Energy, Utilities & Environment

Grants, New Mexico – October 07, 2026 -- The Cibola County Board of Commissioners has passed a resolution recognizing the strategic importance of the Grants Mineral Belt and In-Situ Recovery (ISR) technology for uranium extraction, the Clean Energy Association of New Mexico (CLEAN) announced.

Cibola County formally endorses ISR as a path for uranium development

The county resolution acknowledges ISR's potential to extract naturally occurring uranium without generating tailings or requiring underground workings, according to CLEAN. CLEAN President Janet Lee-Sheriff said the vote reflects research by county officials and staff aimed at making an informed decision based on sound information.

Dallas – – October 06, 2026 -- NexPoint has launched NexPoint Energy DST, a $18,844,000 Delaware statutory trust offering that gives accredited investors royalty exposure to more than 200 producing oil and natural gas wells across the Permian Basin and Haynesville Shale. The vehicle marks the multibillion-dollar alternative investment firm's first energy-focused DST and extends its tax-advantaged platform into mineral rights for the first time.

Portfolio spans 1,277 net royalty acres across two major U.S. basins

The offering covers approximately 1,277 net royalty acres, with interests in over 200 producing wells and more than 300 undrilled locations. Roughly 90% of the portfolio is tied to Haynesville Shale natural gas production, with the remaining 10% linked to Permian Basin oil. The minimum investment is set at $100,000, and the structure is designed to accommodate investors pursuing 1031 exchanges.

Abilene, Texas – October 06, 2026 -- Natura Resources has appointed Christopher Abundis as executive vice president and chief financial officer as the molten salt reactor developer advances commercialization of its technology.

Abundis previously helped guide SilverBow Resources through a $2.1 billion sale

Abundis joins from SilverBow Resources, where he served as executive vice president, chief financial officer and general counsel. He played a key role in SilverBow's sale to KKR and Crescent Energy, a transaction valued at approximately $2.1 billion, and helped lead the company's New York Stock Exchange listing. Over his 20-year career, he participated in debt and equity financings totaling billions of dollars.

Santa Clara – October 06, 2026 -- Picarro, Inc. achieved a 100% detection rate for methane leaks during real-world field testing conducted under the DVGW-funded Fahrzeuggestützte Methanmessung (FaMeGQ) research project in Germany, the only system among six vehicle-based technologies evaluated to detect all 10 methane events presented during live-network validation.

Picarro detects all 10 methane events in Regensburg field trial

During testing on roughly 50 kilometers of active gas distribution network in Regensburg, Picarro's Advanced Mobile Leak Detection (AMLD) system identified all eight controlled methane releases installed for the evaluation, plus two additional, previously unknown leaks that were later independently confirmed. No other participating system matched this result.

Kitchener, ON – October 06, 2026 -- Canadian Solar Inc.'s (NASDAQ: CSIQ) energy storage unit e-STORAGE has signed an agreement to supply and commission a 100 MW/200 MWh battery energy storage system for OX2's Muswellbrook Solar Farm and Battery in New South Wales, Australia. Shipments are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2027, with commercial operation targeted for the third quarter of 2028.

Project sits on former coal land in a designated renewable energy zone

The facility is located roughly 2.5 kilometers east of Muswellbrook, on the site of a former coal mine within the Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone. The region's aging coal generators are set to retire in the early 2030s, and the two-hour storage system is designed to hold midday solar output and release it during the evening demand peak as thermal supply tightens.

Orlando – October 06, 2026 -- D3Energy has energized a 1.4 MW floating photovoltaic system at Universal Epic Universe, part of a broader 3.7 MW on-site solar program expected to generate more than 6.7 million kilowatt-hours annually -- enough to power over 900 homes.

Epic Universe becomes first theme park to earn LEED Platinum certification

The certification was awarded under LEED for Communities: Plan and Design, with the overall three-installation solar program managed by Qcells and the floating solar component delivered by D3Energy.

Floating array links solar generation directly to electric bus charging

Power generated by the floating system is stored in batteries during the day and used overnight to charge Universal's electric bus fleet, connecting solar generation, battery storage and electric transportation in a single operational loop.

San Francisco – October 06, 2026 -- Renew Home, the largest residential virtual power plant (VPP) operator in the U.S., is rebranding as Everyday Electric and acquiring connected-vehicle platform Smartcar as it expands beyond smart thermostats into a whole-home energy management system.

Company shifts from thermostat optimization to whole-home VPP coordination

Everyday Electric already coordinates more than 6 gigawatts of capacity across connected thermostats, electric vehicles, solar and storage systems. The new Everyday VPP platform builds on traditional demand response programs, integrating HVAC, EV, EVSE, storage and solar OEM partnerships into a single coordinated system for utility partners.

Gothenburg – October 06, 2026 -- MacGregor has secured an order from Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipment Co., Ltd to equip four Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) with three-dimensional motion-compensated cranes and Horizon gangway systems. The contract is booked into MacGregor's fourth-quarter 2026 order intake.

Four Skywalker-class vessels head to Norwegian operator IWS Fleet by 2030

The CSOVs will be delivered from the shipyard to Integrated Wind Solutions ASA subsidiary IWS Fleet during 2029 and 2030. The vessels are built to the Skywalker class design, which has seen strong market uptake for offshore wind commissioning and service operations.

Seoul – October 06, 2026 -- SK chemicals has launched a four-partner consortium to build a regional circular economy for waste banners, targeting more than 1,000 tons of annual waste across South Korea's Gyeongsang, Honam and Jeju regions.

Consortium links collection, recycling and manufacturing into a closed loop

SK chemicals formed the Waste Banner Resource Circulation Consortium with MOA, Daehan Media, Upcloth and the Resource Circulation Team of Seogwipo City in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. The group emerged from a challenge SK chemicals posed at the Solveathon idea competition, held alongside the Social Value Festa and hosted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. – October 06, 2026 -- AMPERA has submitted a comprehensive Regulatory Engagement Plan to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, with plans to file its combined manufacturing and fuel fabrication facility license application by October 2027.

AMPERA targets October 2027 for combined reactor and fuel facility license filing

The submission marks the pre-application phase of the NRC licensing process for AMPERA's advanced reactor technology. The company is providing regulators with detailed design features, methodologies and analysis intended to accelerate and de-risk the review period ahead of the 2027 filing.