GreenRoots, a community-based environmental justice organization in Chelsea and East Boston, partnered with City of Boston through MassCEC’s EmPower program. They received an EmPower grant of $150,000 to increase solar and battery storage in East Boston using a Solarize model, a community education and outreach model with a partner installer. As a result, they developed Solarize East Boston, which is focused on solutions that serve low- and moderate-income residents.

MassCEC retained Baringa to identify ways to lower the barriers to the large-scale deployment of distributed energy resources (DERs) in Massachusetts. Baringa first engaged DER owners, operators, and electric distribution companies, then developed a set of pragmatic frameworks for optimizing the value of DER usage. Baringa's report will also include recommendations on key program design considerations and illustrative case studies. The report is anticipated to be released in early 2024.

Shoreline Offshore received a grant through the Ports Investment Challenge to build-out their marine terminal with new bulkhead, docking space, lift piers, fueling capacity and other infrastructure. The terminal is located at the site of the former Revere Copper in New Bedford. Once complete, the Shoreline terminal will provide the offshore wind industry with a waterfront terminal and centralized access to a network of local business owners. Read more. 

Through the MassCEC Clean Energy Internship program, Natalia spent the summer of 2021 with a paid internship in the high-performance buildings sector. She worked for Haycon LLC, a construction company that builds developments in the Boston area to the ultra-efficient Passive House standard. Through her research projects, construction site visits, and interactions with the Haycon team, Natalia gained knowledge of clean energy retrofits and professional development skills. Following her internship, she began another job at a sustainability-focused organization.