Energy

Clean energy company Ameresco, of Framingham, has entered into a long-term energy-as-a-service agreement with Northwestern University, in Illinois.

The average gasoline price in Massachusetts has hit the $3 mark, according to a Tuesday press release from the travel association AAA Northeast.

Gasoline prices in Massachusetts increased three cents this week to an average of $2.98 per gallon of regular unleaded, according to a Monday report from the travel association AAA Northeast.

The Sheth Sangreal Foundation of Austin awarded a five-year, $1-million grant to the Discovery Museum in Acton to support the museum’s sustainability and inclusivity efforts.

The average price of regular unleaded gasoline remained the same as last week at $2.95 per gallon, according to a report Monday from the travel association AAA Northeast.

The Worcester Business Center has begun a 25-year lease agreement with Green Street Power Partners of Connecticut to build a 2 megawatt, 2.6-acre carport canopy solar array in the parking lot of its office space complex.

National Grid will consider Juneteenth a company holiday for all U.S. employees beginning this year, the electric company announced Tuesday morning. 

Clean energy company Ameresco, of Framingham, has broken ground on a $21.6 million microgrid project in Jolon, Calif.

Over the next year and a half, Commonwealth Fusion Systems is building a $300-million, 47-acre headquarters in Devens, in its $1-billion, long-term effort to make fusion the default energy source on Earth

Worcester’s World Energy Efficiency Services has been acquired by Boston-based XL Fleet Corp. for $16 million.