Energy & Green Tech news — Tuesday 06 October 2026

Electrek 21:19 UTC

The US is planning a lot more gas power – and data centers are the culprit. Proposed grid-connected gas capacity has nearly tripled since early 2023, while plans for new wind power are shrinking. more…

Electrek 21:02 UTC

The E-Space Concept is an all-electric reboot of Renault’s iconic minivan from the 1980’s. more…

Canary Media 21:00 UTC

Households and the power grid run on alternating current. Batteries — including those in electric vehicles — run on direct current. That AC-DC divide has complicated the prospect of EVs as home backup batteries. Today, almost every…

Electrek 19:08 UTC

Toyota’s joint venture, FAW Toyota, issued a statement denying reports that it’s “slashing prices” in China and may exit the market entirely. more…

Electrek 17:48 UTC

It’s the very first day of Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days event, and we’ve got a jam-packed edition of Green Deals for you, with the many other deals we couldn’t fit here collected into our Fall Prime Day Green Deals hub here . To start…

Electrek 17:03 UTC

The 2027 Mitsubishi Eclipse Sportback starts at $37,745, or nearly $8,000 more than its twin, the Nissan LEAF. more…

Electrek 16:57 UTC

Tesla has turned on Powershare Home Backup for the Model 3 and Model Y, which means its two volume cars can now send power back into a house during an outage. Until today, the Cybertruck was the only Tesla that could do it. There are…

Electrek 15:35 UTC

BMW is expected to reveal the new iX4 this week. Ahead of its debut, images of the new iX4 leaked online, offering an early look. more…

Electrek 14:11 UTC

The e SKY, Suzuki’s first electric kei car, is expected to undercut BYD’s Racco as Japan’s cheapest mini EV, starting at around $13,500. more…

Electrek 13:58 UTC

Tesla has registered just 993 vehicles in India since it started deliveries there in September 2025, according to registration data compiled by Indian EV publication ElecTree . But 294 of those came in September 2026 alone. That’s a record…

Electrek 13:28 UTC

The Kia EV3 starts at $29,890 in the US, and after a day of driving it around Vancouver Island, I think it’s the best-packaged affordable EV you can buy right now. It comes with up to 321 miles of range, two battery sizes, and available…

PV Magazine 13:24 UTC

Researchers at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), working with the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) and the National University of La Plata in Argentina, have developed a zinc-air…

Electrek 13:11 UTC

There are plenty of ways to build a small electric vehicle. These days, the prevailing options have been to make it faster, give it more power, slap on bigger tires, or keep adding features until your humble little scooter has somehow…

PV Magazine 12:45 UTC

Japan’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) has proposed keeping feed-in support for commercial solar on land owned by national or local governments, in projects approved under municipal decarbonization plans, on solar carports…

PV Magazine 12:37 UTC

German engineering startup Morreon GmbH is developing an AI-based operating system designed to accelerate the planning and execution of complex energy infrastructure projects. The platform, called Anchor, combines document processing…

Electrek 12:36 UTC

Update 10/8: We’re keeping this hub updated for the rest of the week, so all the deals on EVs, power stations, tools, and smart appliances/devices that remain have yet to end. Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days are finally here, and we’ve…

PV Magazine 12:12 UTC

Poland’s Ministry of Climate and Environment has announced a $257.9 million (PLN 1 billion) subsidy scheme for home battery and heat storage, aimed at increasing self-consumption from residential solar and other renewable energy…

PV Magazine 11:47 UTC

Solar module manufacturer Heliene, Inc. has announced the release of its 108HC M10 SL All-Black solar module , engineered specifically for residential rooftop applications. The new framed glass-backsheet panel features 108 half-cut…

PV Magazine 11:00 UTC

With excursions into space becoming more frequent, and the reasons behind them more commercial, the industry is exploring ways to generate electricity in space at lower cost and larger scale. And these requirements make ‘terrestrial’…

PV Magazine 10:20 UTC

From ESS News India-based Macsen Energy Private Limited has announced that a sodium-ion battery cell using its proprietary Prussian white cathode material exceeded 1,500 charge-discharge cycles in laboratory testing. The company did not…

Energy Monitor 09:54 UTC

Finnish renewable energy company Taaleri Energia has inaugurated the 129MW-peak (MWp) Hallanvahti solar park in Joroinen, North Savo.

Energy Monitor 09:24 UTC

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PV Magazine 09:02 UTC

The Cabinet of Thailand has approved a draft ministerial regulation requiring crystalline silicon solar panels to comply with the Thai Industrial Standard (TIS), the country’s official national standards organisation. The TIS enforces…

Canary Media 09:00 UTC

In restaurant kitchens around the U.S., cooks are toiling away to create mouthwatering meals, from bibimbap to spaghetti puttanesca. But their own stomachs may be roiling. That’s what Christopher Galarza, a longtime chef and co-founder of…

PV Magazine 08:50 UTC

Europe’s battery storage market is entering a new phase as utility-scale projects become the industry’s main growth engine, creating fresh opportunities for manufacturers while reshaping competition across residential and commercial…

PV Magazine 07:58 UTC

European solar power generation exceeded the previous record by nearly 20%, supported by prolonged periods of high pressure and abundant sunshine. The increase in output led to recurring electricity surpluses around midday, pushing…

Energy Monitor 07:54 UTC

Entr has been engaged by Net Zero Atlantic to carry out an offshore wind transmission routing and technology study in Canada.

PV Magazine 07:36 UTC

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay have fabricated a large-area inverted perovskite solar cell based on a mixed self-assembled monolayer (SAM) that improves perovskite film quality, enhances charge transport, reduces…

PV Magazine 07:32 UTC

Albania is planning to run a new solar auction, with battery storage included for the first time. The country’s Minister for Infrastructure and Energy, Enea Karakaçi, confirmed the government is preparing another auction to take place…

PV Magazine 06:04 UTC

The latest data from global energy consultancy Rystad Energy shows that Australia’s fleet of large-scale solar and wind assets generated 5.44 TWh of clean energy last month, an increase on the 4.99 TWh generated in August and up 7% from…

PV Magazine 06:03 UTC

Following an incredible two days at Solar Manufacturing USA 2026 in Austin, Texas on 22-23 September, all the intel gathered regarding the U.S.-specific production and capex plans of more than 60 manufacturers has now been digested and…