Isabel Tehan

Framingham-based renewable energy company Ameresco is partnering with Ontario Power Generation subsidiary Atura Power to develop a 250-megawatt, 1,000-megawatthour battery energy storage system to power Ontario, Canada’s electricity grid.

Southborough life science research company Veristat has acquired Scinopsis, a medical writing consultancy firm based in Fréjus, France.

Gardner manufacturer Precision Optics has named Wayne Coll its new CFO.

Artificial intelligence offers ways to improve the burdensome electronic health records process, but a leading Westborough company urges caution amid innovation.

Marlborough firm Akoya Biosciences has eliminated two C-suite positions as part of an initiative to cut its expenses, as it aims to raise $43.5 million in additional funding.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts saw its annual spending on mental health care services for members reach $1.3 billion in 2022, according to newly released data from BCBS. In 2019, annual spending for the same services was $610 million.

Julie Orozco has been named executive director at the Abby Kelley Foster House. She is the first person of color to lead the organization.

Heywood Healthcare in Gardner is replacing the CEO who has led the hospital system for 12 years, citing the changing healthcare landscape and the need to continue meeting its community's goals.

Millis cannabis firm CommCan is consolidating its operations, having closed its medical-only Southborough dispensary and transferred that license to a joint adult-use and medical dispensary in Rehoboth.

Barnes & Noble’s newest MetroWest location will open in Natick on June 14, filling the void left when the chain’s Framingham store closed earlier this year.