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Energy & Utilities

  • Ameresco inks $7.5M energy deal for Virginia school district

    February 22, 2018

    Framingham-based Ameresco announced Thursday a contract with a Virginia school district for a $7.5-million energy savings project to upgrade infrastructure in 22 schools.

    February 22, 2018
  • Ameresco completes $3.7M Scotland energy project

    Zachary Comeau February 20, 2018

    Framingham renewable energy company Ameresco has completed a $3.7-million energy savings project at four Scotland colleges, the company announced Tuesday.

    Zachary Comeau February 20, 2018
  • Editorial: Energy legislation shouldn't be a wish list

    February 19, 2018

    Climate change is a very real crisis with huge implications, and countries, states, cities, businesses and individuals must do their part to combat mankind's increasingly damaging impact on the world's ecosystem.

    February 19, 2018
  • Southbridge manufacturer gets 35% of energy from solar

    February 13, 2018

    Southbridge cutting tool manufacturer Hyde Industrial Blade Solutions has installed 784 solar panels on its 170,000-square-foot building, and now the company gets 35 percent of its electricity needs from solar.

    February 13, 2018
  • Solar and storage facility under construction in Sterling

    Zachary Comeau February 7, 2018

    A Miami-based solar energy firm has begun construction in Sterling on a 1.7-megawatt community solar array with storage capacity.

    Zachary Comeau February 7, 2018
  • Worcester scrap yard sold to energy savings company

    Zachary Comeau February 6, 2018

    An industrial building and former scrapyard is due for a major renovation and improvement after a Lamartine Street property in Worcester has been sold to an energy savings solutions company for $750,000.

    Zachary Comeau February 6, 2018
  • AMSC loses $27M through three quarters

    Zachary Comeau February 6, 2018

    Devens energy product manufacturer AMSC reported Monday another quarter of losses, this time $4.2 million in the third quarter, and $26.7 million for the company's fiscal year so far.

    Zachary Comeau February 6, 2018
  • Protonex has deployed $34M in military power devices

    February 6, 2018

    Southborough-based power management device maker Protonex will supply the U.S. military and NATO with its Squad Power Manager Special Operations Kits.

    February 6, 2018
  • Power grid solutions needed to avoid blackouts

    Gordon Van Welie February 5, 2018

    The challenges to power system reliability require action from policymakers, regulators and the energy industry.

    Gordon Van Welie February 5, 2018
  • New Hampshire denies Canadian hydrpower transmission project

    State House News Serivce February 2, 2018

    A permit that the Northern Pass project had been counting on was denied by New Hampshire site evaluators on Thursday, jeopardizing the Bay State's newly minted plan to transmit hydropower from Quebec to Massachusetts.

    State House News Serivce February 2, 2018
  • U.S. court finds Chinese company guilty of stealing AMSC secrets

    Zachary Comeau January 31, 2018

    A federal court has found a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer guilty of stealing trade secrets from Devens-based AMSC, which caused the loss of 70 percent of AMSC's workforce.

    Zachary Comeau January 31, 2018
  • Baker forming group in opposition to offshore drilling

    State House News Service January 30, 2018

    Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday he's working to build a coalition of eastern seaboard governors opposed to the Trump administration's plan to open the North Atlantic to offshore oil drilling.

    State House News Service January 30, 2018
  • Protonex receives $1.6M military power device order

    Zachary Comeau January 30, 2018

    Southborough power supply manufacturer Protonex has received a $1.6 million purchase order for the U.S. military.

    Zachary Comeau January 30, 2018
  • Eversource, Montreal firm chosen for Northern Pass project

    State House News Service January 29, 2018

    Capping a competitive procurement, the Baker administration and Bay State utilities have selected the Northern Pass project, a joint effort of Eversource and Hydro-Quebec to bring hydropower from Canada to Massachusetts.

    State House News Service January 29, 2018
  • AMSC begins system work for South Korean 5.5-megawatt wind turbines

    January 25, 2018

    Energy grid and planning company AMSC of Devens has begun work on an electrical control system for a wind turbine manufacturer helping to build an offshore wind project in South Korea.

    January 25, 2018
  • Solect expects pain from new solar tariff

    Grant Welker January 24, 2018

    Hopkinton solar company Solect Energy is expecting a sudden stop in growth — or even a drop — after a new tariff on solar-panel imports was announced this week.

    Grant Welker January 24, 2018

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Should Massachusetts significantly reduce the environmental review time for new housing projects?
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In an effort to increase the pace of new housing development in Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey has proposed streamlining the environmental review process for certain new housing projects, with the goal of reducing the time spent on the process from about one year to 30 days. Environmental reviews are a hallmark of community planning, to ensure new development doesn't negatively impact surrounding properties or natural resources, even though the process does add significant time and often cost to projects. Healey's proposal comes after Massachusetts fell behind the national average in new housing production, despite adding 90,000 new units since she became governor in 2023.

New England already averages the longest timeline in the nation to build a single-family home once the developer has been giving the authorization to move forward with construction, according to U.S. Census statistics compiled by the National Association of Home Builders. In 2023, single-family homes in New England averaged 13.9 months from permit to completion. The South Atlantic states have the lowest average of 8.9 months while the region that includes Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana is the second quickest at 9.4 months. The second-longest average after New England is the New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania region, which takes 13.2 months.