Energy

New England Apple Products, the largest cider mill in New England will have a 300-kilowatt solar system installed on the roof of its Leominster facility by Hopkinton's Solect Energy.

Over half of Massachusetts remains in a state of extreme drought.

Westborough's NORESCO has been awarded a $25 million contract that will cover improvements to two federal prisons.

Framingham's Ameresco has secured a $20.1 million energy efficiency contract with Roxbury Community College.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has cut the proposed $133.2 million revenue request proposed late last year for its electric customers by 24 percent to $101 million.

Climate change will become a "huge focus" of the Baker administration's transportation efforts, according to a top state official who said the old method of building pilot-sized shared-use walking-cycling paths does not meet the demands for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The president of New England's energy grid operator will be the featured guest Wednesday during a noontime regional energy forum in Manchester, N.H.

Amid a historic Massachusetts drought, Wachusett Mountain Ski Area must rely heavily on its failsafe Fitchburg water contract to meet its snow demands.

National Grid is seeking to add 14 megawatts of solar generation to its existing 21 megawatt portfolio and test emerging solar technologies.

Clark University in Worcester has received nearly $800,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to assist in a nationwide study the economic value of water quality.