Advocates seek more momentum for Massachusetts offshore wind
Clean energy advocates say offshore wind is not being taken seriously enough as an option amid discussions of transmission lines and natural gas pipelines.
climate policy
Analysts: New Jersey’s early RGGI exit cost the state millions
A new report highlighting the benefits of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative provides a context for how much New Jersey lost by leaving the program.
Why Massachusetts is the best state for landfill solar arrays
A 2.2-megawatt solar array on a shuttered municipal solid waste landfill in Lexington, Massachusetts, is not particularly remarkable on its own. But this, combined with 100 or so other similar brownfield projects in Massachusetts, make the state a national leader in converting formerly contaminated sites to clean energy production. Though a few sites feature wind turbines, photovoltaic panels dominate. And advocates credit the state’s clean energy policies as well as the abundance of suitable sites. Massachusetts accounts for roughly 40 percent of the 253 renewable energy installations identified thus far by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s RE-Powering America’s Land Initiative — or at least 258 of the 1,398 total megawatts brought online through October.
energy storage
Why the Northeast could soon rival California on energy storage
Experts say a recent FERC decision and falling prices are creating an opportunity for Northeast states to aggressively adopt energy storage.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts solar groups say policy changes needed to stem job loss
Massachusetts solar organizations fear a double-digit jobs slip will lead to a permanent employment slide for their industry if state legislators and agencies don’t tweak policies they say are not friendly to renewable energy.