Energy, Utilities & Environment

Madison, Wisconsin – October 14, 2026 -- Endure Critical Solutions has acquired the UPS services division of Precise Power, extending its vendor-neutral critical power service network into the Southeast. The announcement did not include financial terms.

Precise Power keeps its turnkey equipment business while the service team joins Endure

Precise Power will retain its critical infrastructure equipment and turnkey solutions segment. Its service technicians, account contacts and support staff move to Endure, and existing service contracts remain in effect. Customers will be served by the same people, now backed by Endure's wider North American footprint.

Menlo Park – October 14, 2026 -- Mainspring Energy has signed a sales agreement with American Electric Power (AEP) to supply up to 1.6 gigawatts (GW) of Mainspring Linear Generators through 2034, the largest linear generator procurement to date.

AEP orders first 190 MW tranche for delivery from 2027

AEP has already purchased an initial tranche of 190 megawatts (MW). Deliveries of that first batch begin in 2027, while the remaining capacity under the agreement would be supplied over the period to 2034.

AEP is one of North America's largest electric utilities.

New York – October 14, 2026 -- Ensorcia Group Holdings, LLC has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire Argentina Wildcats, LLC (AW), a deal that would add roughly 50,000 hectares of lithium ground in Argentina and take the company's combined holdings to approximately 67,000 hectares.

Cash deal for 100% of AW comes with contingent consideration

Ensorcia will buy all of AW's outstanding membership interests for cash, plus additional contingent consideration. The source gives no price or contingent terms. Closing remains subject to confirmatory legal review and other customary conditions.

AW holds interests in the former LEXI lithium property.

Drilling and brine testing preceded the decision

Ensorcia moved ahead after drilling and flow testing on the AW property and an evaluation of brine sample results. That evaluation included testing by International Battery Metals Ltd. (IBAT).

Winnemucca – October 14, 2026 -- Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: HYMC) drilled 19.6 meters grading 30.49 g/t gold and 1,726.72 g/t silver at its Vortex system in Nevada, the best hole in the company's more than 40-year history and the highest gold grades ever reported at Hycroft.

Hole H26D-6175A includes a 1.7-meter interval at 347.07 g/t gold

The high-grade core of the intercept returned 347.07 g/t gold and 9,526.36 g/t silver over 1.7 meters, with visible gold present. The result also marks the highest silver grades ever drilled at Vortex. The hole came from the 2025-2026 Exploration Drill Program.

H26D-6175A also intersected significant intervals of gold and silver mineralization along the full length of the hole, adding to mineralization within the resource.

Seattle – October 14, 2026 -- CenTrio is advancing engineering design for a 25-megawatt electric boiler at its Western Avenue plant, a project that could cut emissions by more than 60%, or about 42,000 tons a year, at maximum utilization.

The boiler will deliver roughly 85,000 pounds of steam per hour to buildings on CenTrio's Seattle district energy system. It is the first phase of the plant's decarbonization plan.

Construction is planned for 2027, with operations about two years later

CenTrio has engaged Affiliated Engineers (AEI) to complete the engineering design. It is working with Seattle City Light to secure the power the boiler requires. Construction will begin after engineering, permitting, utility coordination and final approvals are complete. The boiler is expected to be operational roughly two years after construction starts.

Houston – – October 14, 2026 -- Nightpeak Energy has closed financing on and brought online its 150 MW, two-hour Bocanova 2 battery storage project in Southeast Texas, doubling the Bocanova site to 300 MW as data centers and other large loads drive electricity demand growth on the ERCOT grid.

Bocanova 2 reached commercial operation on September 17

The project is the second phase of Nightpeak's battery development in Brazoria County, near the Houston metropolitan area. The first 150 MW phase, Bocanova 1, began commercial operation in August 2025. The site is located in what the company describes as one of the country's fastest-growing electricity load centers.

Tesla Megapack 2 XL systems anchor the 150 MW build

Bocanova 2 uses Tesla's Megapack 2 XL battery storage systems. It operates under a long-term offtake agreement with an investment-grade counterparty, which the source does not name.

Toronto – October 14, 2026 -- Jaguar Uranium Corp. (NYSE American: JAGU) has published a maiden independent Mineral Resource Estimate for its Laguna Salada project in Chubut Province, Argentina, totalling 4.2 million lbs of Indicated and 10.1 million lbs of Inferred U3O8, alongside 31.1 million lbs of Indicated and 57.3 million lbs of Inferred V2O5.

The estimate, effective October 14, 2026, complies with SEC Regulation S-K 1300 and NI 43-101. It was prepared by Caracle Creek Chile SpA and Atticus Geoscience Consulting Ltd. No Measured resources have been classified.

Indicated and Inferred tonnage grades 119 ppm and 170 ppm U3O8 Eq

The Indicated category covers 21.1 Mt at 119 ppm U3O8 equivalent. The Inferred category covers 34.0 Mt at 170 ppm U3O8 equivalent. The footprint spans about 4.3% of the 210,284 ha project, which comprises 28 mining concessions in central Patagonia.

Cranberry Township, Pa. – – October 14, 2026 -- The Inner Circle has named Dr. Miles H. Fuller, VP of Transformation and Chief of Staff to the CEO at Westinghouse Electric Company, an Inner Circle Lifetime Member for his work in clean energy innovation and nuclear technology.

Fuller moved from Boston Consulting Group to Westinghouse's senior leadership team

Fuller began his career as a consultant with Boston Consulting Group. He later joined the senior leadership team at Westinghouse, where he works on safe, scalable nuclear technologies tied to global energy security and decarbonization. His remit covers strategy, operations and transformation, and supports large-scale programs aimed at improving quality, safety and execution in complex global environments.

Caracas – October 14, 2026 -- North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP) is deploying eleven new 550-horsepower workover rigs in Venezuelan oil fields, the first new mobile repair-and-maintenance systems to operate there in more than 15 years.

Two new 1,500-horsepower drilling rigs arrived on October 7, and the company expects more equipment soon. Separately, NABEP has bought 60 rigs, 30 steam boilers and 70 pieces of heavy machinery. The company says this gives it the largest heavy-equipment fleet in the country.

NABEP targets production above 1 million barrels per day

The company's near-term goal is to lift output to more than 1 million barrels of oil per day. NABEP says it has already scaled production from roughly 18,000 barrels per day to more than 200,000 in two years. It attributes the increase to about $1 billion in company-funded investment.

NABEP is expanding operations in Lake Maracaibo and the Orinoco Belt.

New Orleans – October 14, 2026 -- Entergy shareholders have invested nearly $45 million in community-based environmental projects across Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas over the 25-year life of the utility's Environmental Initiatives Fund (EIF), the company said as it marked the anniversary.

Shareholder-funded EIF granted $1 million to 11 partners in 2025

Established in 2001, the EIF is a shareholder-funded grant program. In 2025 alone, it provided $1 million to 11 partner organizations. Their work spans wetland restoration, tree planting, biodiversity education and green infrastructure development.

Entergy said the fund complements its broader environmental initiatives, including long-term climate commitments and coastal restoration partnerships.