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BOSTON (AP) — Legislation that could make hydro and wind power a bigger part of the state's energy mix has overwhelmingly passed the Massachusetts House. The bill approved Wednesday on a 154-1 vote would require utilities to solicit long-term contracts for importing an additional 1,200 megawatts each of Canadian hydroelectricity and offshore wind...

The National Weather Service's Boston office has predicted heavy snow, strong winds and coastal flooding for the Southcoast area.

Officials have auctioned off more than 550 square miles of federal waters off the Massachusetts coast to two companies hoping to develop wind energy projects.

The Fairhaven Board of Health voted Tuesday night in favor of the first proposal submitted by Fairhaven Wind LLC. which would allow turbines to run nonstop.

The Fairhaven Board of Health issued an order that the Fairhaven wind turbines should not be spinning between 7 pm and 7 am.

Officials with the Cape Wind offshore wind project planned for Massachusetts have met with port officials in Rhode Island, and a spokesman says it's an 'open question' whether a terminal planned for New Bedford will be ready to use as the wind farm's construction staging area.

The so-called "north" wind turbine in Fairhaven is turning once again.  The turbine was shut down on Sunday, October 28, when an electrical problem was discovered.

New Bedford Economic Development Council Director Matt Morrissey spent several days in Virginia Beach last week, attending an offshore wind conference. The AWEA Offshore Windpower Conference and Expo welcomed business leaders and officials from the East Coast, providing essential information on the future of offshore wind in the U...

The wind turbine at UMass Dartmouth has been almost completely idle since it's installation about six months ago. But university officials say that will change soon. UMass Dartmouth spokesman John Hoey tells WBSM News the turbine does spin, but not consistently...