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Formally known as hydraulic fracturing, this method has led to a sharp decline in the cost of natural gas by making it easier to mine and therefore making it much more plentiful.
Residents of western Worcester County want rural Massachusetts to stay that way, according to a planning meeting Wednesday.
Digital Federal Credit Union signed an agreement Tuesday to provide up to $100 million in financing for residential solar loan projects.
The largest renewable energy procurement in state history, which involved the six Massachusetts electrical utilities teaming up to increase their buying power, will provide electricity at a fraction of the cost of Cape Wind.
Four utility companies have filed contracts with the state for the largest procurement of renewable energy in New England, the Patrick administration announced today.
The clean energy industry in Massachusetts added nearly 8,500 jobs and grew 11.8 percent over the past year, building on double-digit growth the year before, according to the Patrick administration.
Since coming to office in 2007 and 2009, respectively, both Gov.
AMSC, a Devens-based wind and power grid company, will connect South Africa's largest wind farm to the electricity grid under a new contract with high-voltage construction company Consolidated Power Projects (CONCO), based in that country.
Several Central Massachusetts colleges will be included in a $2-million energy efficiency pilot program, MassDevelopment announced.
NStar's natural gas customers will see a 26.5-percent drop in prices as the weather cools down, if the state approves a new supply rate proposed by the utility.
Earlier this month, Devens-based wind and power grid company AMSC reported quarterly revenue that was better than in the fourth quarter of last year, but down compared with the same period last year.
An international team of universities, led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), finished in first and fourth place in two juried categories for its solar home design, branded the Solatrium.
Ameresco's second-quarter revenue was below expectations, but President and CEO George P. Sakellaris is optimistic the company will fare better in the second half of the year.
World Energy Solutions of Worcester turned in its best revenue-producing second quarter, the energy management services firm said in its most recent financial report. But the company also reported a net loss of $1.65 million as it continued to work
Southborough-based Sevcon, which designs and manufactures microprocessor-based controls for zero emission electric and hybrid vehicles, said its third-quarter financial results met the company's expectations, with revenue coming in at $8.7 million.
Devens-based wind and power grid company AMSC reported first-quarter fiscal 2014 revenues that were 13 percent better than the fourth quarter of last year, but down compared with the same period last year, as it continues to work to regain its