Energy

Marlborough battery-technology firm Ambri will lay off 105 workers, 89 residing in Massachusetts, unless it can raise sufficient funding on or before Nov. 13.

The governor plans Tuesday to sign an executive order that will address the process by which clean energy projects and infrastructure are permitted, an issue which utility companies and others have said could determine whether Massachusetts makes good on its commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

The Healey administration is working on an economic development bill to file in the new year and "hit the ground running in 2024," Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao said Wednesday, forecasting a focus in the legislation on technology related to climate change.

Massachusetts had the seventh most clean energy jobs among states in 2022, according to a report released Thursday by a national business group.

A trio of community-minded tech workers are connecting Downtown Fitchburg to a new internet service and looking beyond.

If there is an industry that stands to dramatically contribute to climate change mitigation, it’s building design, and Central Massachusetts architects say they’re poised for the challenge.

BlueWave, a Boston-based solar B Corp, raised $91 million in equity and debt to finance five agrivoltaic projects across Massachusetts, including one in Douglas.

Natick-based Electric Hydrogen will soon be putting its Devens gigafactory to use, as it has entered an agreement to provide a 100-megawatt electrolyzer system to New Fortress Energy in Texas.

Massachusetts is aiming to achieve net-zero emission by 2050 largely by electrifying things currently powered by fossil fuels. While the region's electrical grid is not ready to serve that heightened demand, the Bay State's utility companies late last week rolled out their plans to upgrade the grid so it doesn't impede the state's clean energy transition.

Ameresco, a clean energy company based in Framingham, closed on a $300-million loan to fund development and construction on its for clean energy projects. The loan is through HASI, a Maryland climate-positive investment firm.