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It’s a BESS! ISO New England welcomes first major utility-scale standalone battery storage facility

The Cranberry Point facility, located in Carver, Massachusetts, is intended to help stabilize the electric grid during the region’s increasing number of extreme weather events while helping to suppress volatile wholesale prices for ratepayers, Plus Power said.

Interior approves two wind farms offshore Massachusetts

With the approval, the Department of the Interior has approved more than 10 GW of clean energy from offshore wind projects.

Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut receive proposals for offshore wind projects

The three states joined in a historic agreement that allows for potential coordinated selection of offshore wind projects.

Massachusetts finds early success with behind-the-meter energy storage program

Massachusetts has found early success with its behind-the-meter energy storage incentive program. The ConnectedSolutions program compensates residential and commercial customers for allowing utilities to draw from energy from their grid-connected batteries and/or to curtail energy use via smart thermostats or electric vehicle charging at times of peak electric demand. Launched in 2019, ConnectedSolutions had about 34,000 customer participants with 310

U.S.’s first commercial-scale offshore wind project prepares for construction

Vineyard Wind, the 800-megawatt project offshore Massachusetts, has closed on $2.3 billion of senior debt financing, setting the stage for construction to begin.