Energy, Utilities & Environment

MELBOURNE – October 29, 2026 -- Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL) launched TENER+, a 9MWh ultra-high capacity energy storage system, at All Energy Australia 2026 and signed three memorandums of understanding with Hitachi Energy, EPEC Group and UNSW Sydney to speed up utility-scale battery delivery and grid connection in Australia.

TENER+ cuts container count by up to 40% and footprint by 12%

CATL says TENER+ reduces the number of containers needed by up to 40% and the project footprint by 12%, which targets developers facing land constraints. The system is designed for a 25-year lifespan and uses liquid cooling with protection for humid and coastal environments. Noise stays below 65 dBA at 1 metre.

Frankfurt – October 29, 2026 -- KfW IPEX-Bank has committed USD 300 million to a USD 1.5 billion untied loan for commodities trader Trafigura. The loan finances more than 150 TWh of natural gas deliveries to Germany over five years.

Nine-bank consortium backs facility with Euler Hermes guarantee

The financing is an untied financial loan (UFK) covered by a guarantee from German export credit insurer Euler Hermes. Nine banks participate. KfW IPEX-Bank acts as Facility Agent and as coordinator and agent for the export credit agency (ECA).

Trafigura to supply SEFE from its global gas portfolio

Trafigura will deliver the volumes to SEFE Securing Energy for Europe, drawing primarily on its global gas portfolio. The first delivery is scheduled for November 1, 2026.

The parties say the transaction is meant to offset declining gas supplies and to support supply security and the resilience of energy infrastructure in Germany and Europe.

SYDNEY – October 29, 2026 -- Envision delivered Sustainable Aviation Fuel certificate (SAFc) attributes corresponding to 10 tonnes of CO2 emissions reductions at Global Citizen NOW: Perth, the first international application of its SAFc solution.

Envision retires SAF attributes through a global registry

The reductions are linked to the actual production and use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The associated attributes are recorded and retired through a leading global registry to ensure transparency and traceability. Envision served as Sustainability Partner of the event.

Camden – October 29, 2026 -- New Jersey American Water graduated 10 participants from the 2026 Water UP! cohort, bringing the total to 61 graduates since the workforce development program launched in 2021. The ceremony took place at the company's Camden headquarters, with families, community partners and employees attending.

Ten-week curriculum combines classroom work with field training

Participants spend 10 weeks in classroom instruction, professional development, field experiences and hands-on training. The curriculum covers financial literacy, customer service, leadership development, OSHA training and utility operations.

Graduate Mia Morales, a Hopeworks alumna, said the program taught her to change water meters and repair water main breaks, and gave her practice in networking, resume writing and delivering an elevator pitch.

PALM BEACH GARDENS – October 29, 2026 -- Palmdale Propane, a subsidiary of Florida fuel distributor Palmdale Oil, has acquired Affordable Gas, a locally owned propane provider based in Belle Glade, Florida. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Affordable Gas delivers propane, supplies cylinder exchange and offers related services to residential, commercial and agricultural customers in Belle Glade and the surrounding Glades area.

Palmdale extends its commercial and residential propane footprint in South Florida

Palmdale CEO Lachlan Cheatham called the deal "a natural next step" that expands the company's commercial and residential propane presence in South Florida. He said Affordable Gas President Rolando Calvo and his team built the business on dependable service and close customer relationships across the Glades.

DETROIT – October 29, 2026 -- DTE Energy has put its 132-megawatt Fish Creek Solar Park near Sheridan, Michigan, into operation. The $268 million project was fully funded by customers who voluntarily participate in the utility's MIGreenPower program.

MIGreenPower customers fund the full $268 million build

DTE says the voluntary program adds generation capacity without raising costs for other customers. The park can produce enough energy to power approximately 30,000 homes.

Matt Paul, president and chief operating officer of DTE Electric, said new generation such as Fish Creek is part of how the utility keeps the lights on while holding bills as affordable as possible.

Munich/Tokyo – October 29, 2026 -- Proxima Fusion and Japan's Fujikura signed a memorandum of understanding to explore industrial-scale production of high-temperature superconductor (HTS) tape in Germany, anchored by planned demand of 60,000 kilometers from Proxima's own fusion projects. The MoU was signed in Tokyo in the presence of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

The production site is planned for Lower Saxony. The plant is meant to close a central gap in Europe's fusion supply chain, since HTS tape is currently made mostly outside Europe.

MADRID – October 29, 2026 -- Thirty industrial clusters across 11 European countries could displace more than €850 million per year in fuel spending by switching to geothermal heat, according to a new analysis from Project InnerSpace and Future Cleantech Architects (FCA). The conversion would also avoid 4.3 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually, equivalent to the emissions from more than nine million barrels of oil consumed.

Clusters span 11 EU Member States, with 152 more candidates identified

The report, Unlocking Europe's Geothermal Industrial Heat Potential, covers geothermal potential in every EU country. The 30 priority clusters are located in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia and Spain.

The authors describe the 30 as a starting point. A wider pool of 152 candidate clusters could follow.

New York – September 11, 2026 -- Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP has filed a securities class action against Hyliion Holdings Corp. (NYSE: HYLN) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, covering investors who purchased shares between May 12, 2026 and June 23, 2026.

Complaint targets Hyliion's disclosures on the VFG Holdings power deal

The lawsuit alleges Hyliion overstated the substance of its May 12, 2026 non-binding Letter of Intent with VFG Holdings, which outlined up to 250 KARNO Cores and 50 MW of potential data-center power deployments over five years. Plaintiffs claim the company presented the VFG relationship and its broader commercial pipeline more favorably than the underlying facts supported. HYLN shares rose sharply following the May 12 announcement.

Houston – September 16, 2026 -- Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) will release third-quarter 2026 results after market close on October 29, 2026, followed by a conference call the next morning to discuss the figures with investors.

Executives to detail Q3 results covering the period ended September 30, 2026

Chairman, President and CEO Anthony G. Petrello and Chief Financial Officer Miguel A. Rodriguez will lead the call on Wednesday, October 29, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Central Time. Participants are advised to dial in 10 to 15 minutes early to secure a connection.

Replay access runs through November 4

A recording of the call will be available for one week, until 4:00 p.m. CT on November 4, 2026. Callers in North America can access the replay at (855) 669-9658, while international listeners should dial (412) 317-0088, using Conference Replay Entry Number 6139974.