Energy

Stephen Pike can drop "interim" from his job title. The Baker administration on Tuesday named the former corporate attorney, Yale graduate and Haverhill resident as executive director of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.

Twenty-five percent of vehicles purchased annually by state government must be zero emission vehicles by 2025, under legislation approved by the Massachusetts Senate on Thursday.

Federal regulators should halt permitting and construction of Spectra Energy pipelines in West Roxbury and Weymouth, according to Congressman Stephen Lynch of Boston, who cited safety concerns stemming from a fatal pipeline explosion in Alabama.

NEC Energy Solutions announced Wednesday it is supplying Southern California Edison with its first grid energy storage pilot system.

Major decisions loom over the short-term and long-term strategy for solar growth in Massachusetts, promising to reignite a contentious debate over the future of solar incentives.

Framingham energy firm Ameresco announced Tuesday morning it has $1.5 billion in projects in development worldwide while reporting a 36-percent increase in third quarter earnings.

The state has launched Energy Switch Massachusetts, an interactive online tool designed to help small businesses and residential customers to purchase electricity from the competitive market.

Framingham energy services company Ameresco, Inc. announced Friday it has added a new member to its board of directors.

For the first time in more than two months, part of Massachusetts is wet enough to no longer be considered in a drought or be "abnormally dry," federal drought observers said Thursday.

Hopkinton commercial solar installer Solect Energy plans to open a Holliston warehouse by mid-2017.