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2025 Eversource Sustainability Award

In the ever-evolving urban landscape where space is limited and the demand for clean energy is growing, Franklin High School students Rishabh Mathukiya and Ishan Kasam have embarked on a project to harness the power of wind. The two were honored with the Eversource Sustainability Award at the Massachusetts Science and Engineering Fair (MSEF).

Read about their award-winning project

“We hope our project will create a meaningful and lasting impact on the broader community through large-scale implementation, particularly in densely populated urban areas where space and resources are often limited,” said Mathukiya and Kasam. “Our goal is to offer a renewable energy solution that is not only practical but also adaptable to a wide range of environments.”

Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs), with their omnidirectional design, are particularly suited for urban environments where traditional horizontal axis wind turbines face challenges such as noise pollution, maintenance issues and spatial constraints. By integrating piezoelectric transducers into their turbine design, Mathukiya and Kasam have found a way to convert mechanical vibrations from rain and wind into additional electrical energy. This innovation helps the device generate energy even when wind speeds are low, making it ideal for densely populated areas with fluctuating wind conditions.

“Rishabh and Ishan's project exemplifies the creative thinking needed to optimize renewable energy in urban settings,” said Clare Connolly, Eversource’s Director of Sustainability and Climate. “Their work demonstrates the potential of hybrid systems to further enhance clean energy generation.”

As climate change accelerates, the need for efficient and sustainable energy solutions becomes more pressing. Mathukiya and Kasam's project underscores the importance of optimizing wind turbines for urban and residential areas, offering a compact solution for clean energy at a time when demands for electricity are increasing.

“Climate change has been a major crisis and has been talked about for countless years,” said Mathukiya. “As time went on and we saw more side effects of the growing climate crisis, we were inspired to work on a project, as we saw the growing need for clean and accessible energy.”

Their findings suggest that if this system were scaled to larger arrays, it could significantly enhance renewable energy production and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. This project is a testament to the power of innovation and the potential to bring more clean energy solutions compact, urban environments.

In Connecticut

Connecticut Invention Convention

We’re proud to be a long-time sponsor of the Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC) that brings accessible, innovation programs to schools across the state, and especially communities that are often underrepresented in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) programming.

CIC held virtual judging in May to review student’s inventions where more than 30 employee volunteers served as judges, reviewing hundreds of K-12 students' inventions before finals.

"The support of Eversource has been instrumental in not just expanding Invention Convention across the state, but in bringing programs to those communities in greatest need,” said Nick Briere, CIC Executive Director.  

In Massachusetts

2025 New England FIRST Robotics 

We’re proud to sponsor the 2025 New England FIRST Robotics District Championship in Massachusetts. 

The District Championship is an opportunity for robotics teams across New England to design, program and build a robot starting with a standard kit of parts and common set of rules to play in a themed, head-to-head challenge.

Teams also build a brand, develop community partnerships for support, and work to promote STEM in their local community. Our employee volunteers were also on-hand to support the championship.

Massachusetts Science and Engineering Fair

The Massachusetts Science and Engineering Fair (MSEF) works with thousands of students to develop independent research projects related to STEM.

Students work closely with teachers and professionals in the field to refine projects and compete in local, regional and statewide fairs. Students practice critical thinking, trial and error and presentation skills and the top students showcase their projects at the final statewide fair. 

We support the fair through sponsorship, employees volunteering as judges and awarding the Eversource Sustainability Award.

The Eversource Sustainability Award recognizes a project that:

  • Addresses challenges facing the environment, our communities and/or society at large
  • Has thoughtful approaches and designs that could benefit future generations
  • Provides solutions that would be fair and equitable if and when executed
  • Has potential for scale

Introduce a Girl to Science and Engineering

We partnered with the Fuller Middle School in Framingham to host a program designed to encourage girls to explore the areas of engineering and science, and to help address the gender gap in the STEM fields.

We celebrated the creativity and innovation of the students as they applied math and science concepts to learn the heating and cooling principles involved in geothermal technology, which is being developed at utility scale right in their own city.

Learn more about the event and see photos.

In New Hampshire

'Future for Females' career fair

Employee volunteers from several business areas including vegetation management, safety, and field training and apprenticeship participated in a two-day 'Future for Females' career fair. Girls at Work hosted the event at their headquarters in Manchester, New Hampshire and our volunteers showcased potential career paths at Eversource. 

Students learned about the personal protection equipment our line workers use in the field, low-growing trees and more.

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