News
Date	Description	Division	Type
03.19.10	Going Green East Keynote Address MassCEC Executive Director Patrick Cloney Spoke about Massachusetts' Clean Energy Leadership at the 2010 Going Green East Conference	Clean Energy Sector Development	Announcements
03.16.10	MASSCEC SEEKS APPLICATIONS FOR COMMONWEALTH WIND: COMMUNITY SCALE The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) today announced that the Commonwealth Wind: Community Scale Initiative is seeking applications for Feasibility Study and Design & Construction Grants.	Renewable Energy Generation	Announcements
03.12.10	MASSCEC PARTNERS WITH MTTC TO SPUR DEVELOPMENT OF CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) and the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (MTTC) today launched a new program aimed at commercializing the game-changing clean energy technologies coming out of Massachusetts’ world-class research ins	Investments in Clean Technology	Announcements
03.12.10	Upsizing blade test regimes As composite rotor blade size grows, research groups act to meet the urgent need for physical testing facilities with large-blade capacity.	Clean Energy Sector Development	Alerts
03.04.10	Investors shine a grow light on cleantech in KPMG survey Investors, including venture capitalists and bankers, voiced confidence in the potential for VC investment in 2010, with strong growth seen for investment in cleantech, according to a survey by audit and tax firm KPMG LLP.	Clean Energy Sector Development	Articles of Interest
03.04.10	Making More Solar Cells from Silicon Making More Solar Cells from Silicon 1366 Technologies hopes to cut the cost of solar with cheaper manufacturing.	MassCEC	Articles of Interest
02.25.10	MIT's clean energy competition partners with West Coast contest The MIT Enterprise Forum reports its Ignite Clean Energy Competition is partnering with the Cleantech Open, a San Francisco-based business plan competition.	Clean Energy Sector Development	Announcements
02.24.10	World Energy enters demand response market Worcester-based World Energy Solutions launched its online demand response platform, World DR Exchange, on Wednesday as an extension of its other online platforms that commercial customers use to purchase bulk power, green power or renewable energy credit	MassCEC	Articles of Interest
02.23.10	General Compression grabs $17M in new investment Newton-based General Compression Inc. reports it has landed $17 million in a Series A round of venture funding.	MassCEC	Articles of Interest
02.19.10	Wind turbine grant generates optimism Federal, state and local officials gathered at Town Hall yesterday to congratulate one another for an $85,000 grant to the town from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center for a wind tower feasibility study for Prospect Hill.	Renewable Energy Generation	Articles of Interest
02.11.10	The Outlook for Solar: Q&A With Borrego Solar CEO Mike Hall Xconomy's Bruce V. Bigelow interviews El Cajon, CA-based Borrego Solar Systems CEO Mike Hall about the differences between projects undertaken in Southern California and New England.	Clean Energy Sector Development	Articles of Interest
02.09.10	Good Energies Invests in Massachusetts Clean Energy Firm Amid a state-wide feud over the job creation spin-offs of President Obama’s stimulus package, a Massachusetts clean energy design and construction company announced Tuesday that it has raised $6.5 million in venture financing to help underwrite a national	MassCEC	Articles of Interest
02.05.10	Report: Patrick-Murray Administration Clean Energy Policies Will Produce Dramatic Reduction in Green According to a new report, Massachusetts' clean energy politices will produce a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. With Global Warming Solutions Act requiring cut of 10 to 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020, reduction of more than 18 percent	Clean Energy Sector Development	Announcements
02.05.10	Nexamp wins largest solar contract in Mass. North Andover solar installer Nexamp Inc. received the largest contract award for solar systems in Massachusetts Friday — a $20 million award to build 4.1 megawatts of solar capacity on a dozen state water treatment facilities.	Clean Energy Sector Development	Articles of Interest
02.04.10	Investment Dollars Flow To Green Energy Start-Ups Two Massachusetts companies are featured in The Wall Street Journal article about the increase in investor interest in clean energy start-ups. In the third quarter of 2009, clean energy received 19% of venture capital investment in the U.S., second only t	Clean Energy Sector Development	Articles of Interest
01.29.10	Massachusetts Sets Ambitious Energy Standards Massachusetts state officials announced on Friday new energy efficiency standards for utilities that aim to be the most ambitious in the nation.	MassCEC	Articles of Interest
01.29.10	Vt. wind tech firm opens Cambridge office With energy engineering centers like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a federally funded wind blade testing facility in Charlestown under construction, industry watchers expect the area to continue to be a center for wind technology developme	MassCEC	Articles of Interest
01.28.10	Cleantech Can Help Mass. Regain Its Mojo	Clean Energy Sector Development	Articles of Interest
01.28.10	Boston-Power to receive award The Westboro-based lithium-ion battery provider will recieve the 2010 Technology Pioneer Award at the 40th World Economic Forum annual meeting Sunday in Davos, Switzerland.	Investments in Clean Technology	Coverage
01.27.10	Solaya to build turbine in Charlestown Solaya Energy has been tapped to build a 1.5 megawatt wind turbine at the Massachusetts Water Resources Facility’s pump station in Charlestown.	MassCEC	Articles of Interest
01.26.10	Now Accepting Applications for Commonwealth Solar II Rebate Program Solicitation Documents for the Commonwealth Solar II Rebate Program are now available. The Commonwealth Solar Stimulus Rebate Program has closed.	Renewable Energy Generation	Announcements
01.26.10	AMSC lands wind turbine components order in China American Superconductor Corp. has received an order from power equipment manufacturer XJ Group Corp. of China for 100 sets of wind turbine electrical components to be used in 2-megawatt doubly-fed induction wind turbines co-developed with AMSC subsidiary	MassCEC	Articles of Interest
01.25.10	Advancing the Flywheel for Energy Storage and Grid Regulation A Massachusetts company is betting that a bank of carbon-fiber flywheels will be a boon for grid regulation.	Investments in Clean Technology	Articles of Interest
01.25.10	First Wind to build Maine wind farm Local wind farm developer First Wind Holdings Inc. has signed a deal to build dozens of wind turbines for a renewable energy project in upstate Maine.	MassCEC	Articles of Interest
01.22.10	Turbine maker Vestas attracted to university research in Mass. Mass High Tech reporter Jackie Noblett spoke with Vestas vice president and local general manager William Henrickson recently about the company’s local efforts.	MassCEC	Articles of Interest