Energy

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.

Massachusetts on Wednesday selected a 30-megawatt offshore wind project to be built in Rhode Island and rejected more much ambitious projects in Maine.

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has been tapped to lead a group of governors interested in promoting wind energy.

A year after creating a new tourism agency, industry leaders are finding success promoting the region for rowing & swimming, brewery tours, international artists and waterslides.

Riding the wave of a national and state push towards energy storage in addition to renewable resources, NEC Energy Solutions broke ground on a 3.9MWh battery storage unit for the Sterling Municipal Light Department yesterday.

National Grid has agreed to refund more than $1.5 million to over 4,500 residential gas customers who were charged the wrong rate.