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wbjournal.com | Book of Lists 2018 | Worcester Business Journal 77 M A N U F A C T U R I N G & T E C H N O L O G Y F O C U S Top clean energy companies Ranked by number of local employees Company Local employees Services Head of company Year founded 1 CLEAResult Inc. (a) 50 Washington St., Suite 300, Westborough 01581 508-836-9500 • www.clearesult.com 312 Design, deliver and maintain energy optimization services for utility companies and institutional, commercial and industrial organizations that lower load requirements, reduce energy bills and minimize environmental burdens on communities Aziz Virani president & CEO 2003 2 AMSC (b) 114 E. Main St., Ayer 01432 978-842-3000 • www.amsc.com ~300 (c) Provider serving wind and power grid industry Daniel P. McGahn president & CEO 1987 3 NEC Energy Solutions (d) 155 Flanders Road, Westborough 01581 508-497-7319 • www.neces.com 140 Designs, manufactures and integrates advanced energy storage systems for electric grid, commercial and industrial markets; high performance lithium-ion battery systems for tough, critical power applications Steve Fludder CEO 2014 4 Ameresco Inc. 111 Speen St., Suite 401, Framingham 01701 866-263-7372 • www.ameresco.com 130 Energy efficiency, infrastructure upgrades, asset sustainability and renewable energy solutions George P. Sakellaris president & CEO 2000 5 NORESCO 1 Research Drive, Suite 400C, Westborough 01581 508-614-1000 • www.noresco.com 90 Energy efficiency and infrastructure projects; sustainability consulting services Neil Petchers president & CEO 1984 6 Vivint Solar 53 Brigham St., Unit #6, Marlborough 01752 877-404-4129 • www.vivintsolar.com 82 Design, installation and maintenance of solar solutions David Bywater CEO 2011 7 Solect Energy Development LLC 89 Hayden Rowe St., Hopkinton 01748 508-598-3511 • www.solect.com 70 Solar photovoltaic project development and installations, energy management, smart solar, commercial, light industrial and institutional properties Kenneth Driscoll CEO 2009 8 SolarFlair Energy Inc. 190 Pleasant St., Ashland 01721 508-293-4293 • www.solarflair.com 65 Turnkey solar power installations for residential and commercial clients Matthew Arner owner 2007 9 Endless Energy 184 Cedar Hill St., Marlborough 01752 508-357-2354 • www.goendlessenergy.com 36 Design and installation of solar energy systems, heating and cooling, energy auditing and insulation. John Pitcavage president Michael Pitcavage CEO 1980 10 Foley Industrial Engines 200 Summer St, Worcester 01604 508-753-2979 • www.FoleyEngines.com 30 Diesel exhaust scrubbers and gas exhaust purifiers for stationary and off-road engines that make exhaust emissions legal and safe to breathe Jay W. Foley president & CEO 1916 11 New England Clean Energy 43 Broad St., Hudson 01749 978-567-6527 • www.newenglandcleanenergy.com 25 Design, engineering and installation of solar electric and energy storage systems for homes and businesses Doug McCartney CEO 2006 12 ThinkLite LLC 117 West Central St., Natick 01760 617-500-6689 • www.thinklite.com 24 Custom design, manufacture, distribution and installation of energy- efficient, retrofit solutions to commercial customers and governments; lighting efficiency through LED technologies Dinesh Wadhwani founder & CEO 2009 13 AltE 330 Codman Hill Road, Boxborough 01719 877-878-4060 • www.altEstore.com 21 Global solar power equipment supplier for professional installers and do-it-yourselfers; grid-tie, energy storage and off-grid solar power systems Sascha Deri CEO & co-founder Nick Albright CTO & co-founder 1999 13 EnerNOC, an Enel Group company 100 Front St., 20th Floor, Worcester 01608 508-459-8100 • www.enernoc.com 21 Demand response solutions and energy intelligence software for commercial, industrial, institutional, government and utility customers Mike Storch president & CEO 2001 15 Solar Design Associates Inc. P.O. Box 242, Harvard 01451 978-456-6855 • www.solardesign.com 13 Solar design and installation Steven J. Strong president 1974 16 Sirius Integrator 146 Riverbend Drive, Groton 01450 855-747-4874 • www.siriusintegrator.com 2 Resells fuel cell remote power solutions to government, oil and gas, seismic and weather, marine, wind, railway, traffic management and industrial communication John Merlino CEO 2009 17 NV Energy LLC 11 North Meadow Road, Leominster 01453 508-612-8656 • nvenergyllc.solar 1 Solar photovoltaic, storage design and consulting, residential, commercial and nonprofts Nate Vignola CEO 2012 Source: Each company via survey and their websites Note: Hopkinton's Industria Engineering declined to participate in the 2018 survey. Franklin's NRG Home Solar is not offering new installations but continues to serve existing customers. (a) CLEAResult, based in Austin, Texas, purchased the assets of Westborough's Conservation Services Group in 2015. (b) Formerly known as American Superconductor Corp. On Sept. 26, 2017, acquired Richland, Wash.-based Infinia Technology Corp. for $3.75 million. (c) Reported 345 local employees in 2017, which preceded a layoff of 30 employees upon relocation to the Ayer facility; unable to get confirmation of employee count by press time. (d) Unit of A123 Systems Installed solar capacity in Massachusetts pre-2010 18.5 2010 23 2011 42.7 2012 134.5 2013 226.9 2014 269.1 2015 286.5 2016 340 2017 682 Cumulative 2,076 MW Source: Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Installed wind capacity in Massachusetts pre-2010 14.09 2010 5.11 2011 25.57 2012 50.38 2013 7.95 2014 3.96 2015 0 2016 8 2017 -3 Cumulative 112 MW Source: Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Annual megawatts Year installed Annual megawatts Year installed Source: Each company via survey and their websites Note: Hopkinton's Industria Engineering declined to participate in the 2018 survey. Franklin's NRG Home Solar is not offering new installations but continues to serve existing customers. (a) CLEAResult, based in Austin, Texas, purchased the assets of Westborough's Conservation Services Group in 2015. (b) Formerly known as American Superconductor Corp. On Sept. 26, 2017, acquired Richland, Wash.-based Infinia Technology Corp. for $3.75 million. (c) Reported 345 local employees in 2017, which preceded a layoff of 30 employees upon relocation to the Ayer facility; unable to get confirmation of employee count by press time. (d) Unit of A123 Systems - Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, smeagher@ nebusinessmedia.com