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Energy & Utilities

  • State launches $50M fund to aid clean energy startups

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service December 8, 2022

    Clean energy technology companies that have promising products that could help the state meet its decarbonization goals but might not have the capital to make their ideas a reality have a new potential source of funding.

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service December 8, 2022
  • Mass. gas prices fall by 10 cents

    Coley Lynch December 6, 2022

    The average cost for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Massachusetts has fallen by 10 cents in the last week, now at $3.66.

    Coley Lynch December 6, 2022
  • Massachusetts ranks 2nd best in energy efficiency

    Kevin Koczwara December 6, 2022

    Massachusetts ranked second in the country, behind California, in the latest State Energy Efficiency Scorecard.

    Kevin Koczwara December 6, 2022
  • WPI researchers develop formula for cleaner jet fuel

    Timothy Doyle December 1, 2022

    Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have created a formula for a new jet fuel to pull carbon dioxide out of the air and increase the range of aircraft.

    Timothy Doyle December 1, 2022
  • Commission says Mass. should develop clean heat standard for buildings

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service December 1, 2022

    A commission that spent the last 11 months studying ways to help the state meet its emissions reduction requirements by shifting to cleaner buildings and addressing heating fuels that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions released its final

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service December 1, 2022
  • Aspen Aerogels raises $340M for Georgia manufacturing facility

    Kevin Koczwara November 30, 2022

    Northborough manufacturer Aspen Aerogels, Inc. has secured $340 million in financing to help pay for the construction of the company’s Statesboro, Georgia facility.

    Kevin Koczwara November 30, 2022
  • Mass. gas prices down 5 cents

    Coley Lynch November 29, 2022

    The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Massachusetts has fallen 5 cents from last week’s $3.81.

    Coley Lynch November 29, 2022
  • Framingham clean energy firm acquires Irish wind farm

    Timothy Doyle November 21, 2022

    Ameresco, a Framingham-based clean-energy firm, has acquired a five-megawatt wind farm in west County Cork, Ireland.

    Timothy Doyle November 21, 2022
  • Study: EV growth will require powerful charging stations

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service November 16, 2022

    If electric vehicles really take off as many environmental activists are hoping they will, highway service plazas like the ones along the Mass. Turnpike could need 20-plus chargers and might use as much electricity as a small town to accommodate

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service November 16, 2022
  • Mass. gas prices continue month-long upward trend

    Coley Lynch November 15, 2022

    The average price for a gallon of gasoline in Massachusetts continues rising. This week the price went up one cent to $3.85– marking an overall 26 cent increase in the last month, according to travel association AAA Northeast. 

    Coley Lynch November 15, 2022
  • Powerhouses and the future of energy

    Kevin Koczwara Updated: November 14, 2022

    These types of facilities are expected to become significantly more prevalent as energy costs remain unpredictable and large organizations seek the stability of generating heat and electricity onsite.

    Kevin Koczwara Updated: November 14, 2022
  • Q&A: New England Botanic Garden goes electric

    Brad Kane Updated: November 14, 2022

    On Nov. 3, New England Botanic Garden was honored as the first botanic garden in the nation to be certified a Green Zone by the American Green Zone Alliance, as the Boylston garden is now performing all routine maintenance with electric lawn and

    Brad Kane Updated: November 14, 2022
  • Worcester building efficiency startup raises $2.3M for expansion

    Timothy Doyle November 9, 2022

    Embue, a Worcester-based startup that works with property owners to make buildings more energy and operationally efficient, raised $2.3 million in seed money.

    Timothy Doyle November 9, 2022
  • Mass. gasoline prices rise by 7 cents

    Coley Lynch November 8, 2022

    The price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Massachusetts has risen to $3.84 from last week’s $3.77, according to a Monday press release from travel association AAA Northeast.

    Coley Lynch November 8, 2022
  • With caveat, Mayflower Wind commits to contract

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service November 8, 2022

    Mayflower Wind told state regulators Monday that it "intends to move forward" with the offshore wind contracts it agreed to this year, but also said that it will share with the state and utility companies an outside analysis of "challenges to

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service November 8, 2022
  • Utilities balk at renegotiating offshore wind contract

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service November 7, 2022

    Massachusetts is relying on offshore wind power generation to be a major contributor to its decarbonization goals over the next three decades but it is taking longer than first thought to get turbines spinning and now the largest project in the

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service November 7, 2022

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Should Madison Properties be forced to sell its Polar Park-adjacent land?
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When City of Worcester and Worcester Red Sox officials announced in 2018 the plan to construct the Polar Park baseball stadium in the Canal District, a key part of the economic development effort was a partnership with Boston developer Madison Properties to redevelop five properties around the ballpark into residences, hotels, and office buildings, with openings scheduled to begin in 2021 when the stadium opened.

All five of those Madison projects are significantly behind schedule and only one has come to fruition -- the high-end 228-apartment complex The Revington -- although the Canal District has seen other non-Madison developments come online, including The Cove and District 120 apartment complexes. All developments in Central Massachusetts have faced headwinds since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, including trouble obtaining affordable financing, shortage of materials and labor, and downturns in the commercial real estate and life sciences industries.

The slow development of the Madison properties was the main reason cited by City officials for why the City's plan to not use general taxpayer funds to pay for the $160-million Polar Park has failed. Members of the City Council have gone as far as to call for one key Madison property to perhaps be seized by eminent domain to make way for a new developer.