Energy

Driven by lower demand and plummeting natural gas prices, wholesale electricity prices in New England fell nearly 23 percent last year, reaching the lowest levels since 2003, according to ISO New England Inc.

One in every 20 households in Harvard is now generating solar power as part of a state program that subsidizes the installation of solar panels. That's according to Mark Durrenberger, president of Hudson-based New England Clean Energy, formerly New England Breeze Solar, which handled more than 80 percent of the installations over the past two years.

Framingham-based energy efficiency and renewable energy company Ameresco announced that its Pacific Northwest business Ameresco Quantum Inc....

Devens-based AMSC, formerly American Superconductor, said it has received an order for its D-VAR system from a company helping Chinese utility providers improve power quality.

Bridge Energy Group, a Marlborough firm focused on utility business consulting and system integration, announced it has been chosen by National Grid as the project leader for the utility's smart grid pilot in Worcester.

China's highest court will hear a challenge in a lawsuit filed by Devens-based AMSC in its years-long dispute with a Chinese company, according to AMSC.

In a big industrial building in Devens, where Evergreen Solar once made silicon wafers, Saint-Gobain is readying...

As if the troubles experienced by Central Massachusetts' fledgling solar panel and electric battery manufacturers weren't enough...

Energy efficiency firm Ameresco Inc., based in Framingham, announced it has signed a contract with the Fall River Housing Authority (FRHA) to provide water and energy efficiency upgrades to more than 1,500 housing units.

Worcester-based clean power generation and wastewater technology company ThermoEnergy Corp. has appointed a federal energy official as its new CEO, the firm announced today.