Energy

AMSC, the company downsizing from its massive Devens space, will land a few miles away in Ayer.

Luis Ramírez, who handled a $3.5 billion line of business for General Electric and runs his own consulting firm in Texas, will take the reins as the new general manager and CEO of the MBTA,

Construction has begun on the renovation of an 18th-century tavern into a new facility to be used by the Riverbend School in Natick.

A state board has approved Exelon's proposed 200-megawatt expansion of its existing Medway facility after more than two years of deliberation.

Days after announcing it has started work on one of the country's largest microgrids, Framingham renewable energy firm Ameresco has signed an $8-million energy efficiency contract with a Pennsylvania college.

The effort by Worcester officials to convince the Red Sox' Triple-A affiliate to move from Rhode Island to Worcester was joined by 98 key Central Massachusetts business leaders.

Ameresco, a Framingham renewable energy company, has started work on what it says will be one of the largest microgrids, or self-contained energy grids, in the country.

Clinton Savings Bank, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Venture Community Services were among the eight organization announcing new hires and promotions.

The company developing an electrical transmission line that could carry hydroelectric power from Quebec into New England is among the submissions for long-term clean energy contracts in Massachusetts.

New England Clean Energy, which announced a CEO change last week, on Wednesday announced it has named its first chief operating officer.