renewable energy

The state is looking for prospective tenants for a new center for ocean energy in New Bedford.

The Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative will continue to test renewable tidal turbines at the Bourne Tidal Test Site at the Cape Cod Canal. A new federal license will allow testing for eight years.

A commission created by Gov. Maura Healey is recommending the state accelerate the approval of renewable energy projects and change the role of local communities in that process.

A report finds the business of solar has skyrocketed over the last decade or so in Massachusetts. But now a familiar perk associated with solar panels is fading out.

Most people, on average, will have to pay an extra $120 a year. Low income folks, on average, will have to pay somewhere around $15 extra a year.

In a milestone for renewable energy in the United States, Vineyard Wind supporters filled a big white tent Thursday at Covell’s Beach in Centerville for a ceremonial groundbreaking for America’s first large offshore farm.

Previously, it was thought that the critically endangered whales were only present in high numbers in waters off Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard from late winter to early spring. But new research, published July 29 in Endangered Species Research, has revealed that dozens more individual whales are using the area in the fall and summer — and the numbers are increasing.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the company an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA), effectively allowing for unintentional harm to marine mammals during the construction period from May 2023 through April 2024.

The solar developer is working on a project to transform 70 of 140 acres on the historic golf course into an energy-production hub.

The wide-ranging legislation puts the state on a path to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, establishes new appliance efficiency standards, sets sector-specific emission reduction targets, and addresses the needs of environmental justice communities.