Energy

For the 2024 Outstanding Women in Business awards, WBJ received 51 nominations for 41 nominees.

Ascend Elements, a Westborough-based company that recycles former electric vehicle battery components into materials used to construct new batteries, has opened a jointly operated plant in Poland. 

Embue, a Worcester-based software company seeking to make multifamily buildings more energy efficient and easier to manage, has been awarded a $335,000 grant.

The Conservation Law Foundation called its notice of intent to sue part of its effort to prevent methane leaks that the group said are also costing families and businesses money "for gas that never reaches their home or office."

The federal government is awarding $389 million to the New England states for regional electric infrastructure upgrades.

AMSC seeks to bolster its growing presence in the defense sector through the $61.4-million purchase of a NWL, a New Jersey-based firm.

The collapse of negotiations across a spectrum of topics leaves several priorities in limbo, on life support or effectively dead as most rank-and-file legislators shift their attention to summer vacations.

The average gasoline price in Greater Worcester was $3.45 on Monday morning, a 4-cent increase from $3.41 a week ago, which reversed an unusual trend to start the summer where prices were falling.

Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School in Marlborough has been awarded $499,480 from the Massachusetts Skills Capital Grant program to help improve its workforce training.

Republican Sens. Peter Durant of Spencer and Ryan Fattman of Sutton voted against the bill.