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First Wind Inc., an independent wind developer based in Newton, has promoted executive vice president Michael Alvarez to the position of president and chief operating officer. Alvarez takes the title of president from former president and current CEO Paul Gaynor.
Environmental activist and former vice president Al Gore joined Boston Mayor Thomas Menino to announce that the City of Boston has received $6.5 million from the federal stimulus package to create an energy efficiency organization for the city.
Earth hour 2008 saw lights turned off for an hour in a message which was symbolic but a bit more than that - the message was that, together, we can make a difference.
Earth hour occurred last year in Sydney, Australia, on March 31 2007.
In 2007, it was one city, hoping to set an example and [...]
Governor Deval Patrick’s Clean Energy Challenge, sponsored by the New England Clean Energy Council, launched today with the aim of helping businesses reduce their carbon emissions by at least 10 percent by 2012.
As state agencies brace for a flood of funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and with it new pressures for accountability and efficient spending, officials in the housing, energy, environment and transportation agencies are managing a vastly increased pool of dollars for a seemingly endless wish list of projects.
Norwell-based energy system design firm Bluestone Energy Services Ltd. has launched a new division aimed specifically at the energy and cooling needs of data centers, with officials seeing a sharp increase in interest from data center managers and developers.
No, the title is not a misprint. Its not politicians or oil tycoons that are clashing with environmentalists here - its the environmentalists themselves.
The benefits of solar power as a clean form of energy are undisputed. But even solar energy, when applied on a broad scale, has its contingencies. In this case, the subject [...]
Ikea has recently come out with a new solution for outdoor solar powered lighting. The Ikea SOLIG light series consists of outdoor lights which are run on solar power. Each light in the Ikea SOLIG light series contains a solar panel which absorbs solar energy during the day, storing power in a small internal battery which is [...]
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources says that as part of Governor Deval Patrick’s recovery plan and the federal reinvestment program, Bay State companies and municipalities may be eligible to buy energy-efficient hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles at approximately the same cost as similar conventional vehicles.
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) executed its third auction of carbon dioxide allowances this week, with the results announced today. RGGI is a 10-state alternative energy cap and trade program aimed at reducing greenhouse gasses through the auctioning of renewable energy credits and other vehicles.