Energy

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from July 16-31, 2015. Listed are the name, address, ZIP and president.

Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School in Marlborough has reopened, following a $62.4 million renovation project which included new wiring, windows and heating system. A new security system with cameras was installed, along with a new roof and science labs.

In one fell swoop, a 168-room hotel has done something that years of development efforts have been striving for: align Worcester's downtown with the words luxury, premiere and high-end.

The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday threw its support behind Kinder Morgan's controversial Northeast Expansion Project, saying the construction of the natural gas pipeline through Massachusetts, “will provide a reliable, more affordable source of energy in a region that has been plagued by high energy costs.”

Energy-buying consortium PowerOptions is seeking developers to supply wholesale renewable energy to individual members of its 500-member consortium, particularly to larger member institutions such as area hospitals, universities and municipalities.

Former World Energy Solutions employees Rick Galipeau and Mike Santangelo today announced the launch of a new company, World Energy Efficiency Services, headquartered in Worcester.

For lenders, financing solar projects is becoming a bigger piece of the business.

The Framingham energy efficiency firm Ameresco has secured an Army contract valued at $16.7 million to make improvements to the U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Hamilton.

The planned closure of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth represents "a big step back" in meeting the state's emissions reduction and clean energy goals, and makes it "all the more important" that the Baker administration's hydroelectric and solar proposals move forward, Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matthew Beaton said Thursday.

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth will shut down by June 1, 2019, its owners announced Tuesday morning, citing "poor market conditions."