Business Wire·Sep 21, 2026, 8:05 AM ET

Ameresco Selected for U.S. Army Strategic Capital Initiatives to Advance Energy Resilience at Aberdeen Proving Ground and Picatinny Arsenal

The U.S. Army competitively selected Ameresco, Inc. to enter exclusive negotiations for long-term leases under its Enhanced Use Lease authority (10 U.S.C. § 2667).
The selected projects aim to support commercial power generation at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland and Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey to enhance mission readiness & energy resilience.
Project scope includes proposed phased power generation campuses potentially featuring firm natural gas & advanced nuclear technologies at Aberdeen, and microreactor & small modular reactor technologies at Picatinny.
Ameresco intends to deploy modular microreactors in Phase I at Picatinny, while collaborating with Terrestrial Energy on an integrated molten salt reactor for Phase II at Aberdeen.
Under the lease structure, the U.S. retains property title while Ameresco finances, designs, builds, operates, secures, & decommissions the facilities.
Construction will not commence until all environmental & regulatory reviews, including those under the National Environmental Policy Act, are complete.
The projects are designed to provide market-based grid capacity & support on-site capabilities during utility outages.
Ameresco's Power Infrastructure business integrates energy resources across behind-the-meter & utility-scale systems, with no current revenue recognition implied for these development-stage opportunities.