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Jaguar Uranium Wins Environmental Approval for Argentina's La Rosada Prospect

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Jaguar Uranium Wins Environmental Approval for Argentina's La Rosada Prospect

Toronto – September 29, 2026 -- Jaguar Uranium Corp. (NYSE American: JAGU) has secured Environmental Impact Assessment approval from Chubut Province's Ministry of Environment for the La Rosada prospect, unlocking exploration rights across 59,895.3 hectares in Argentina.

Approval covers a quarter of the entire Laguna Salada project

The permit authorizes exploration activities across six properties totaling 59,895.3 hectares -- approximately 25% of the 230,000-hectare Laguna Salada uranium-vanadium project, the largest single component of the district-scale portfolio to date.

La Rosada sits 45 kilometers from a prospect already cleared this year

The newly permitted zone lies 45 kilometers northeast of the Guanaco prospect, which received its own EIA approval on March 2, 2026, extending Jaguar's cleared exploration footprint within the same project area.

Metacon Unveils 20 MW Module, Cuts Hydrogen Plant Costs Up to 70%

Uppsala – – September 29, 2026 -- Metacon AB has launched a 20 MW multi-level alkaline electrolysis module designed to cut balance-of-plant costs for large-scale hydrogen production by up to 70% on area-related infrastructure.

Compact design slashes steel and piping costs for hydrogen developers

The Swedish company's new module reduces steel structure costs by up to 30% and piping system expenses by up to 50% compared with conventional building-based electrolysis installations. The stacked design places electrolyser stacks on a lower level with gas-handling equipment and cooling units above, shrinking the plot footprint required per megawatt of installed capacity.

Alder Renewables Hits 1,000-Hour Biocrude Pilot, Eyes Commercial Scale-Up

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Alder Renewables Hits 1,000-Hour Biocrude Pilot, Eyes Commercial Scale-Up

San Antonio – September 29, 2026 -- Alder Renewables has completed 1,000 hours of continuous operation at its integrated industrial pilot, producing on-spec Alder Renewable Crude (ARC) from commercially sourced woody biomass pyrolysis oil. The sustained run validates the company's low-temperature conversion process and generates operating data now feeding into equipment design for its first full-scale commercial project.

Pilot data will size larger commercial units

The 1,000-hour campaign confirmed Alder's integrated process can hold continuous operation while repeatedly meeting product specifications. Alder is applying the results to refine process controls, operating parameters and equipment design for scale-up engineering.

Envision Energy Named to Fortune's 2026 Change the World List

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Envision Energy Named to Fortune's 2026 Change the World List

Shanghai – September 29, 2026 -- Envision Energy has secured a spot on Fortune's 2026 Change the World list for the third time, recognized for its Mission Gobi initiative pairing AI computing infrastructure with renewable energy in desert regions.

Fortune honors Envision among 50 global companies tackling social and environmental challenges

The 2026 list includes Alphabet, Anthropic and CATL among other honorees. Envision's selection centers on Mission Gobi's approach to converging AI and green energy, positioning abundant renewable resources as infrastructure for next-generation computing.

Mission Gobi targets 5GW of green AI computing capacity by 2030

Launched in June 2026, the initiative aims to build green AI computing capacity across desert and arid regions worldwide, drawing on wind and solar resources in areas historically viewed as energy-constrained.

Reactive Technologies Launches Nyquist Licensing Program for Grid Tech

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Reactive Technologies Launches Nyquist Licensing Program for Grid Tech

London – September 29, 2026 -- Reactive Technologies has launched Nyquist, a technology licensing programme giving utilities, technology providers and equipment manufacturers access to its patented Edge-to-Cloud AI foundation for grid measurement and analytics.

Nyquist opens core sensing and AI technologies to external partners

The programme lets partners integrate Reactive Technologies' proprietary capabilities directly into their own products, covering high-fidelity measurement and waveform capture, precise time-synchronisation, digital signal processing, edge AI, connectivity, data infrastructure and grid analytics. Partners avoid building these complex sensing and processing systems from scratch, cutting development time for grid-monitoring products.

Japan Lab Doubles Aqueous Aluminum Battery Capacity With Carbon Rubber Sheet

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Japan Lab Doubles Aqueous Aluminum Battery Capacity With Carbon Rubber Sheet

Kawanishi – September 28, 2026 -- Green Science Alliance has more than doubled the performance of its aqueous rechargeable aluminum-ion battery (AAIB) by swapping the cathode current collector for a commercially cheap conductive carbon rubber sheet, according to research led by Dr. Ryohei Mori.

Capacity climbs to 210 mAhg-1 from an earlier 103 mAhg-1 baseline

Under 0.025 C at room temperature, the redesigned AAIB delivered an initial capacity of at least 210 mAhg-1, sustained through at least 25 cycles in ongoing testing. The prior generation of the technology, detailed in Mori's 2025 review article in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Energy Advances (DOI: 10.1039/D5YA00148J), had capacity of roughly 103 mAhg-1 with poor cycle stability.

LabWare Launches Cloud Compliance Platform for Water Utilities

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LabWare Launches Cloud Compliance Platform for Water Utilities

New Orleans – September 28, 2026 -- LabWare has launched LabWare WATER, a cloud-based SaaS platform designed to help smaller municipal water utilities manage sampling, laboratory testing, documentation, and regulatory reporting from a single system.

LabWare unveils WATER platform to cut compliance paperwork for utilities

The solution targets utilities that test in-house, outsource to contract laboratories, or run hybrid operations, replacing spreadsheets and paper records with a unified SaaS system. LabWare WATER covers the full compliance lifecycle, from scheduling monthly, quarterly, annual, and event-driven sampling to tracking chain-of-custody documentation and flagging exceedances, missing results, and overdue reporting deadlines.

Daedal Systems Raises $4.035M to Standardize Fusion Plasma Diagnostics

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Daedal Systems Raises $4.035M to Standardize Fusion Plasma Diagnostics

Toronto – September 28, 2026 -- Daedal Systems has raised US$4.035 million to build and deploy its first standardized plasma diagnostic systems with pilot customers in the fusion industry. OMERS Ventures led the round, joined by Garage Capital, Panache Ventures, Ripple Ventures, MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund and a group of angel investors.

Funding will build three diagnostic systems for pilot deployment

Daedal will use the capital to construct its first three diagnostic systems and deploy prototypes under contract with pilot customers. The company has also established a research partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Gotion Wins 75% of Saudi Arabia's First Utility-Scale BESS Tender

Riyadh – September 28, 2026 -- Saudi Power Procurement Company (SPPC) has awarded China's Gotion High-Tech 6 GWh of battery storage capacity in the kingdom's first utility-scale energy storage program, giving the supplier roughly 75% of the total tender.

Gotion secures all three core sites in $1.16 billion G1 project

The G1 project totals 2 GW/8 GWh and carries an estimated value of $1.16 billion. Gotion secured all three anchor sites—Al Muwayah, Haden and Al Kahafa—each rated at 500 MW/2 GWh, making it the single largest technology supplier in the program. The award marks the first international large-scale deployment of Gotion Grid, the company's utility-scale storage system.

TOYO Forecasts Positive H2 2026 EBITDA Amid US Trade Uncertainty

Tokyo – – September 28, 2026 -- TOYO Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: TOYO; OTC: TOYWF) said it expects positive EBITDA for the second half of 2026 despite withholding specific revenue and net income guidance due to unresolved U.S. trade actions affecting its solar cell shipments.

Unresolved US Customs Probe Clouds Financial Visibility

The Tokyo-based solar manufacturer cited a pending U.S. Customs and Border Protection examination of its solar cell shipments as a key source of uncertainty for its second-half performance. TOYO said it will not issue quarterly guidance or specific financial metrics until greater regulatory clarity emerges.

Countervailing Duty Investigation Adds to Policy Risk

Active countervailing duty investigation proceedings compound the regulatory overhang facing the company, according to the statement. TOYO did not disclose a timeline for resolution of either the CBP examination or the CVD case.