Energy

Net income for Hampton, N.H.-based utility company Unitil Corp. increased by $1.2 million, or 9 cents per share, in the second quarter, compared with 2013.

In a deal announced Wednesday that could be worth up to $60 million, Devens-based energy technology company AMSC has agreed to develop a plan to build a superconducting cable system that it said will strengthen Chicago's electric grid.

A group of seven friends were charged by federal regulators Friday of illegally making more than $550,000 through insider trading of Devens-based AMSC stock.

As the price of fossil fuels continues to soar and homeowners take advantage of government incentives for using renewable energy, more companies are searching for inroads into the Bay State.

Boston-based solar energy provider Nexamp has opened a 2.3-megawatt project in Winchendon that it says will generate “tens of thousands” of dollars in new tax revenue for the town over the next 20 years.

The grandson of the founders of the Cumberland Gulf Group has been named company CEO, the Framingham-based firm announced Friday.

World Energy Solutions, a Worcester energy management service firm, announced Peter Londa was appointed Monday as chairman of its board of directors.

The Solar Energy Business Association of New England (SEBANE) has come out against certain provisions of pending state legislation addressing net metering and solar.

Local officials and representatives from Boston-based renewable energy company First Wind will mark the completion of a 14-megawatt solar project in Warren on June 23 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Energy management services firm World Energy Solutions of Worcester has landed a federal contract to buy close to 300 kilowatt hours of electricity throughout government properties in New Jersey, the company announced Thursday.