Energy

Hopkinton solar installer Solect Energy has been ranked 92nd on Solar Power World's annual list of North America's top 500 solar contractors and No. 1 on the list amid commercial-scale solar companies in Massachusetts.

Worcester semiconductor maker Allegro MicroSystems on July 26 released a new automotive sensor designed to aid power steering.

House and Senate negotiators have finalized an energy bill that will require utilities to procure large quantities of hydro-electric and offshore wind power to meet the state's energy demand in the coming years.

Central Massachusetts appears poised to benefit again from a growing and efficient initiative to make the region more attractive to businesses – the MassWorks Infrastructure Program.

Water restrictions are going into place in Worcester and other parts of the state as the state enters its fourth week of drought conditions.

The city of Worcester has been highlighted as one of the state's renewable energy leaders in a new report from the nonprofit Environment Massachusetts.

Tents pitched by pipeline opponents, who camped overnight after walking 43 miles to Boston, sprawled across the State House steps ahead of a planned rally Monday.

Marlborough's Concentric Energy Advisors will be in charge of auctioning off the Tennessee Valley Authority's incomplete Bellefonte Nuclear Plant near Hollywood, Ala., by this October.

With growing signs of downtown revitalization, city and business officials confront subsidized parking rates to improve infrastructure.

Framingham-based Ameresco has received a $72.2-million contract to improve the energy efficiency of four federal buildings in Washington, D.C., including the headquarters of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.