By HJ Mai on May 07, 2019
Massachusetts is the first state to allow behind-the-meter energy storage to qualify for energy efficiency incentives.
By Jim Sullivan on April 27, 2019
The Baker-Polito Administration awared $529,600 in funding to support three early-stage clean energy companies through InnovateMass. The announcement was made by CEO Steve Pike during a tour of CIWorks in Amesbury.
By Stephen Pike on April 24, 2019
MassCEC is helping Massachusetts residents rethink how they heat and cool buildings.
By Michael Page on April 23, 2019
MassCEC is helping to meet state climate goals through the development of Massachusetts' first offshore wind farm.
By Amy Phillips on April 11, 2019
The state is offering rebates through MassCEC's wood stove changeout program to provide EPA- certified stoves to Massachusetts residents.
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By Jeff Cramer, Andrew Masse on April 11, 2019
MassCEC's wood stove changeout program will help residents to save money and reduce the potential for dangerous fires.
MassCEC awards a grant for heating and cooling to Endicott College's new Wax Academic Center.
By Steve Baragona on April 09, 2019
Massachusetts continues to lead the nation in clean energy policy, with clean energy employing three percent of the state's workforce and creating a 13 billion dollar industry.
By David Foxwell on April 01, 2019
The National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium has announced up to US$7M in funding for its first comprehensive solicitation for offshore wind technology projects.
By Adam Strzempko on March 28, 2019
Residents of Springfield and Longfellow could save money by switching to solar electricity through the Solarize Mass program.
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Arlington and Winchester have kicked off the 2019 HeatSmart program, a MassCEC and DOER sponsored campaign.
By Emily Clark on March 27, 2019
Plymouth has received a MassCEC grant that should help their wastewater treatment plant better clean treated effluent that is discharged daily into Plymouth Harbor.
By Mary Whitfill on March 25, 2019
MassCEC awards grants to Plymouth and Hull to explore innovative water technology at wastewater treatment plants.
UMass Lowell uses seed funding from MassCEC to pioneer new energy efficient vehicles.
MassCEC grant awardee Boston Materials has raised $1.75 million in Clean Venture funding.
The New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal - owned and operated by MassCEC - will become the first port in the U.S. to foster the deployment of a large-scale offshore wind project.
By Brian Dowling on March 15, 2019
Via Separations, a startup developing energy-efficient filtration technology and MassCEC grant awardee, has raised $4.8 million in a...
By Laxman Pai on March 11, 2019
Massachusetts-based Bristol Community College and JDR Cables, supplier of subsea power cables and umbilicals and a part of the TFKable Group, have launched new collaboration to train the future workforce for the global offshore wind industry.
By Marex on March 11, 2019
Bristol Community College and JDR Cables, part of the TFKable Group, have launched an innovative collaboration to train the future workforce for the global offshore wind industry.
By Jim Phillips on March 08, 2019
MassCEC CEO Stephen Pike attended a press conference at Bristol Community College to help launch a collaboration to train future workers for the global offshore wind industry.
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By Jennette Barnes on March 07, 2019
Bristol Community College has signed an agreement with an electrical cable supplier to provide job training for the offshore wind industry.
Many offshore wind companies are taking an interest in the east coast; specifically, Massachusetts.
By Shafaq Patel on March 04, 2019
Boston-based start-up ZwitterCo, a company that creates clean filtration systems for wastewater, was awarded MassCEC's Catalyst Water Challenge Grant.
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By Michelle Froese on February 27, 2019
The Humber, UK is experiencing substantial offshore wind development as wind continues to grow worldwide with a MassCEC report estimating $2.1 billion impacts.
By Natasha Zena on February 24, 2019
UMass-born start-up Aclarity, which focuses on water purification technologies, recieves $65,000 in grant funding from MassCEC.
The Baker-Polito administration selected the town of Winchester to participate in the 2019 HeatSmart Massachusetts program.
With steps big and small, Massachusetts is moving toward a more environmentally friendly future in which the state will rely increasingly on renewable energy.
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Arlington has been selected to participate in the 2019 HeatSmart Mass Program, sponsored by MassCEC and the Department of Energy Resources.
By Peter Cohan on February 10, 2019
Worcester startup Kinetic Batteries was awarded $65,000 in funding from MassCEC's Catalyst Award.
By Betsy Lillian on January 29, 2019
Tufts University will offer a new master's degree in Offshore Wind Engineering, which will include multiple trips to MassCEC's testing centers and the New Bedford Terminal.
U.S. States, including Massachusetts - through MassCEC - joined the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium.
Hingham-based company SteamIQ has recieved research funding from the Baker-Polito administration through MassCEC's InnovateMass program.
By Jim Haddadin on January 22, 2019
A Framingham resident will soon test a new hydropower theory in Holyoke Dam after receiving $100,000 grant from MassCEC.
By Domenic Poli on January 22, 2019
MassCEC and DOER funded Solar Access will host an informational meeting, led by the President of the Center for EcoTechnology.
By G. Michael Dobbs on January 17, 2019
Solarize Springfield-Longmeadow, sponsored by MassCEC and the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, will hold an information session on Jan. 31.
By Julia Taliesin on January 11, 2019
The Baker-Polito Administration has announced $693,000 in funding for four early-stage clean energy companies. Funding will be awarded through MassCEC's InnovateMass program.
By By Mary Whitfill on January 11, 2019
Hingham- based SteamIQ received $44,832 in funding from MassCEC's InnovateMass program to continue work on devices that allow companies to monitor their steam trap population
By G. Michael Dobbs on January 03, 2019
Western Massachusetts is benefiting from advances in the clean energy industry, according to a report issued last week.
Massachusetts has added 1,500 workers to the state’s renewable energy workforce in the past year.
That’s according to a new report from The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center — a state economic development agency...
By Michelle Froese on December 20, 2018
The U.S. could tap into a vast offshore wind energy resource and better steward its marine environment by galvanizing large-scale research and fostering public-private partnerships, according to a report by the Partnership for Offshore Wind Energy Research (POWER-US...
By Michelle Froese on December 19, 2018
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) announced that the state’s clean energy sector has continued its trend of upward growth, adding more than 1,500 workers to the clean energy workforce between 2017 and 2018.
By Mary C. Serreze on December 19, 2018
The clean energy sector in Massachusetts continues to grow, according to a new report that cites 1,500 new jobs added in 2017, and a "clean energy gross state product" that now tops $13.8 billion.
By Robert A. DeLeo and Thomas Golden on December 19, 2018
Offshore wind grew up overnight last week right off the coast of Massachusetts, with a federal auction for ocean plots fetching lucrative prices from developers competing for the right to build among the first commercial-scale offshore wind farms in the nation.
By Srividya Kalyanaraman on December 17, 2018
Last week on Thursday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it will dedicate $100 million towards an Energy-...
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By Derrick Z. Jackson on December 17, 2018
There can be no more doubt on the promise of American offshore wind energy after Friday’s record-smashing federal auction of 390,000 acres of water far south of Martha’s Vineyard. A forlorn area that attracted...
By Aaron Curtis on December 07, 2018
Gary Potwin simply laughs when asked if pursuing renewable energy for his home was the right move.
By Mike O'Boyle on December 03, 2018
Offshore wind could be America's biggest bipartisan clean energy success story in the next two years. But how policymakers design related policies will determine how fast project costs fall.
By Sarah Shemkus on November 30, 2018
A solar incentive launched this week in Massachusetts is the state’s latest effort to make it easier for farmers to adopt renewables and become more energy efficient.
A house here, a small business there, a few panels on a carport or set up in a side yard. Residential and small-business solar power is becoming hard to miss in this area.
By Johanna Seltz on November 15, 2018
Braintree Light customers can now use electricity generated by the sun — during the night.
By Tao Woolfe on November 15, 2018
A realty group this week unveiled an ambitious mixed-use development proposal—including retail, housing, and energy and water treatment systems—for an 18-acre parcel of land off Route 130 in Forestdale.
By Michael P. Norton on November 15, 2018
Two more Massachusetts communities have been selected to participate in a seven-year-old state program that officials say has led to 3,400 new small-scale solar installations in homes and businesses across Massachusetts, in part by aggregating the buying power of participants.
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By Paula J. Owen on November 11, 2018
Most people wouldn’t think of driving a tractor-trailer as a green job, but when it is transporting recycled material, it falls into that category, along with other nontraditional green jobs, as the sector continues to expand.
By Sarah Shemkus on November 08, 2018
A year after Massachusetts awarded $20 million in energy storage grants, the first project is online and showing promise to help shave peak demand, save customers money, and pave the way for more solar power.
A local farm officially opened an organic waste to energy operation at a ceremony involving its biggest supporters and benefactors on Friday.
By Sophia Player on November 01, 2018
Galen Nelson spoke on Thursday for the 13th annual Elizabeth and Lawrence Vadnais Environmental Issues Lecture to discuss innovation and its role in clean energy.
By Jennette Barnes on October 30, 2018
NEW BEDFORD — Visitors from the United Kingdom had clear lessons about offshore wind to share with the SouthCoast on Tuesday during an all-day symposium in New Bedford.
By Jennette Barnes on October 30, 2018
Visitors from the United Kingdom had clear lessons about offshore wind to share with the SouthCoast on Tuesday during an all-day symposium in New Bedford.
A recycling company working with Haverhill to convert food and farm waste into energy formally opens its doors this week with a ceremony involving state officials.
By Stephanie Leydon, WGBH on October 29, 2018
The city of New Bedford first prospered as a whaling capital. Now, a thriving scallop industry makes this the country’s most valuable fishing port.
By Stephanie Leydon on October 26, 2018
The city of New Bedford first prospered as a whaling capital. Now, a thriving scallop industry makes this the country’s most valuable fishing port.
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By Fred Hanson on October 25, 2018
BRAINTREE − It is 50 feet long, gray and resembles a shipping container. Inside is enough electricity to power 600 to 700 homes for up to four hours.
By Undercurrent News on October 24, 2018
The US state of Massachusetts has agreed a deal to use the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal as the primary staging and deployment location for a new offshore wind turbine development, reports ...
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The first offshore wind power project in Massachusetts waters has taken another step forward. A deal is now in place to use New Bedford as the staging ground for construction.
By Jon Chesto on October 24, 2018
Vineyard Wind has signed an 18-month lease to use the state-funded New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal for the primary staging and deployment area to build the company’s 800-megawatt offshore wind farm 14 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard.
By Lucas Thors on October 24, 2018
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) said in a press release Monday that the Baker-Polito administration has signed a lease agreement with Vineyard Wind to use the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal as the primary staging and deployment location for its offshore wind project.
By CIO Bulletin on October 24, 2018
MassRobotics and Mass Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) are working together on clean energy and water space. MassCEC’s IncubateMass program will grant award to MassRobotics which is utilized to kick-start the robotics creation and AI start-ups in the two sectors clean energy and water.
Dr Carolyn Heeps discusses some of the reasons why Massachussetts is leading the growth of offshore wind in the US, and how the sector will continue to develop. Featuring Stephen Pike and Bill White from Massachussetts Clean Energy Center.
One of the first steps in the actual construction of the planned 800 megawatt wind farm planned for south of Martha’s Vineyard was completed yesterday with the signing of a lease for the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal.
By Tom Russell on October 23, 2018
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) and Vineyard Wind have signed a lease agreement to utilise the New Bedford Marine Commerce Center as the primary staging and deployment location for its offshore wind project.
The developers of the 800MW Vineyard Wind offshore project are leasing the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal for 18 months as the primary staging and deployment base for the wind farm off Massachusetts.
Vineyard Wind, the developer of the 800-MW wind project off Massachusetts, has signed a lease agreement with the state’s staging terminal to handle most of the onshore deployment activities from New Bedford.
By Mary C. Serreze on October 23, 2018
A heavy-lift pier in this South Coast fishing port will see plenty of use as a staging area for the nation's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm.
Two weeks before the election, Gov. Charlie Baker traveled to New Bedford Monday to announce an offshore wind lease that was signed in late September.
By Bruce Mohl on October 22, 2018
THE STATE’S STAGING TERMINAL for offshore wind development got its first major customer on Monday, nearly four years after it opened for business in New Bedford.
By Jennette Barnes on October 22, 2018
Vineyard Wind signed a lease on Monday to use the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal, putting pen to paper at a ceremonial signing attended by Gov. Charlie Baker and a host of state legislators.
By WBUR Newsroom on October 22, 2018
Vineyard Wind, which is building an offshore wind farm off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, said Monday it has signed a lease for its staging operations to be based in New Bedford.
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By Aimee Chiavaroli on October 22, 2018
DARTMOUTH — Jay Ash, Massachusetts Secretary of Housing and Economic Development announced a $300,000 commitment toward the effort to propel the “Blue Economy” forward at UMass Dartmouth Monday evening.
By Sarah Tan on October 22, 2018
Governor Charlie Baker formalized his commitment to bringing the offshore wind industry to New Bedford on Monday, after signing a lease with offshore wind developer Vineyard Wind.
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By Betsy Lillian on October 22, 2018
Massachusetts’ Baker-Polito administration and Vineyard Wind have announced a lease agreement to use the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal as the primary staging and deployment location for Vineyard Wind’s offshore development.
By Lucia Maffel on October 22, 2018
Thinking of “clean energy” as opposed to “dirty energy” is a great way to begin understanding the energy industry.
By TRR Editor on October 22, 2018
MassRobotics announced it will be expanding its work in the clean energy and water space through its partnership with Mass Clean Energy Center (MassCEC)....
By Brian Candall on October 22, 2018
The first offshore wind power project in Massachusetts waters has taken another step forward.
By Sarah Doiron, Shiina Losciuto on October 22, 2018
The city of New Bedford has been chosen as the base for a major offshore wind project.
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In its most recent industry report, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center painted a bright picture for the sector's prospects in the Bay State: With more than 109,000 jobs in the commonwealth as of July 2017, the clean energy industry has seen growth of 81 percent since 2010.
By Josh Landes on October 18, 2018
Galen Nelson is the Senior Director of Innovation and Industry Support at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.
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By Philip Cavallo on October 18, 2018
In its most recent industry report, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center painted a bright picture for the sector's prospects in the Bay State: With more than 109,000 jobs in the commonwealth as of July 2017, the clean energy industry has seen growth of 81 percent since 2010.
By Nicholas Aresco on October 17, 2018
An Amherst woman is now using clean, renewable energy in her home and she couldn't be more excited.
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By Mike Gleason on October 17, 2018
A local family will open its doors to the public this weekend as part of a nationwide effort to promote solar power.
Smart and Resilient Cities
Earlier this year, Leading Cities, a global network for Smart City growth and collaboration, has launched a global Smart City startup accelerator program that provides potential capital from a network of investors as well as the tools and knowledge of how to do business with cities.
By Chris Gillis on October 12, 2018
For generations, the Massachusetts port of New Bedford has served as a hub for New England’s fishing industry. Now the port is aiming to reel in its biggest catch yet: gigantic wind turbine components to be used in the construction of the region’s future offshore wind farms.
By Elisa Wood on October 05, 2018
Global energy technology giant Siemens plans to acquire Massachusetts-based Russelectric, a move likely to strengthen Siemens position in state’s increasingly fertile microgrid market.
By Mary C. Serreze on October 04, 2018
School children focused intently upon their miniature hydropower models as the 33-megawatt Hadley Falls Dam roared in the background.
By Mary C. Serreze on October 04, 2018
By Michelle Froese on October 03, 2018
At the end of 2018, there were 14 offshore wind projects in various stages of development across the Eastern and Great Lakes coasts. While offshore developers secure financing, licenses, and components, several U.S. port operators are upgrading their infrastructure to accommodate this emerging...
The Solarize Massachusetts program works to make solar projects more affordable through group buying power.
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The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has dispersed innovation grants that pair technology firms with wastewater plants in Amherst, Pittsfield, Westfield and Fairhaven.
The Solarize Plus Lowell program kickoff party is set for Monday evening at Warp and Weft.
At a brightly lit factory near the mouth of the Loire River, technicians in hardened black baseball caps gingerly maneuver wind machine tower turrets called nacelles across the floor and join them to big round generators. Then they roll the assemblies, which weigh hundreds of tons, onto the dock...
Sierra Club’s Cape Cod Group and 350 Cape Cod invite local residents, businesses, students, and officials to learn more about the potential benefits of Vineyard Wind and other offshore wind projects by attending a forum on Monday, Oct. 1, hosted by Cape Cod Community College.
By Stanley Reed on September 21, 2018
At a brightly lit factory near the mouth of France’s Loire River, technicians in hardened black baseball caps gingerly maneuver wind machine tower turrets called nacelles across the floor and then join them to big round generators. Then they roll the assemblies, which weigh hundreds of tons, onto...
Amherst, Mass., is one of four communities in the state starting a pilot program to improve the quality of it wastewater, reduce the cost of treating effluent and potentially find other uses for the end product.
By Mary C. Serreze on September 20, 2018
Wastewater treatment plants can be huge consumers of energy, and the costs are generally borne by sewer ratepayers.
The Baker-Polito Administration has awarded $402,000 in grants to four municipalities and technology providers to support innovative technical advancements for publicly owned wastewater treatment plants in Fairhaven and three other communities.
By Adam Minkley on September 18, 2018
Best-selling author, journalist and Marvel Comics writer Ta-Nehisi Coates will be this year's featured speaker at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts' annual fall lectures series.
By Carolyn Fortuna on September 10, 2018
The US Department of Defense’s (DoD) first wind-powered microgrid is nearly ready at Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Unveiled on August 29, 2018, by the 102nd Intelligence Wing and project partners, the “grid-connected microgrid” will serve as a model for similar Air...
UMassFive College Federal Credit Union is offering MySolar Loans. MySolar joins the Mass Solar Loan as a complimentary solar financing option at the credit union, aimed to help homeowner members with the purchase and installation of solar electric systems.
By Andy Colthorpe on August 31, 2018
US utilities deployed more than 520MWh of energy storage on their networks in 2017, bringing the country’s cumulative installed capacity of grid-connected energy storage systems to over 1GWh, trade organisation Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) has found.
By Erin Ailworth on August 24, 2018
Some of the world’s top manufacturing companies are embroiled in a fierce competition. The contest: Who can build the most powerful offshore wind turbine?
By John Laidler on August 23, 2018
Arlington is seeking a volunteer coach for a program the town hopes to undertake to make energy efficient heating and cooling more affordable to homeowners.
By Mike Gleason on August 19, 2018
When Norfolk County Agricultural High School students return to school this fall, they’ll find a striking new addition to the school grounds - a 50-foot-high wind turbine.
By Liz Carey on August 17, 2018
More than 20 projects across the state of Massachusetts and from a wide variety of industry sectors have received more than $20 million in grants for providing energy storage solutions.
Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod on Tuesday dedicated five affordable homes, completing Phase I of the Paul Hush Way development in Brewster.
By Jan Ellen Spiegel on August 08, 2018
Though late to the game, East Coast states are poised for a major expansion into wind power - and to benefit from the jobs that come with it.
By State House News Service on August 07, 2018
Vineyard Wind's electricity price quote, which was unveiled in contract filings last week, pleasantly surprised the environmental community and the Bay State's industrial sector, two constituencies that often spar over power policy.
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By Abigail Seaberg on August 06, 2018
Like many other high school students, Courtney Imbaro, a sophomore from Plainville, has been hard at work this summer. What sets her apart from most of the rest is her lack of excitement to see her 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. gig end come Aug. 24.
By Aimee Chiavaroli on August 06, 2018
At the Brooklawn Park farmers market Monday afternoon, junior Amanda Braga, among three other New Bedford High School students, tried to catch people’s attention, asking if they were interested in signing up for a SouthCoast Energy Challenge newsletter.
By WBUR Newsroom on August 03, 2018
Massachusetts electric customers will save $1.4 billion on their bills over the next 20 years thanks to Vineyard Wind, according to a state agency.
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By Kristen Young on August 02, 2018
The adage that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure could prove true for the town of Yarmouth, which could soon be home to Cape Cod’s only anaerobic digester.
The Baker-Polito Administration today announced $480,000 in funding to three Massachusetts high schools for hands-on learning and academic training programs that prepare students to pursue clean energy and STEM higher education majors and careers.
By Steven Nadel on August 01, 2018
From coast to coast, several programs are starting to help homeowners switch from space and water heating fueled by oil, propane, and natural gas to high-efficiency heat pumps powered by clean electricity.
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By Josh Landes on August 01, 2018
Pittsfield, Massachusetts is exploring a renewable energy option to bolster its energy system in the event of disaster. James McGrath is Pittsfield’s Park, Open Space, and Natural Resource Program Manager. He says the city’s quest for energy independence inspired a look into establishing a...
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By Linda Roy on August 01, 2018
Area high school students are investing 6 weeks of their summer, not at the beach, but in a program learning about clean and renewable energy at the Marion Institute.
By Betsy Lillian on July 31, 2018
Massachusetts’ Baker-Polito administration has announced the selection of the City of Lowell to participate in the 2018 Solarize Mass Plus program, which promotes the adoption of solar technology and air source heat pumps among residents.
The city has been selected to participate in a state program to promote the adoption of solar technology and air source heat pumps among residents.
By Mike Gleason on July 30, 2018
When Norfolk County Agricultural High School students return to school this fall, they’ll find a striking new addition to the school grounds - a 50-foot wind turbine, set up this month.
By Todd Olinsky-Paul on July 30, 2018
Energy storage is a clean energy technology with many potential benefits to the electric grid and all segments of the energy market. Massachusetts’ Advancing Commonwealth Energy Storage (ACES)grant program, part of the Baker-Polito Administration’s Energy Storage Initiative (ESI), was created to...
By Jon Gorey on July 25, 2018
Looking up at the clear blue sky, I hear birds chirping, the far-off rumble of the Red Line, and — maybe I’m imagining it — the steady clink-clink-clink of money dropping into a jar somewhere. I’ve always loved sunshine, but since we installed solar panels in 2017, we’re making it rain on sunny...
By Erin Ailworth on July 24, 2018
New York, Massachusetts and others want to become the wind hub as industry eyes U.S. Atlantic coast.
By John Bondarek on July 20, 2018
Thanks to a $250,000 grant awarded to Cape Light Compact and Habitat for Humanity from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, six solar photovoltaic systems were placed on multiple new low-income homes in Brewster.
By Sarah Tan on July 19, 2018
Habitat for Humanity unveiled its newest affordable housing community in Brewster that is also environmentally friendly. The six homes off of Tubman Road are all equipped with solar panels which power the homes, making them nearly net zero, meaning they make as much energy as they use.
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By Ethan Genter on July 19, 2018
Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito took in some Cape Cod sun while making it rain for several towns Thursday when she made two stops in Brewster: one to announce four grants for rail trail projects across the peninsula and another to unveil a solar energy partnership with Habitat for Humanity.
By Cape Cod Today Staff on July 19, 2018
At a ribbon cutting ceremony, the Baker-Polito Administration today celebrated the completion of six solar photovoltaic systems on newly constructed homes for low-income residents by Habitat for Humanity Cape Cod. The project was funded by a $250,000 grant awarded to Cape Light Compact, which...
By Betsy Lillian on July 19, 2018
At a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, Massachusetts’ Baker-Polito administration celebrated the completion of six solar photovoltaic systems on newly constructed homes for low-income residents by Habitat for Humanity Cape Cod.
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By Michael J. Rausch on July 12, 2018
Massachusetts Maritime Academy officials were joined by state officials for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate construction of a $2.5 million extension of the academy’s pier in Buzzards Bay. The ceremony, held Thursday, July 12, welcomed featured speaker, Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor...
By Rob Hotakainen on June 28, 2018
The latest proof came yesterday when Republicans and Democrats alike pledged to back the nascent industry at a hearing of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
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By Michelle Froese on June 28, 2018
The Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA), a national nonprofit coalition of public agencies working together to advance clean energy, has released a new report profiling the six...
By Kirk Moore on June 27, 2018
The budding Atlantic offshore wind industry needs a skilled workforce in the Northeast and a consistent federal approach to permitting and regulation, experts told members of Congress Tuesday.
“The Northeast region alone aims to generate 7500 megawatts of offshore wind power by 2030, said Stephen...
By Dakota Antelman on June 27, 2018
Students at Southborough’s Neary Elementary School spent June 18 studying clean energy as part of an effort to engage young children in environmental conversations.
By Max Stendahl on June 22, 2018
The MassVentures START program, in its seventh year, has now invested almost $19 million in 74 different projects. Here's a look at this year's awardees.
By Karl-Erik Stromsta on June 19, 2018
States up and down the US East Coast have finally caught on to the enormous potential of the jobs-rich offshore wind market, and the good news is jobs are coming soon.
By Tux Turkel on June 13, 2018
Tuesday’s decision by the Maine Public Utilities Commission to further review the terms of the power-contract for the Maine Aqua Ventus wind farm comes as offshore wind energy, refined for decades in Europe, is poised to become a major new industry in the United States. Policies by state...
Cleantech Open Northeast, the Northeast region of the world’s oldest and largest cleantech accelerator program, today announced its 2018 class of 30 startups...
By Scott Merzbach on June 11, 2018
In a water testing laboratory at the University of Massachusetts, a researcher has identified the technology that can remove contaminants from water more thoroughly, and less expensively, than similar products already on the market.
By Michael Kuser on June 11, 2018
Competition among states to set the highest offshore wind energy targets and to secure supply chain jobs is gradually giving way to a regional cooperation, the head of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said last week.
By Karl-Erik Stromsta on June 08, 2018
Massachusetts is likely to increase its legally mandated 1,600MW offshore wind target, says Matthew Beaton, the state’s secretary for energy and the environment.
By Mary Powers on June 08, 2018
New England now has bet big on offshore wind power, with two states moving on May 23 to site three turbine complexes that will generate a total of some 1,200 MW of power, and investing heavily in onshore facilities to build an Atlantic coast construction hub and supply chain.
Offshore developer expects to wrap up most of its major procurement decisions by early 2019, says CEO Lars Thaaning Pedersen
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) will host a one-day Offshore Wind Supply Chain Forum to connect Massachusetts companies with global offshore wind industry representatives.
By Jennette Barnes on June 07, 2018
When it comes to making money on offshore wind, local companies want in. So does everyone else.
Would-be suppliers from Texas, New York, other U.S. states and Europe joined local businesses vying to make profitable connections Wednesday at an offshore wind forum in New Bedford.
By Sarah Tan on June 07, 2018
On Wednesday, the Commonwealth held a forum for businesses across the region to hear from Vineyard Wind, the first offshore wind company to win a contract with the state to provide 800 megawatts of power. The meeting included large international companies like General Electric, and smaller local...
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By Karl-Erik Stromsta on June 05, 2018
Massachusetts and Rhode Island’s recent announcements that they will procure 1.2GW of offshore wind from developers Vineyard Wind and Deepwater Wind is the culmination of a decade-long battle to ignite the US offshore market.
Dozens of clean energy businesses convened at the Statehouse recently to showcase the growing vitality of the clean energy industry and to call for expanded clean energy polices during the Northeast Clean Energy Council’s seventh annual Massachusetts Clean Energy Day.
By Mary B. Powers on May 29, 2018
New England now has bet big on offshore wind power, with two states moving on May 23 to site three turbine complexes that will generate a total of some 1,200 MW of power, and investing heavily in onshore facilities to build an Atlantic coast construction hub and supply chain.
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By Jennette Barnes on May 26, 2018
Now we have an industry, not just a plan. That’s the feeling among would-be suppliers and others after Massachusetts and Rhode Island awarded offshore wind contracts on Wednesday to two developers for a combined 1,200 megawatts of power. Though subject to negotiation and permitting, the...
By Sarah Tan on May 26, 2018
Massachusetts is gearing up for the creation of the state's first offshore wind farm. On Wednesday, the state selected the New Bedford-based firm Vineyard Wind to build what could be the largest offshore wind farm in the country.
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By David Roberts on May 25, 2018
All the way back in December 2016, I wrote about a milestone: The US finally had its first operating offshore wind farm, the Block Island Wind Farm off of Rhode Island. As milestones go, it was somewhat sad (the farm is just 30 megawatts) and late (offshore wind’s been around for 20 years), but at...
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By Elisa Wood on May 25, 2018
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has awarded two $75,000 grants for social justice microgrids planned in Boston’s Chinatown and Chelsea neighborhoods.
By Steve LeBlanc on May 24, 2018
Massachusetts and Rhode Island have announced offshore wind projects aimed at delivering a combined 1,200 megawatts of energy — or enough to power 600,000 homes.
The Vineyard Wind project will be Massachusetts’ first offshore wind farm and is expected to generate 800 megawatts of energy. That’s...
As the state moves toward more “smart growth” transit-oriented housing and works to cut greenhouse gas emissions, one project unveiled last week could set a benchmark for how to do it in a comprehensive, sustainable way.
By Steve LeBlanc on May 24, 2018
Massachusetts and Rhode Island have announced offshore wind projects aimed at delivering a combined 1,200 megawatts of energy — or enough to power 600,000 homes.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island have announced offshore wind projects aimed at delivering a combined 1,200 megawatts of energy — or enough to power 600,000 homes. The Vineyard Wind project will be Massachusetts' first offshore wind farm and is expected to generate 800 megawatts of energy. That's...
By Bruce Gellerman on May 23, 2018
On Wednesday, Massachusetts officials will announce the long-anticipated winner of the nation's first industrial-sized offshore wind project.
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By Mary Ann Bragg on May 23, 2018
As three large offshore wind energy companies await news Wednesday of whether they will move forward to negotiate long-term contracts to sell power to the state’s electricity distributors, business leaders say they don’t expect to see lower electric rates but are glad to see a competitive process.
By Sarah Tan on May 23, 2018
Massachusetts is gearing up for the creation of the state's first offshore wind farm. If proposals are accepted, the state could soon be home to the largest offshore wind facility in the country. The coast of Massachusetts is an ideal location to harness the power of wind and now, developers are...
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By Stanley Reed and Ivan Penn on May 23, 2018
On the waterfront of this fabled former whaling hub, the outlines of a major new industry are starting to appear. Crews of research boats perform last-minute tuneups before heading out to map the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. A large weather buoy decked out with gear for measuring wind speeds waits...
Vineyard Wind has been selected for an 800-megawatt wind farm — about 100 turbines — in federal waters about 14 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. Deepwater’s project, called Revolution Wind, will be half the size, and is located south of Little Compton, Rhode Island, and Westport, Massachusetts.
By Mary C. Serreze on May 23, 2018
The first-round winner has been announced in a high-stakes contest to provide offshore wind energy to Massachusetts utilities.
Vineyard Wind will enter contract negotiations with the state's major electric companies to sell output from an 800-megawatt facility to be built in federal waters 34...
By Steve LeBlanc on May 23, 2018
Massachusetts and Rhode Island have announced offshore wind projects aimed at delivering a combined 1,200 megawatts of energy — or enough to power 600,000 homes.
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By Lisa Cohn on May 22, 2018
New models — not more government funding — will drive the microgrid market forward. That’s what panelists and representatives from innovative cities and states said at a discussion during Microgrid 2018, “How to Elevate Microgrids in Government Resilience and Climate Strategies.”
By Associated Press on May 20, 2018
Massachusetts is set to clear another hurdle on the path to its first offshore wind farm. Wednesday is the deadline to announce which of three proposed wind projects can move forward.
Massachusetts is set to clear another hurdle on the path to its first offshore wind farm. Wednesday is the deadline to announce which of three proposed wind projects can move forward. In 2016, Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bipartisan energy bill that authorized the largest procurement of...
By M.J. Tidwell on May 18, 2018
Around 100 years ago, scientists created treatment standards for water to make it safe to use and drink. By and large, those standards are still in use today, a UMass Amherst professor told officials who came to tour a new mobile water testing lab Thursday at the Statehouse in Boston.
By Shira Schoenberg on May 18, 2018
By Katie Goers on May 18, 2018
A grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center will help the Sandwich STEM Academy host a Clean Energy Activity Day next week.
The $8,000 grant will fund the activities, exhibits, and speakers throughout the day. The activities will be geared toward students in 6th grade through 8th grade and...
By Paul Tuthill on May 17, 2018
Listen to the interview with Steve Pike. Water is not something frequently associated with high tech. But, Massachusetts is home to a growing water technology sector. The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, a quasi-public agency, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a mobile...
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By Peter Kelly-Detwiler on May 17, 2018
The East Coast of the United States is poised to witness the emergence of an entirely new industry to its shores. Or more literally, just off its shores. After years of preparing, and watching the progress being made in European and Asian waters, a number of East Coast states are doing much more...
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By Kelsey Misbrener on May 16, 2018
The Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA), a national nonprofit coalition of public agencies working together to advance clean energy, announced the recipients of the 2018 State Leadership in Clean Energy Awards. Since 2009, the biennial Leadership Awards have recognized outstanding state programs...
By Andy Castillo on May 16, 2018
Allison Wyman of Easthampton renovated her bathroom two years ago with discarded building materials. She found a secondhand bright orange kitchen sink, mosaic tiles and used cabinet drawers at EcoBuilding Bargains in Springfield and designed a creative and functional space for a fraction of what it...
By The Eagle Tribune on May 10, 2018
What the state's plans are for a giant wind farm, bringing hydroelectric power in from Canada and discussing energy efficiency programs available to businesses were some of the topics discussed when the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce held an Energy and Environmental Conference on Thursday.
By Michael Feldstein on May 06, 2018
Welcome to the first in a four-month series of articles about HeatSmart Great Barrington, a program designed to make it cheap and easy for Great Barrington homeowners and small businesses to install a kind of system that can lower your heating bills, provide you with cooling as well as heating and...
The planned creation of 1,600 megawatts of offshore wind power should create over 3,000 “job years” during construction over the next ten years and generate between $675 million and $800 million in direct economic output in Massachusetts.
By Dan Desrochers on April 30, 2018
Residents can invest in energy-efficiency upgrades this summer, giving them a chance to make winter heating bills a little cheaper by the end of the year. Two programs, Mass Save and Mass Clean Energy Center, are offering incentives to improve insulation in homes and replace wood stoves.
BOSTON (AP) — The planned creation of 1,600 megawatts of offshore wind power should create over 3,000 "job years" during construction over the next ten years and generate between $675 million and $800 million in direct economic output in ...
Offshore wind development off the coast of Massachusetts could be worth between $1.4bn and $2.1bn to the US state over the next 10 years, according to a new report.
The report – 'Offshore Wind Workforce Report' commissioned by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) – said that the...
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The deployment of 1,600MW of offshore wind is estimated to generate a total economic impact of between USD 1.4 billion to USD 2.1 billion in Massachusetts, according to a report by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC).
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By Michelle Froese on April 27, 2018
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has released a report on the workforce needs and economic impact of the emerging offshore wind industry, finding that the deployment of 1,600 MW of offshore wind is estimated to create between 2,270 and 3,170 job years — defined as one person working full-time...
By Michael P. Norton on April 27, 2018
A report released Thursday attaches big jobs and economic output numbers to the state’s expected offshore wind sector.
Deploying 1,600 megawatts of offshore wind energy — the statutory directive included in a 2016 law — will generate between $675 million and $800 million in direct economic impact...
By Betsy Lillian on April 26, 2018
According to a new report from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), the deployment of Massachusetts’ required 1.6 GW of offshore wind is estimated to create between 2,270 and 3,170 job-years during construction over the next 10 years, as well as generate $675 million-$800 million in...
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center today released a report on the workforce needs and economic impact of the emerging offshore wind industry, finding that the deployment of 1,600 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind is estimated to create between 2,270 and 3,170 job years - defined as one person...
Lincoln added 15 solar photovoltaic systems for a total of 107.1 kW, and 10 solar hot water systems for a total of 29 kW.
Last April, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and the Department of Energy Resources announced the selection of Lincoln, Sudbury and Wayland to participate in Solarize Mass...
By Mina Corpuz on April 23, 2018
Saint Benedict Center has a brand new boiler powered by wood chips. State officials came Thursday to see the newly completed project, which provides heat and hot water to 10 buildings on the property through a series of copper pipes.
By Derrick Z. Jackson on April 20, 2018
Three years ago, after the collapse of Cape Wind off Nantucket Sound, renewable offshore wind energy in the United States was “a stone dead market,” according to Thomas Brostrøm, president of Ørsted North America.
By Scott Calzolaio on April 19, 2018
When it comes to the future of clean energy, Southwick’s Zoo is literally on the forefront in Massachusetts.
The zoo became the first commercial location in the state to take advantage of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s (MCEC) reimbursement program, where they’re receiving about $63,000 in...
By Jim Russell on April 18, 2018
Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Matthew Beaton, along with a bevy of state and local officials, will be at the Ware High School Auditorium Thursday to announce the awarding of $4 million in grants to 36 cities and towns.
By Jan Ellen Spiegel on April 09, 2018
As the U.S. enters the global offshore wind market in earnest, Massachusetts is a state to watch—on shore as well as off. In a few weeks, the state will announce which among three proposed offshore wind projects it wants to move ahead. No matter which are chosen, Massachusetts wins.
By Peter Kelly-Detwiler on April 06, 2018
On May 31st 2017, after over half a century of operation, the boilers of the 1,600 megawatt (MW) Brayton Point power plant in Somerset Massachusetts went silent. No more coal clattered down the chutes. No more billowing clouds of smoke streamed out of aging stacks. No more steam poured out of the...
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By Payton North on April 05, 2018
The town of Longmeadow and the city of Springfield are coming together to apply to the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s Solarize solar power program. This program has the ability to bring together residents of both areas in an effort to drive down the cost for solar installation on the homes of...
By Michael Page on April 04, 2018
Strong, gusty winds will be blowing across New England on Wednesday. And in the near future, more of that wind energy will be harnessed and put to good use.
The Massachusetts Electric Distribution companies are expected to select offshore wind projects for negotiation later this month. This comes...
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By Richie Davis on April 04, 2018
The “solarize” Massachusetts programs have worked so well that a new pilot program launched in the Pioneer Valley is trying to make as big a splash for solar hot water.
Working with a Clean Energy Center grant, the Hampshire Council of Governments has launched the first grant for homeowners to...
By Hector Molina on March 28, 2018
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center's Solarize program will allow residents of Longmeadow and Springfield to purchase discounted PV solar systems.
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By Erin Voegele on March 28, 2018
The Massachusetts government has announced $450,000 in funding for the 2018 Commonwealth Woodstove Change-out Program, which provides rebates to homeowners two replace older, inefficient woodstoves with cleaner, EPA-certified wood and pellet stoves that use less fuel and reduce energy costs.
By Mary C. Serreze on March 26, 2018
For the seventh year in a row, Massachusetts residents with older, less-efficient wood stoves are eligible for a state-sponsored trade-in rebate.The Commonwealth Woodstove Changeout Program helps people buy EPA-certified wood and pellet stoves that burn more efficiently, use less fuel, and reduce...
By Rick Foster on March 26, 2018
Wood stoves are a way for home and business owners to assert their energy dependence by using wood pellets or logs as an alternative heating fuel.
By Scott Calzolaio on March 25, 2018
The future of the STEM field and renewable energy lies in the hands of the current generation, and the staff at Miscoe Hill Middle School decided it would give students a head start. The school was awarded a grant by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to host a Clean Energy Activity Day on May...
Massachusetts homeowners who want to replace older, inefficient woodstoves with cleaner, EPA-certified wood and pellet stove models may be able to get help from the state. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has announced $450,000 in funding for the 2018 Commonwealth Woodstove Change-out Program.
Massachusetts homeowners who want to replace older, inefficient woodstoves with cleaner, EPA-certified wood and pellet stove models may be able to get help from the state.
Massachusetts homeowners who want to replace older, inefficient woodstoves with cleaner, EPA-certified wood and pellet stove models may be able to get help from the state.
Bourne Middle School 8th graders get hands on training in renewable energy
By Hayley Crombleholme on March 23, 2018
Homeowners with older wood stoves, have an opportunity to upgrade to a new one for a fraction of the cost. Governor Charlie Baker Friday announced $450,000 in funding for the state’s wood stove change-out program.
A new program called HeatSmart, sponsored by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, is coming to Concord, Carlisle and Lincoln to help residents transition to clean heating and cooling technologies.
By Elisha Machado on February 26, 2018
BOSTON (WWLP) – The state is making an investment of over $1 million in clean energy projects.The funding will help communities study how they can integrate “mircogrids,” a technology that could improve energy efficiency and lower energy costs for residents.
By Mary C. Serreze on February 23, 2018
A microgrid is a small-scale power system that can operate independently of the region's bulk power grid if necessary. They can keep hospitals, public safety complexes, gas stations and other core services running even when most homes and businesses have lost power due to storms or other calamities.
By Elisa Wood on February 21, 2018
Massachusetts today named 14 microgrid projects that will each receive grants of $75,000 for microgrid feasibility studies.
As executive director of the Worcester CleanTech Incubator, Joseph C. Bush, 36, is always looking for new members and is ready to show them around.
By Mike Masciadrelli on February 18, 2018
MONTAGUE, Mass. (WWLP)- 12 Massachusetts communities are receiving state funding to study “microgrid” development projects. Montague secured a $75,000 grant with the help of MacLoud Energy Group.
By Elspeth Hay on February 09, 2018
A coalition of town administrators, select boards and energy committee members from the four Outer Cape towns aims to make it easier for residents and businesses to move from carbon-based to solar energy.
By Travis Loop on February 05, 2018
Michael Murphy is the Director of Water Innovation at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. In this episode, Michael talks about the water-energy nexus, the need to innovate the public’s relationship with water, the challenge of getting new technology widely adopted, and the idea of a systems...
By Mary Ann Bragg on January 17, 2018
Albert Carey moved to town in August from New Orleans with his sister, and they were paying their monthly electric bill of about $100 easily enough for their small house. But a shock came last week when their December bill of $721 arrived.
By Kelly J. O'Brien on January 16, 2018
Gov. Charlie Baker's administration is awarding $20 million in grants to about two dozen large-scale energy storage projects in Massachusetts, including some run by ...
By Mary Ann Bragg on January 16, 2018
A community meeting to encourage more use of solar photovoltaic and other green technology by residents and businesses will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Center for Coastal Studies at 5 Holway Ave.
By Conor Berry on January 10, 2018
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center recently awarded a $45,000 grant to A&D Hydro Inc. for updates to the West Springfield Dam on the Westfield River.
By Kelly J. O'Brien on December 28, 2017
The clean energy sector in Massachusetts employs more people than ever, but the rate of job growth has slowed compared to previous years, according to an annual report from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is showing off its national prowess with its marching band, a $1.14 million grant for a storage battery, and dirt.
By Jordan Deschenes on December 22, 2017
With the help of a $1.25 million clean energy grant from the state, the Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant will be building a 1.5 MW battery storage system, according to plant spokesperson Sonja Britland.The grant was administered by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and funded by the Department...
By Betsy Lillian on December 21, 2017
Employing a total of 109,226 workers, Massachusetts’ clean energy sector grew by 4% between 2016 and 2017, according to the new “Clean Energy Industry Report” from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC).
By Emily Holbrook on December 20, 2017
In Massachusetts, grants totaling $20 million were recently awarded to 26 projects that will develop the state’s energy storage market.
The programs are positioned to deliver benefits to the Massachusetts’s ratepayers and the electrical grid. The awarded projects will benefit 25 communities and...
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Grants totalling $20 million were recently awarded to 26 projects that will develop the Commonwealth’s energy storage market and deliver benefits to Massachusetts ratepayers and the electrical grid. Recognizing the potential benefits energy storage holds for the Commonwealth, paired with the...
By Tim Faulkner on December 19, 2017
Rhode Island is close to installing its first large-scale battery-storage facility. The 1-megawatt lithium-ion battery system is slated for Little Compton, as part of a multiyear effort to curb electricity use in town and in neighboring Tiverton.
Grants totalling $20 million were recently awarded to 26 projects that will develop the Commonwealth’s energy storage market and deliver benefits to Massachusetts ratepayers and the electrical grid. Recognizing the potential benefits energy storage holds for the Commonwealth, paired with the...
By Brian Eckhouse on December 17, 2017
The continuing development of the offshore wind industry in Massachusetts takes another baby step forward this week with the state deadline for proposals on Wednesday.
By Peggi Medeiros on December 17, 2017
In New Bedford we are awfully good at giving up our history. This year, the twice-saved Paul Revere sign was sold out of town. Now on the site of the New Bedford Copper Company, later Revere Cooper and Brass, Benjamin Rodman’s icehouse is collapsing. It began with a storm and may end with the next...
By Josh Mandell on December 16, 2017
A group of renewable-energy companies in the Charlottesville area believes there is strength in numbers when recruiting interns.
The Charlottesville Renewable Energy Alliance recently launched an online portal that enables college students and recent graduates to send their resumes to multiple...
By Dana Drugmand on December 16, 2017
These solar panels next to Barrington Brewery in Great Barrington provide the energy to operate a complex of businesses. Similarly, HeatSmart Mass is offering homeowners a method of heating their houses using sustainable energy techniques.
Reading Municipal Light Department (RMLD) last week was awarded a $1 million grant for the installation of an energy storage unit at its North Reading substation to support “shredding the peak.”
Borrego Solar Systems, a leading developer, designer, installer and O&M provider of solar and energy storage systems today announced it has received a $ 700,000 grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) to develop a 2 megawatt/4.2 megawatt-hour lithium-ion battery storage...
By Dusty Christensen on December 14, 2017
The state has awarded the University of Massachusetts Amherst a $1.14 million grant to build a large battery together with the company Tesla Energy.
The funding is part of $20 million in state grants awarded last week to 25 communities. The grants are part of a state initiative meant to improve...
National Grid sponsored and supported projects throughout Massachusetts recently received over $4.5 million in energy storage grant funding, including one on Nantucket.In a partnership with the town Tesla was awarded $1.25 million from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to fund a 2.5MW/6.75MWh...
By Paula J. Owen on December 13, 2017
Kevin M. Sullivan, general manager of the Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant (AMLP), said the town is one of 26 communities to receive a state grant as part of the Advancing Commonwealth Energy Storage initiative for a $2.5 million battery storage project.
Bloomberg Boston Bureau Chief Tom Moroney and Radio News Anchors Peter Barnes, Pat Carroll and Anne Mostue are joined by top names from local business and finance to medicine and politics, along with Bloomberg reporters covering the latest stories in and around Boston. Today we spoke with Bloomberg...
Enel has won grants totalling $2.1m for two distributed energy storage projects in Massachusetts.The money has been awarded as part of the Advancing Commonwealth Energy Storage initiative, which is administered by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.
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By Kathie Zipp on December 11, 2017
The Baker-Polito Administration today awarded $20 million in grants to 26 projects that will develop the Commonwealth’s energy storage market and deliver benefits to Massachusetts ratepayers and the electrical grid. Recognizing the potential benefits energy storage holds for the Commonwealth,...
By Robert Walton on December 11, 2017
Massachusetts has selected more than two dozen energy storage projects for $20 million in funding as part of the state's efforts to modernize its electric grid. It is one of a few states which have formalized an energy storage goal: Massachusetts aims to procure 200 MWh of energy storage by 2020.
It went all but unnoticed among the big headlines on Beacon Hill last week, but the Baker administration has launched a program that could stabilize, and in some cases lower, the cost of electricity for consumers while promoting the use of environmentally friendly alternative energy sources.
By Fred Lambert on December 10, 2017
Tesla’s Powerpack systems have had some success on university campuses on the west coast and now they are going to the east coast thanks to Massachusetts’ Advancing Commonwealth Energy Storage (ACES) project.
By Jennette Barnes on December 08, 2017
A proposed energy storage project at a Titleist golf ball plant in New Bedford has been offered a $700,000 state grant, one of 26 energy storage grants awarded on Thursday
By Tashanea Whitlow on December 08, 2017
The Baker-Polito administration has just awarded $20 million to develop the state’s energy storage market. The money will help fund 26 projects, including one at UMass Amherst, which received more than $1 million.
By Ed Karvoski Jr on December 08, 2017
The Leahy Conference Room in UMass Memorial – Marlborough Hospital was filled with enthusiasm Dec. 7 when Gov. Charlie Baker awarded $20 million in grants to 26 projects that will develop the state’s energy storage market. The awarded projects will combine the public money with $32 million in...
By Benjamin Storrow on December 08, 2017
Massachusetts will invest $20 million in 26 energy storage projects, Gov. Charlie Baker (R) announced yesterday, more than doubling the Bay State's previous commitment to storage.
By Alyssa Danigelis on December 08, 2017
Massachusetts awarded $20 million in grants for energy storage projects in the state this week, doubling the initial amount planned, MassLive reported. The funding is going toward 26 projects involving different business models in an effort to accelerate the development of energy storage...
By Jon Chesto on December 08, 2017
The new Wynn casino in Everett will use a set of batteries from Tesla about the size of a hotel room to provide backup power. General Electric will deploy giant ice tanks to cool off its new headquarters building in Fort Point in the summer. And on Nantucket, 500 homes will get wall-mounted...
GE, Tesla among companies funded for storage projects. Projects would make Massachusetts second-biggest storage state after California.
Massachusetts has awarded $20 million to new battery-storage projects, an amount officials hope is enough to jump-start a nearly nonexistent industry in the...
By Bruce Mohl on December 07, 2017
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION on Thursday handed out $20 million in energy storage grants, an attempt to kickstart an industry that holds promise in reducing peak electricity demand and increasing the reliability of intermittent forms of renewable energy such as wind and solar. Most of the projects...
By Shira Schoenberg on December 07, 2017
Massachusetts is awarding $20 million in grants for energy storage projects, a move that Department of Energy Resources Commissioner Judith Judson described as a "game-changer" for Massachusetts' energy supply.
By Elisa Wood on December 07, 2017
Several microgrids are among the more than two dozen winning projects that will share $20 million in energy storage grants announced today by Massachusetts. Reflecting the reality of today’s market, battery technology dominated the winners list, although some projects also employ thermal and...
By Jeff Malachowski on December 07, 2017
Marlborough Hospital will soon have the capability to store energy drawn from solar panels in the Union Street facility’s parking lot.The hospital – part of the UMass Memorial family – was one of 26 organizations to receive $20 million in energy storage grants for projects state officials...
By Betsy Lillian on December 07, 2017
Massachusetts’ Baker-Polito administration has awared $20 million in grants to 26 energy storage projects in the state.Recognizing the benefits energy storage holds for the commonwealth, as well as the strength of the submitted projects, the administration says it doubled the available funding from...
By Michael P. Norton on December 07, 2017
State government grants totaling $20 million are being handed out Thursday to grow an energy storage market that has the potential to reshape the power landscape and deliver new benefits to ratepayers. Energy storage can help meet peak demand power requirements, enable the storage of weather-...
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The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources has provided grants to eight energy-storage facilities in Central Massachusetts through its Energy Storage Initiative, among $20 million in funds announced Thursday.
By Ethan Genter on December 07, 2017
With a goal of 200 megawatts of energy storage capacity throughout the state by 2020, Massachusetts officials have approved the development by utilities of large storage facilities and have announced grants to support smaller projects, including on the Cape and Islands.
By Michael Kuser on December 06, 2017
ISO-NE is working to ensure that its wholesale markets can accommodate an expected exponential growth of energy storage resources, an RTO manager said Tuesday.
By Elisa Wood on December 04, 2017
The Boston City Council and the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities last week each separately took action that opens the door toward more microgrids and energy storage in the state.
Seven communities have been selected to participate in the first round of the HeatSmart Mass initiative, a community-based education and group purchasing program for clean heating and cooling technologies. The Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC...
By Kristin Palpini on November 19, 2017
The town is one of seven Massachusetts communities selected by the state to participate in a pilot program to put "cleaner," less expensive home-heating and cooling systems in more dwellings, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs announced earlier this week.
The town of Great Barrington is one of seven municipalities across the state that have been selected by the Baker-Polito Administration to participate in the first round of the HeatSmart Mass initiative, a community-based education and group purchasing program for clean heating and cooling...
By Ethan Genter on November 16, 2017
Nantucket will be one of seven communities in the state to participate in the first round of the HeatSmart Mass initiative, described as “a community-based education and group purchasing program for clean heating and cooling technologies.”
By Michael Bonner on November 16, 2017
Secretary of Energy and Environment Matthew Beaton told students at New Bedford High School they’re living in one of the most exciting times in the history of clean energy. He and Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Rosalin Acosta met with a group of students who will leave the high school...
By Joseph Bebon on November 03, 2017
The Baker-Polito administration is Massachusetts has announced $3.7 million in grant funding to increase the adoption of cost-saving clean energy technologies by low-income residents.
The Baker-Polito Administration today awarded $3.7 million in grant funding to Action for Boston Community Development and Energy Futures Group to increase the adoption of cost-saving clean energy technologies by Massachusetts low-income residents.
By Viewpoint: Massachusetts is investing in clean-energy tech for businesses on October 24, 2017
In an increasingly competitive economy, it has never been more important for companies to invest in technologies that improve efficiency and cut costs. Since moving into its Lincoln Properties-owned Summer Street office in October 2016, Boston-based Log-Me-In has benefited from a high-efficiency...
By Jim Russell on October 20, 2017
Hampshire Council of Governments was recently awarded a $141,875 grant to reach out to area residents about using solar panels to heat their homes' hot water.
The outreach campaigns is expected to continue through the spring, the council said in a press release. The grant was provided by the...
By David L. Harris on October 17, 2017
For the second year in a row, Boston was named the top place in the country for startups by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation in a new report.
By Michelle Froese on October 04, 2013
At the end of 2018, there were 14 offshore wind projects in various stages of development across the Eastern and Great Lakes coasts. While offshore developers secure financing, licenses, and components, several U.S. port operators are upgrading their infrastructure to accommodate this emerging...