Energy, Utilities & Environment

Europe – October 23, 2026 -- ACER's Board of Appeal will begin a new five-year mandate on 18 October 2026 with two new members and four first-time alternates, refreshing the body that reviews complaints against the agency's decisions.

Administrative Board appoints panel after Commission call for interest

ACER's Administrative Board made the appointments, following a proposal by the European Commission and in consultation with ACER's Board of Regulators. The process followed a public call for interest that the Commission launched earlier this year.

Batlle and De Hauteclocque join four continuing members

Mr Carlos Batlle and Mr Adrien De Hauteclocque have been elected as new members. They join Mr Piet Eeckhout, Mr Miro Prek, Ms Keelin O'Brien and Ms Katerina Sardi, who will continue to serve.

TORONTO – October 22, 2026 -- Rock Tech Lithium Inc. (TSXV: RCK) has appointed Andreas Rickert, founder of Phineo, as an external Strategic Advisor to support its search for long-term investors and strategic partners.

Rickert to advise on positioning and partner outreach

Rickert's career includes positions at McKinsey and The World Bank. He has an established network across German business, investment and philanthropic communities.

He will work with Rock Tech on an advisory basis. His remit covers strategic counsel on the company's positioning, engagement with relevant business stakeholders, and support in building relationships with potential investors and strategic partners.

FLORHAM PARK – October 22, 2026 -- Reworld has appointed Robert "Mickey" McKee, founder, President and CEO of NYSE-listed Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), to its Board of Directors, effective October 22, 2026.

McKee brings more than two decades of energy infrastructure experience to the Reworld board

McKee founded the Kodiak group of companies in 2010. He has served as President since its formation and as CEO since 2019. Under his direction, Kodiak became one of the leading operators of contract compression infrastructure in the United States.

He led Kodiak through its 2023 initial public offering and its recent expansion into distributed power generation. He has also sat on Kodiak's Board of Directors since 2023.

Toronto – October 22, 2026 -- Hoymiles has launched its HiOne all-in-one residential energy storage system in Canada and shown its HoyUltra 261A commercial and industrial (C&I) storage system in North America for the first time. Both debuts took place at Electricity Transformation Canada (ETC) 2026 in Toronto.

HiOne combines inverter, battery and EMS in a unit installable in 15 minutes

The residential system integrates the inverter, battery system and energy management system (EMS) in a single unit. Installation can take as little as 15 minutes. HiOne has four MPPTs and a maximum input current of 20A, built for varied roof orientations and shading. Seamless backup switching keeps essential household loads running during grid outages.

CHARLOTTE – October 22, 2026 -- Duke Energy lineworkers won six awards, including two first-place finishes, at the International Lineman's Rodeo held Oct. 17 in Bonner Springs, Kansas, where about 1,250 competitors from around the world took part.

Duke Energy's journeyman teams take two first places and a second overall

Justin McCarson, Heath Burrell and Miles Bell placed second overall in the journeyman division. The same trio also won the Journeyman Mystery Event #1 and took second in the Journeyman IOU category.

Keith Griffin, Jay Tipton and Sandy Barnhill won the journeyman seniors division. Matthew Clark, Danny Haithcock and Hunter Boone placed second in that division. Tyler Nickols, Joshua Buckner and Tyler Manick finished fourth in Journeyman IOU.

Worcester, Mass. – October 22, 2026 -- CET Energy Solutions has launched as the parent of Commonwealth Electrical Technologies, Horton Electric and NuWave Energy, combining more than 300 employees across six locations in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and West Coast. The private equity-backed platform delivers projects nationwide.

Three acquired and founding businesses form the platform

Commonwealth Electrical Technologies, founded in Massachusetts in 2008, is the original business and keeps its name. Horton Electric, a Connecticut-based electrical contractor acquired in September 2026, also keeps its brand. NuWave Energy, acquired in 2025, operates in Massachusetts, California and Colorado and will move to the CET Energy Solutions name.

HEFEI – October 21, 2026 -- Sungrow's PowerTitan 3.0 battery energy storage system contained a thermal runaway event that reached 1259.8°C without spreading to adjacent containers or a medium-voltage substation, becoming the first stacked-cell BESS with an AC-block design to complete a large-scale fire test under UL 9540A: 2026 and CSA/ANSI C800-2025.

UL Solutions conducted the test. Fire Risk Alliance witnessed it and Jensen Hughes observed it. All three PowerTitan generations, 1.0 through 3.0, passed their large-scale fire tests on the first attempt.

Test layout replicated a utility-scale installation with 28.56 MWh of storage

The setup mirrored a block-level utility-scale layout. It included 28.56 MWh of fully liquid-cooled PowerTitan 3.0 units and a 7.4 MW medium-voltage substation. PowerTitan 3.0 combines stacked high-energy-density cells and the DC/AC power converter unit in a single 20-foot container.

Shangrao – October 21, 2026 -- Shareholders of NYSE-listed JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. approved every resolution at the 2026 annual general meeting, including a special resolution to change the company's English name to "Jinko Holdings Limited."

Special resolutions adopt new English name and Chinese dual foreign name

Under the second special resolution, shareholders adopted "晶科控股有限公司" as the company's dual foreign name. Both name changes were passed as special resolutions, a separate category from the five ordinary resolutions voted at the same meeting.

Two independent directors re-elected to the board

Shareholders re-elected Gang Chu and Steven Markscheid as independent directors. A fifth ordinary resolution authorizes each director to take any action needed to carry out resolutions 1 to 4 and the two name-change resolutions, 6 and 7, at his or her discretion.

Toronto – October 21, 2026 -- HiTHIUM, which says it has surpassed 200 GWh in cumulative delivered energy storage capacity, has entered the Canadian market with 4-hour and 8-hour lithium-ion battery energy storage systems (BESS) and a new 4 MWh sodium-ion product designed for extreme cold.

HiTHIUM builds Canadian footprint across six locations

Toronto serves as the main hub for Canadian operations. The company also runs subsidiary offices in British Columbia and Alberta, and operating sites in Quebec, Yellowknife and Fort Smith, said Mizhi Zhang, President of Global Business.

HiTHIUM is targeting a market where installed Canadian storage is expected to double between 2025 and 2027. Total wind, solar and storage capacity is on track to reach 50 GW by 2035, according to the company.

North America – October 21, 2026 -- Diversified Energy issued a press release on October 21, 2026, announcing the timing of its third-quarter 2026 results.

Diversified Energy publishes results-timing notice on its news page

The notice is listed under the company's News section as a press release dated October 21, 2026. The available text does not state the results date, the call schedule or any financial figures.

The company's website lists three operating areas: Upstream Operations, Midstream and Marketing, and Next LVL Energy. Third-quarter 2026 results are the next scheduled financial disclosure covered by the announcement.