Energy

The City of Gardner received a $200,000 Community Compact Municipal Fiber Grant from the Massachusetts state government to improve communications between City departments.

Boston utility company Eversource has begun drilling 90 bore holes, each 600-700 feet deep, as part of its effort to connect 140 customers in Framingham with geothermal energy.

Westborough-based Massachusetts Broadband Institute has added Winchendon among its second round of communities to its Digital Equity Planning Program, which provides consultation to Massachusetts cities and towns to identify barriers to internet access and reduce the digital divide.

Framingham clean energy firm Ameresco completed an acquisition of a Los Alamitos, California microgrid. The system, located at a joint military forces training base, has a microgrid, solar panels, and battery energy storage. 

Multiscale Systems of Worcester has received three awards totaling $650,000 to advance its research into hybrid manufacturing.

Heartland Water Technology in Hudson named board member Christopher Beaufait as its new president and CEO, taking over for Earl Jones, who had been CEO since 2016, as part of a planned transition.

The head of the Massachusetts Port Authority will leave in the fall for a high-ranking job at energy giant National Grid.

Construction on the revived transmission project expected to tap into Quebec hydroelectric power to benefit Massachusetts will resume next week and the project's price tag -- which Bay State utility customers are on the hook for -- has ballooned to $1.5 billion, project officials said this week.

Altus Power of Stamford, Conn. opened a new 10-megawatt solar array and 15-megawatt battery storage system in Holliston.

Worcester personal watercraft company shows how even in a shaky economy, good ideas can get close to investment ready.