Massachusetts lawmakers are working to make electricity more affordable. Both the Massachusetts House and Senate passed energy bills (S.3166 and H.5175) this year that would support grid reliability and lower electricity costs through measures such as flexible interconnection, a retail storage program, and modernized residential solar permitting. These smart reforms can … [continued]
Massachusetts pension fund says review findings will inform manager-quality evaluations & selection. The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (MassPRIM) has completed a review of how active equity managers assess climate-transition risk in high-emitting portfolio companies and incorporate that analysis into their investment decisions. The fund plans to use the findings in … [continued]
Partnership designed to enable EV drivers in Massachusetts to earn incentives while supporting grid reliability and affordability. NEW YORK — Eversource, National Grid, EnergyHub, Sunrun, and The Mobility House — leaders in grid flexibility and smart charging technology — today announced a joint effort to test vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities in Massachusetts. Under this effort, qualifying residential customers of … [continued]
Staff from NREL and GRID Alternatives Colorado install rooftop solar panels during a volunteer event. Residential solar PV installations like these can benefit from NREL’s free SolarAPP+ automated permitting software. Photo by Joe DelNero, NREL.
Permitting delays add thousands of dollars to the cost of rooftop solar systems in the US. Massachusetts has a solution.
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources has just awarded 10 grants to nonprofit organizations in the state for more rooftop solar power deployment. This is the third round of grants from the department’s Low-Income Services Solar Program (LISSP). This round of grants totals $2.4 million. The rooftop solar systems will … [continued]
Loop Global completed a 64-port Level 2 charging installation at a multifamily development in Hyde Park, a Boston neighborhood. Loop Global is a leading provider of turnkey electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions, and the project was completed in May. It’s a very large EV charger installation for a multifamily structure … [continued]
The French firm TotalEnergies will not build offshore wind farms in the US, but it's a big world out there. This is the Seagreen wind farm in Scotland, courtesy of TotalEnergies.
NORTHEAST — Today, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont sued the Trump administration over the U.S. Department of the Interior’s $1 billion buyout of TotalEnergies’ offshore wind leases, a move that led the company to abandon its U.S. offshore wind projects in exchange for doubling down on … [continued]
Uber and Lyft drivers in Massachusetts are tired of being taken advantage of, and are thus diverging from the long-term trend in the USA away from worker unions. Drivers for Uber and Lyft in The Baked Bean State have decided to combine forces for better pay and conditions by unionizing, … [continued]
Heavy seas engulf the Block Island Wind Farm — the first US offshore wind farm. The five Halide 6MW turbines were installed by Deepwater Wind and began producing power in 2016. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL)
Boston — Today, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in favor of renewable energy developers, temporarily blocking a number of the Trump administration’s relentless and aggressive attacks on the industry. Since taking office, Donald Trump and his administration have thrown up numerous roadblocks to clean energy … [continued]
Getting permission to connect a large rooftop solar system to the grid may be more trouble than its worth for many homeowners.
