Energy

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.

For state policymakers, the tradeoff is worth it to revive momentum for the New England Clean Energy Connect proposal, which could become an even more important source of renewable power if the nascent offshore wind industry continues to plod through its growing pains.

Massachusetts's lofty mid-century climate goals hinge upon the state's ability to convince residents and businesses to make the switch from fossil fuels to cleaner electric power, but success will also require tens of thousands of people to take new jobs in the clean energy sector.

Facing intense scrutiny from state regulators who want to eliminate the industry entirely, suppliers that sell electricity directly to residential customers are rolling out a new analysis that warns not to "throw the baby out with the bathwater."