Energy

An emergency regulation intended to support the continued development of an additional 1,600 megawatts of solar energy was filed Monday by the Baker administration.

Following President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, the city of Worcester reaffirmed its commitment to battling climate change locally by joining a national coalition of mayors for environmental consciousness.

Govs. Charlie Baker and Phil Scott, two of the four Republican governors in New England, announced late Friday afternoon that they would join a coalition of states committed to fulfilling the tenets of the Paris Climate Agreement.

New England's largest energy supplier and its dominant private water company will combine under a $1.67 billion agreement announced Friday, a move that gives the water company a local owner.

AMSC, a Devens wind- and power-grid planning and engineering company, reported sharp declines in revenue and net losses for the most recent quarter and full fiscal year.

As public officials take steps towards wind and hydropower procurements called for under a new renewable energy law, industry officials on Tuesday said the state should require utilities to purchase more electricity from renewable sources.

As a result of steady rain in the area over the past few weeks, Worcester is finally out of an eight-month drought.

Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station powered up again early Monday morning, six weeks after shutting down to refuel one last time before closing for good by June 2019.

The Department of Energy Resources and the state's electric utilities have filed a draft Request for Proposals to implement the offshore wind power provisions of last year's clean energy bill, pushing the move to renewable energy into the nuts-and-bolts phase.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission concluded no additional regulatory actions are needed at Pilgrim Nuclear Station, which is scheduled to close for good in May of 2019.