Energy, Utilities & Environment

New Orleans – October 05, 2026 -- Entergy Texas has appointed David Borde as president and CEO, effective Oct. 5, succeeding Eliecer Viamontes, who has left the company for other opportunities.

Borde Steps Up From Regulatory Strategy Role

Borde most recently served as vice president of utility strategy and regulatory initiatives at Entergy, where he supported regulatory and tariff filings across the company's operating companies. He joined Entergy in 2009 as director of corporate development in Texas and later held roles including vice president of investor relations and positions within the utility finance business partner organization.

Pretoria – October 05, 2026 -- The 8th RD20 Conference will convene in Pretoria, South Africa, from October 19-23, 2026, marking the first time the international clean energy research initiative has held its annual gathering on the African continent.

CSIR Hosts First African Edition With AIST of Japan as Co-Organizer

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will host the event at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria, with Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) serving as co-organizer. RD20 (Research and Development 20 for Clean Energy Technologies) was launched in 2019 under Japanese leadership to coordinate R&D collaboration among research institutions from G20 countries toward carbon neutrality.

Conference Theme Targets Africa-Specific Energy Access and Critical Minerals

Under the theme "Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation: From Africa to the World,

Singapore – October 05, 2026 -- Seatrium Limited has secured its ninth Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) conversion contract from Karpowership, extending a partnership that began in 2018.

LNGT Akdeniz will deliver 600 MMscfd regasification capacity

The newly awarded vessel, LNGT Akdeniz, will convert an LNG carrier into an FSRU with a regasification capacity of up to 600 million standard cubic feet per day. Seatrium's scope covers engineering, conversion, integration, installation and commissioning of regasification equipment, with work scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2027.

Montreal – October 05, 2026 -- PMET Resources Inc. (TSX: PMET, ASX: PMT, OTCQX: PMETF, FSE: R9GA) has signed a Letter of Intent with the City of Matagami to build a spodumene concentrate transshipment link for its Shaakichiuwaanaan lithium project in Quebec, a key piece of logistics infrastructure required before the company can reach a Final Investment Decision.

Matagami yard will shift concentrate from truck to rail for port-bound shipments

Under the planned arrangement, spodumene concentrate would be trucked from the Shaakichiuwaanaan site to Matagami's existing transshipment yard, then loaded onto rail cars for onward transport to port. The LOI sets out principles for the infrastructure upgrades and operating arrangements needed to support the route, though pricing and contribution details remain subject to negotiation.

São Paulo – – October 03, 2026 -- Brazilian sanitation group Aegea Saneamento e Participações S.A. has raised R$1.5 billion in new financing since the end of the second quarter of 2026, pushing its total disbursed funding for the year to R$6 billion.

Aegea closes three debt transactions backing regional water utilities

The company secured R$700 million in 'Ecoinvest' debentures for subsidiary Companhia Riograndense de Saneamento (CORSAN), arranged with Banco Bradesco BBI S.A. and carrying a 10-year maturity. A further R$420 million came from a three-year extension of a debenture issuance tied to Águas de Governador Valadares SPE S.A., executed with XP Investimentos. A third transaction, worth R$330 million, extended by three years a debenture issuance for Ambiental Metrosul Concessionária de Saneamento SPE S.A., arranged with Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Banrisul).

Montreal – October 03, 2026 -- PMET Resources Inc. has filed an amended NI 43-101 technical report for its Shaakichiuwaanaan lithium project in Quebec, correcting compliance irregularities flagged by Quebec's securities regulator without altering the underlying economics of its 2025 feasibility study.

AMF routine review triggers formatting and disclosure corrections

The Autorité des marchés financiers, acting under its continuous disclosure review program, identified issues requiring clarification in the original October 2025 technical report. PMET addressed qualified persons' certificates content, map scaling errors, disclosure on reasonable prospects for economic extraction of caesium, tantalum and gallium, and the cut-off grade methodology for caesium oxide. The company filed the corrected version on SEDAR+ with an unchanged effective date of October 03, 2026, an issue date of October 03, 2026, and an amended date of October 03, 2026.

Los Angeles – – October 02, 2026 -- Green Water and Power (GWP), a national clean-energy infrastructure provider, has launched a workforce training partnership with Goodwill Southern California (Goodwill SoCal) to place candidates with little or no prior work experience into on-the-job electrical trade training.

Program targets WIOA-eligible candidates for hands-on electrical training

The initiative operates under the federal Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) and is aimed at reducing barriers to employment for job seekers entering the skilled trades. Qualified participants will receive hands-on instruction in electrical work, with a pathway to long-term employment at GWP or elsewhere in the industry.

Austin – October 02, 2026 -- Oracle has committed to subscribing to a portion of electricity generated by the Point Beach Nuclear Plant in Wisconsin, a move expected to save utility customers approximately $300 million in fuel costs. The commitment is designed to shield more than 1 million Wisconsin utility customers from the plant's rising operating costs while preserving carbon-free baseload power for the state grid.

Oracle absorbs rising nuclear fuel costs to protect household electricity bills

Point Beach has supplied dependable, carbon-free power to Wisconsin for more than 50 years. By subscribing to a share of the plant's output, Oracle intends to cover increases in fuel costs that would otherwise be passed on to ratepayers, according to Mahesh Thiagarajan, executive vice president of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Lysaker, Norway – – October 02, 2026 -- Aker BP has named a new executive management team that will take effect on January 1, 2027, reorganizing leadership around the company's full value chain from exploration to production.

New structure splits leadership into five value-chain roles and five support functions

The value-chain leadership consists of Petter Sørhaug (Find & Develop), Tommy Sigmundstad (Build), Lars Høier (Produce), Øystein Arvesen (Optimise) and Knut Sandvik (PDO Projects). Strategic and support functions will be led by CFO David Tønne, Marit Blaasmo (Services), Thomas Hoff-Hansen (Digital), Paula Doyle (Strategic Innovation) and Rolf Nystein (Transformation). CEO Karl Johnny Hersvik continues to lead the combined team.

Geneva – October 02, 2026 -- The employee partnership owning Gunvor Group Ltd has voted to rename the company Centalion Group Ltd and relocate its corporate headquarters from Cyprus to Singapore, marking the next phase after a December 2025 management buyout.

Partnership referendum backs new brand after six-month review

The name change followed a full partnership referendum in July 2026, preceded by six months of employee engagement and market-positioning research conducted by brand specialist Landor. Gary Pedersen, Chairman and CEO of Centalion, said the move reflects "one team, moving together, at the heart of the global energy markets," framing it as a step taken from a position of commercial strength rather than necessity.