Greater Boston’s clean energy sector has emerged as the nation’s fourth-largest industry cluster, but the fate of high-profile projects in Boston and Everett hinges upon approval of new procurement laws left in limbo in the past legislative session.
Anticipated future demand for renewable energy storage prompted a proposal for an industrial property’s redevelopment near the Massachusetts Turnpike in Brighton.
A 7.2 million-square-foot development plan for Everett’s former ExxonMobil fuel storage farm includes 3,200 housing units, commercial and industrial space and an energy storage facility designed to improve the reliability of the region’s electric grid.
Emerging industry clusters such as agriculture research and clean energy provide an opportunity to pull western Massachusetts out of the economic doldrums, according to a report that asks state leaders to commit $500 million toward the Pioneer Valley region.
As the MBTA Communities law expands its reach to an additional 130 Massachusetts cities and towns in 2024, Gov. Maura Healey appealed to business leaders to step into the fray and lobby their hometowns to expand multifamily zoning.
Proponents in Maine of a stalled $1 billion energy corridor that sought to bring Canadian hydropower to the New England power grid asked the state’s high court to breathe new life into the project Tuesday.
Needham Bank’s new structured finance team has provided a $25 million loan to a renewable energy company for a wind energy project in Maine.
Commercial landlords and nonprofits in 21 Massachusetts communities have a new option for financing energy-efficiency upgrades.
Houston, Chicago and Los Angeles have joined Boston and other cities in an initiative to procure renewable energy on a massive scale, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced Thursday at a climate summit.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker says his administration is committed to an Obama-era effort to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants.
