Energy

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute were awarded $499,509 from the U.S. Nuclear Regulation Commission to design nuclear microreactor facilities to be built on university campuses, according to a Thursday press release from WPI.

Framingham renewable energy company Ameresco has acquired Ohio-based energy services company Plug Smart, Ameresco announced on Tuesday.

Worcester's top taxpayers included a couple large players in the downtown block near Worcester Common, as well as several utility companies.

Environmental Testing and Research Laboratories, Inc., a water testing laboratory in Leominster, has had its license revoked by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, according to a Monday announcement from MassDEP.

Electric Hydrogen Co., a renewable energy firm with offices in Natick and California, signed a 20,400-square-foot lease expansion in Natick, according to a press release from Lincoln Property Co., the Texas-based real estate agency which completed the lease.

The last decade of advancements in clean energy technology and its adoption here and around the country has proved that 100 percent renewable energy is a realistic goal for Massachusetts, activists said Wednesday.

A federal inspection of the decommissioned Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth that began in July and stretched through September found "no violations of more than minor significance," the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said.

The industry trade group Massachusetts Water Works Association, based in Acton, on Monday announced Jeffrey Faulkner, a senior project manager at Tighe & Bond, Inc.’s Worcester office, as its new president.

As more of the world becomes dependent upon lithium ion batteries to power electric vehicles and battery storage systems for the electric grid, Worcester energy technology company Battery Resourcers has developed ways to recycle spent batteries and avoid the costs and environmental impact of mining for lithium and other battery materials.

EG Group, a United Kingdom convenience retail operator with U.S. headquarters in Westborough, announced Wednesday it has acquired Georgia-based Sprint Food Stores Inc.