Energy

Massachusetts’ average gas price rose 23 cents in the past week to find a record high of $4.96 per gallon of regular unleaded.

House and Senate leaders have ruled out a suspension of the state's gas tax, but House Speaker Ronald Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka both said Monday that their chambers are busy crafting relief packages that will aim to help residents feeling the pain of inflation and/or COVID-19.

Ambri, an MIT-spinoff manufacturing company headquartered in Marlborough, is planning to expand into Milford with the construction of a 140,000-square-foot facility.

Contracts for the state's next two offshore wind projects were filed Wednesday and while both projects legally comply with the state's offshore wind price cap, officials said the price of power might not actually be cheaper than the last project.

A waste management company operating in Marlborough and Westminster has been fined $7,373 for violating hazardous waste and solid waste regulations, according to a Wednesday release from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

National Grid is moving out of the Rhode Island market with Wednesday's completion of the sale of Narragansett Electric Company (NECO).

Auburn-based solar company Solar Wolf Energy announced abruptly in a Wednesday Facebook post it will close its operations, leaving more than 50 Yarmouth residents without fully installed solar panel systems, despite having paid.

HSGS-Ameresco, LLC has been awarded a $7.9-million contract to design and construct a new solar energy system for the U.S. Army.

Massachusetts’ average gas price hit a new record high after rising 18 cents in a week to $4.39 per gallon of regular unleaded, according to a Monday press release from travel association AAA Northeast.

Framingham renewable energy firm Ameresco was awarded a contract to add a comprehensive battery energy storage system to its existing solar energy facility in Maryland.