30 cents per kilowatthour average rate in the U.S. overall in August 2018.[1]
Rhode Island natural gas rates in July 2018 averaged 27.60 dollars per thousand cubic feet -- an estimated 48 percent more than the 18.63 dollars per thousand cubic feet average rate in the nation overall in July 2018.[2]
Rhode Island solar energy averaged about 4.62 kilowatt hours per square meter per day (kWh/m2/day) on an annual basis -- an estimated 24% more than the 3.73 kWh/m2/day generated at a low-output location in the U.S.[3]
As of last week, Apple now also an energy company. But that’s old news — Google already played that card all the way back in 2010.
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Apple just created a subsidiary named Apple Energy that will do exactly what it seems a company by that name would do — sell energy.
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A second quarter (Q2) U.S. solar market report was released and the results are clear: The use of solar power continues to rise in the U.S.
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Rhode Island has an estimated population of 1,052,567, which ranks 45th in the nation. [4]
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