Wind Power

The Baker-Polito Administration announced that Mayflower Wind was selected to move forward to contract negotiations to provide 804 megawatts of offshore wind.

Efforts to save the environment may actually harm it instead.

Wind power is costly to construct, maintain and is not very competitive. European nations have heavily invested and many are coming to see that they've backed the wrong horse. While solar and hydro power's technology seem to be progressing in the right direction, wind power tech breakthroughs to keep up, are lagging behind in the industry. Yet...

After many months of backroom wheeling and dealing the legislative leadership and the Baker Administration have reached an agreement in principle on an energy bill. While the final details must still be hammered out it is clear that the powerful green energy lobby has won the day with the bill introduced on Monday in the Massachusetts House of Representatives...

A group called Environment Massachusetts is beating the drum for the development of offshore wind power. The group held a news conference in Fall River on Thursday, saying wind power is a healthy alternative to coal fired power plants, and has widespread public support...

U.S. Senator Edward Markey toured Downtown New Bedford Wednesday with Mayor Jon Mitchell and discussed challenges the city is facing. The Senator said the major talking point was a focus on wind energy and having New Bedford become a major producer of wind power...