Energy

IMPROVE PUBLIC TRANSITA report calling for improved public transit said a 1-percent decrease in the growth rate...

If you are looking for the true economic and political power in Central Massachusetts, you should start by walking into the Worcester city manager's office at 8:30 a.m. every Friday.

I'm pleased to see the debate around net metering receiving attention. Last week the legislature almost passed...

Susan Mailman is the fourth-generation owner of the 130-year-old Coghlin Electrical Contractors & Coghlin Network Services, but she has not only stepped into a role guiding her company, but also in helping to guide major institutions in the city.

Massachusetts has the potential to generate up to 400 megawatts of wind power by 2020 -- not counting offshore turbines -- if the right government policies are put in place, according to a report from a state environmental group.

Ameresco, of Framingham, has completed a 3-megawatt solar installation at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), in a project that will help generate close to 20 percent of the airport's power needs, the airport announced Thursday.

Pepper's Fine Catering and Events has become a Certified Green Restaurant thanks to ongoing sustainability efforts, the company announced Tuesday.

The clean energy sector now employs nearly 99,000 workers in Massachusetts, after five consecutive years of growth, according to a report out Tuesday from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.

Zero-emission vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles will likely make up more than 15 percent of vehicle sales by 2025, under proposed state regulations that would require Massachusetts to accelerate its embrace of electric vehicles.

Massachusetts lawmakers have settled into their winter recess, but Senate President Stanley Rosenberg says they are continuing to discuss a deal to raise caps on solar power and enacting a bill during informal sessions that run through December is not out of the question.