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When the subjects of energy efficiency or the green economy are discussed, solar and wind power dominate the discussion. But hydropower, which has been employed in Massachusetts for 300 years, tends to be overlooked.
When the folks who would be able to see the turbines of the Cape Wind development out in Nantucket Sound attempted to block the project on aesthetic and other mostly frivolous grounds, they seemed to be launching one big NIMBY campaign.
Few issues define the health of a community more clearly than the quality of the air we breathe.
Evergreen Solar Inc., the Marlborough-based solar panel manufacturer, has appointed four new sales managers across Europe.
Ameresco Inc., the Framingham-based energy contractor, will provide energy management and efficiency services to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
The state is hoping to install between 80 and 100 electric vehicle charging stations across Massachusetts as part of a new grant program for cities and towns.
Devens-based American Superconductor Corp. has received what it called the world's largest order for high-temperature superconductor wire.
Cape Wind signed the first lease for an offshore wind farm in the federal waters of the United States this morning at the American Wind Energy Association's Offshore Wind Conference in Atlantic City.
Massachusetts has landed $47 million, including $39 million for Worcester, in federal funding to purchase electric hybrid public buses.
The largest private solar electric system in Worcester will be dedicated Friday at the Bancroft School in Worcester.
Plug-in electric vehicles will become available commercially next year and there may be as many as 2.7 million of them plugged into the global grid by 2015, according to two studies by Framingham-based IDC Energy I
Michael El-Hillow, CFO and COO of Evergreen Solar Inc. in Marlborough, has been named the company's new CEO, replacing Richard Feldt, who left to become CEO of a privately-held company.
Two years ago Bruce Forrestall installed a $150,000, 30-kilowatt solar panel system at his Route 9 car wash and detailing shop in Westborough that ended up saving him about 35 to 40 percent on his annual energy costs.
Conservations Services Group, the Westborough-based en