Massachusetts is profiting from its competitive technical prowess. But the news that Evergreen Solar is moving production jobs to China is a reminder that the manufacturing future for green energy is difficult.
The nation’s first offshore wind farm faces more delay after a Massachusetts official said two Indian tribes’ claim to Nantucket Sound needed more study.
Harvard University has entered into a 15-year agreement to buy power and renewable energy certificates from a wind energy farm to be built in Maine.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In a speech at MIT on Friday, President Obama touted a major climate change bill and urged Americans to lead in renewable energy. We interviewed MIT students for their assessment of Mr. Obama’s progress as a “green” president.
BOSTON — Harvard University plans to install a huge solar panel system on a building it owns in Watertown in what it says will be the largest institutional solar power array in New England.
CAPE COD, Mass. — Perhaps the biggest wind power battle in the Northeast has been over a stretch of open ocean off the shores of Cape Cod. The Cape Wind project has recently received all of its state permits and is awaiting federal approval. The fight over what could be the country’s first off-shore wind farm is framing the debate in other places.
BOSTON — A controversial wind farm off Cape Cod has received a crucial permit from a state regulatory agency, possibly paving the way for it to become the first large-scale offshore wind power plant in the United States.
GREENFIELD, Mass. — A proposed $250 million wood-burning power plant proposed for Greenfield has cleared its first environmental hurdle.
NEWTON, Iowa — Marking Earth Day with a pitch for his energy plan, President Obama on Wednesday called for a “new era of energy exploration in America” and argued that his proposal would help the economy and the environment at once.
