Energy & Green Tech news — Monday 28 September 2026

CleanTechnica 22:55 UTC

Sick of the cartoons and comments insisting that all electric cars are powered by electricity generated by fossil fuels, Andrew Mangano set out to show it is possible to travel around Australia using mainly solar energy. You probably know…

Electrek 22:15 UTC

The US lost 36,949 clean energy jobs in 2025, ending four straight years of growth. That’s the direct impact of the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress rolling back federal support for clean energy and EVs, which…

Electrek 22:15 UTC

The US lost 36,949 clean energy jobs in 2025, ending four straight years of growth. That’s the direct impact of the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress rolling back federal support for clean energy and EVs, which…

Canary Media 21:00 UTC

New York set an ambitious goal to eliminate fossil-fueled electricity by 2040. Doing so will almost certainly require widespread adoption of batteries to store renewable generation and make it available on demand, thereby reducing the need…

Electrek 20:43 UTC

Lexus confirmed the 2027 TZ will go on sale later this year with prices starting under $65,000. The electric SUV will offer up to 315 miles of range on a single charge. more…

Electrek 20:43 UTC

Lexus confirmed the 2027 TZ will go on sale later this year with prices starting under $65,000. The electric SUV will offer up to 315 miles of range on a single charge. more…

Electrek 19:39 UTC

New York City lawmakers are preparing this week to consider a sweeping new package of micromobility legislation, with more than 20 bills aimed at e-bikes, electric scooters, mopeds, delivery apps, and enforcement. more…

Electrek 19:39 UTC

New York City lawmakers are preparing this week to consider a sweeping new package of micromobility legislation, with more than 20 bills aimed at e-bikes, electric scooters, mopeds, delivery apps, and enforcement. more…

Canary Media 19:30 UTC

The geothermal startup Fervo Energy is now selling power to the grid from its Cape Station project in Utah — marking the first time a utility-scale, next-generation geothermal facility has achieved such a feat worldwide. The Houston-based…

Electrek 19:25 UTC

Renewables and battery storage are projected to add about 82.7 gigawatts (GW) of new generating capacity in the US in the next 12 months, while total fossil fuel and nuclear power capacity will fall by more than 1.4 GW, according to new…

Electrek 19:25 UTC

Renewables and battery storage are projected to add about 82.7 gigawatts (GW) of new generating capacity in the US in the next 12 months, while total fossil fuel and nuclear power capacity will fall by more than 1.4 GW, according to new…

Electrek 19:22 UTC

Tesla has officially pushed its Roadster demo from October 1 to October 15, blaming “severe conditions” in the forecast for central Texas. It’s the latest in a long line of delays for the next-gen Roadster, and this one moves the event…

Electrek 19:22 UTC

Tesla has officially pushed its Roadster demo from October 1 to October 15, blaming “severe conditions” in the forecast for central Texas. It’s the latest in a long line of delays for the next-gen Roadster, and this one moves the event…

Electrek 18:15 UTC

Kia is preparing to introduce a new interior setup for its upcoming vehicles. The setup includes a larger center display and Hyundai’s advanced new infotainment system. more…

Electrek 18:15 UTC

Kia is preparing to introduce a new interior setup for its upcoming vehicles. The setup includes a larger center display and Hyundai’s advanced new infotainment system. more…

Electrek 18:00 UTC

Kickstarting this week’s Green Deals is the newly launched Anker SOLIX Early-Access Fall Prime Deals Sale with up to 40% discounts, FREE gifts, refurbished deals, and exclusive bonus savings, like the 2,010Wh S2000 Power Station with a…

Electrek 18:00 UTC

Kickstarting this week’s Green Deals is the newly launched Anker SOLIX Early-Access Fall Prime Deals Sale with up to 40% discounts, FREE gifts, refurbished deals, and exclusive bonus savings, like the 2,010Wh S2000 Power Station with a…

CleanTechnica 17:39 UTC

In 2012, the World Health Organization classified the exhaust from diesel engines as a carcinogen. That decision infuriated the German auto manufacturers, primarily Volkswagen, Mercedes, and BMW. They had all profited handsomely from…

Electrek 16:33 UTC

Wall Street can’t agree on how many cars Tesla (TSLA) sold in Q3 2026. Estimates from major banks range from 421,758 to 482,000 deliveries ahead of Friday’s report. That’s a 60,000-unit spread. And after the Street missed Tesla’s Q2…

Electrek 16:33 UTC

Wall Street can’t agree on how many cars Tesla (TSLA) sold in Q3 2026. Estimates from major banks range from 421,758 to 482,000 deliveries ahead of Friday’s report. That’s a 60,000-unit spread. And after the Street missed Tesla’s Q2…

Electrek 16:29 UTC

BYD is giving its $10,000 EV a major overhaul. New images of the second-gen Seagull reveal a larger, more upscale design with a few surprise luxury features. more…

Electrek 16:03 UTC

The Department of Transportation has finalized new fuel economy standards that will raise gas prices by 76 cents a gallon and fuel use by 44%, right as the world struggles with the effects of a war of choice that has spiked energy prices…

Electrek 14:51 UTC

Chery’s Omoda and Jaecoo brands have launched a Canadian website confirming that their “premium electric SUVs” will arrive in Canada in late 2026. The site doesn’t name a single model, price, or dealer yet. But the Chinese automaker’s…

Electrek 14:51 UTC

Chery’s Omoda and Jaecoo brands have launched a Canadian website confirming that their “premium electric SUVs” will arrive in Canada in late 2026. The site doesn’t name a single model, price, or dealer yet. But the Chinese automaker’s…

Electrek 14:29 UTC

Volkswagen is taking its best-seller electric. The ID. Tiguan will replace the ID.4 and ID.5 as part of Volkswagen’s revamped lineup in 2027. more…

Electrek 14:29 UTC

Volkswagen is taking its best-seller electric. The ID. Tiguan will replace the ID.4 and ID.5 as part of Volkswagen’s revamped lineup in 2027. more…

CleanTechnica 14:24 UTC

Garbage collection is not a technology demonstration. Municipalities need trucks that leave the depot every working morning, finish predictable routes, operate compactors through hundreds of stops and come back ready to do it again. That…

CleanTechnica 14:05 UTC

As EU hauliers face another diesel price shock, electrification offers the only realistic option to protect them against future oil crises. Electric trucks deliver a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) in six out of nine major EU markets…

Electrek 13:50 UTC

Update 9/28: Tesla has since confirmed that it’s rescheduling the Roadster event to October 15, citing “severe conditions predicted.” We have more on the two-week delay here . Tesla is warning guests invited to its October 1 Roadster event…

Electrek 13:50 UTC

Update 9/28: Tesla has since confirmed that it’s rescheduling the Roadster event to October 15, citing “severe conditions predicted.” We have more on the two-week delay here . Tesla is warning guests invited to its October 1 Roadster event…

PV Magazine 13:45 UTC

Noor Energy 1, a Dubai solar complex that pairs 700 MW of CSP with 250 MW of PV, has replaced its original project debt with a $2.7 billion refinancing that closed “well ahead of schedule,” DEWA Chief Executive Officer Saeed Mohammed Al…

PV Magazine 12:30 UTC

The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued an emergency rule to head off a pre-tariff import surge across the solar supply chain, enacting strict monitoring and volume caps on foreign polysilicon, wafers, cells, and modules entering the…

Electrek 12:05 UTC

The deployed fleet of ultra heavy-duty trucks and mining equipment assets powered by Volvo Autonomous Solutions reached a major milestone last week, hauling their 3 millionth tonne of material out of the mines without a human driver. more…

Electrek 12:05 UTC

The deployed fleet of ultra heavy-duty trucks and mining equipment assets powered by Volvo Autonomous Solutions reached a major milestone last week, hauling their 3 millionth tonne of material out of the mines without a human driver. more…

PV Magazine 11:00 UTC

The European Commission has sent letters of formal notice to 18 EU countries that have not reported fully enacting the right to energy sharing and related consumer rules from the bloc’s electricity market reform. The countries are Belgium…

PV Magazine 10:56 UTC

A research team from China’s Hunan University of Technology has analyzed energy storage rates in compressed air energy storage (CAES) caverns under different air injection processes. The research aimed to determine how different air…

PV Magazine 10:41 UTC

pv magazine Italy discussed the decision made for the next Macse auction in Italy with independent researcher Mario Iovino, about the latest resolution 332/2026 made by the country’s energy regulator – Arera – on September 24, 2026, an…

PV Magazine 10:32 UTC

Sales of residential heat pumps were up 11% during the first half of this year when compared to the first half of last year, according to figures released by the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA). EHPA’s analysis of residential heat…

PV Magazine 10:20 UTC

UK developers have gotten very good at securing planning consent for 100 MW+ solar projects, but who is going to build them? That was the question at the heart of a pv magazine moderated panel held at Solar & Storage Live UK in Birmingham…

Energy Monitor 10:02 UTC

Akaysha Energy’s Waratah Super Battery in NSW, Australia, has commenced full commercial operations, marking a key development.

PV Magazine 09:02 UTC

Global solar additions reached around 690 GW in 2025, according to the latest report from the International Energy Agency’s Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (IEA-PVPS). IEA-PVPS’ Trends in Photovoltaic Applications 2026 report reveals…

PV Magazine 09:00 UTC

Tongwei Solar has launched TNC 2.0 FULLX G12R-48, a new 48-cell module adopting a mainstream format of 1762*1134*30 mm, designed for rooftop applications where available space, installation conditions, and aesthetic requirements can vary…

PV Magazine 08:54 UTC

New rules governing shared electricity use will come into force in Austria on Oct. 1. From Oct. 5, the framework will allow peer-to-peer electricity sharing to be implemented in practice, according to Austria’s coordination office for…

PV Magazine 08:24 UTC

The European Union may change its approach to cybersecurity requirements for solar inverters by targeting individual “high-risk” suppliers rather than countries of origin. The shift emerges from a draft report by the European Parliament’s…

PV Magazine 08:10 UTC

A research team at China’s Xihang University has conducted an exergy analysis and sensitivity study of a photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) air-source heat pump (ASHP) coupled heating system for cold climates and has found that the system could…

Energy Monitor 08:01 UTC

Windlab’s Wongalee Wind Farm in North Queensland, Australia, has received approval under the Commonwealth EPBC Act.

PV Magazine 07:58 UTC

Spanish power electronics manufacturer Power Electronics has begun construction of a 210,000 m2 industrial campus in Houston, Texas, for the production of energy conversion systems. The company said the complex will comprise two buildings…

Canary Media 07:30 UTC

​This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter. Senators are looking toward the Capitol doors as they prepare to head home and campaign for the midterms. Meanwhile, a group of them has been scrambling…

Canary Media 07:30 UTC

The TruSolar20, all straight lines and right angles, was not the sleekest vessel on the Charles River when I visited at the end of August. Once I climbed aboard with inventor James Worden and we pulled away from the Massachusetts Institute…

PV Magazine 07:10 UTC

Chinese manufacturer TCL Solar, part of TCL’s solar business, presented its C2 back-contact (BC) PV module range at the Solar & Storage Expo Conference in Vicenza, northern Italy, last week. Originally unveiled in Asia in early summer, the…

PV Magazine 05:16 UTC

India-based Swelect Energy Systems has launched its Swess EN+ hybrid solar inverter range for commercial and industrial (C&I) applications. The range covers systems from 5 kW to 50 kW and can be scaled beyond 50 kW. Swees EN+ manages solar…

CleanTechnica 04:39 UTC

The long-awaited unveiling of the new $200,000 Tesla Roadster electric sports car is set for October 1, just in time to stoke the fires of the affordability crisis in the runup to Election Day 2026. The post Tone-Deaf Trillionaire Launches…

CleanTechnica 04:27 UTC

I recently became the first person outside of XPENG to ride in a L03 prototype using XNGP with VLA 2.0 followed by a Tesla Model 3 using FSD on the same roads. Many have experienced FSD, but not on roads where VLA 2.0 is available. People…

PV Magazine 04:00 UTC

Reports first began to emerge of ultraviolet-induced degradation (UVID) as early as 2022, as a potential field reliability issue for some newer high-efficiency PV cell technologies – most notably, n-type tunnel oxide passivated contact…

CleanTechnica 02:58 UTC

MAKATI CITY, Philippines — Kia Philippines expanded its local electric lineup with the September 21 rollout of the EV3, pricing the subcompact model at P1.898 million (roughly $30,400) to take aim directly at rival battery-powered options…

Electrek 01:08 UTC

Geely is buying into NIO’s battery swap network. NIO announced definitive agreements on Sunday that hand a Geely Holding subsidiary 30% of NIO Power, the unit running its swap stations and chargers, at a post-money valuation of about RMB16…

Electrek 01:08 UTC

Geely is buying into NIO’s battery swap network. NIO announced definitive agreements on Sunday that hand a Geely Holding subsidiary 30% of NIO Power, the unit running its swap stations and chargers, at a post-money valuation of about RMB16…