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The state of Connecticut reports it is taking bids for $20 million in stimulus funding for energy conservation projects in the Nutmeg State, after the state received about $36 million of the $3.2 billion of bonds made available for energy conservation projects by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
A recent study of green factors in urban areas found that Boston fared well on some environmental factors like carpooling and public transportation, but not so well on others, like traffic and travel times.
Connecticut-based STR Holdings Inc. has named Charles Reid as its chief technology officer, in charge of leading the company’s photovoltaic solar panel development and commercialization. In the newly created position, Reid will oversee the research and development and technical service parts of the STR technology group and will report to Robert Yorgensen, president of STR Solar.
Boston-based energy management technology firm EnerNOC Inc. has acquired SmallFoot LLC, a Boulder, Colo.-based wireless demand control solutions developer for small commercial sites.
Cellulosic ethanol technology company Qteros Inc. and the University of Massachusetts Amherst have been granted a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its new ethanol production technology using biomass fermentation.
Devens-based American Superconductor Corp. today said that it has received an order from China’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, Sinovel Wind, for electrical control systems to be used with Sinovel’s 5-megawatt wind turbines.
Even as it prepares an initial public offering, First Wind Holdings Inc. has been amassing more than half a billion dollars in private equity, a new regulatory filing indicates. But the company has not yet posted a profit, and its financial strength is likely to be tested as a short-term loan worth $231.5 million approaches its June maturity date.
The city of Boston reports Boston Housing Authority buildings will receive $63 million in energy efficiency improvements and will partner with Framingham-based energy services company Ameresco Inc.
BioEnergy Holdings LLC has raised $6.4 million in a new debt round, bringing its total debt investment to $70 million, the cleantech company reports in a regulatory filing posted today.
NSTAR’s pilot project to deploy in-home smart grid technologies to residents in Newton, Hopkinton and Jamaica Plain has been approved by the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities.