Energy & Green Tech news — Saturday 10 October 2026

CleanTechnica 20:50 UTC

Two years ago, the EU imposed new tariffs on Chinese made electric cars because they were flooding the the new car market in Europe. For some reason, the European Commission decided not to place similar tariffs on plug-in hybrids made in…

CleanTechnica 18:45 UTC

Over the course of a few years, China became the absolute juggernaut of the world’s electric vehicle industry. That includes full electrics (BEVs) and plugin hybrids (PHEVs). Regarding the latter, Chinese companies added a lot more battery…

CleanTechnica 14:57 UTC

“Fabric first” starts from a sensible building-efficiency idea. Improve insulation, stop unnecessary draughts, fix ventilation and reduce heat demand before replacing a gas or oil boiler with a heat pump. Some homes plainly need that work…

CleanTechnica 14:07 UTC

In yet another sign that electric vehicles are here to stay, autonomous electric trucks are already operating along roads in Ohio and elsewhere around the US. The post Pssst! Wanna See A Driverless Electric Truck? appeared first on…

CleanTechnica 13:59 UTC

NIO is well known for having led the world into a completely new, much bigger era of EV battery swapping. Yes, of course, most of the industry isn’t using battery swapping, but NIO has brought the concept a totally new level, and CATL and…

Electrek 12:53 UTC

The BYD Q3 battery-electric semi truck shown here marked a major production milestone this week, becoming the 150,000th new energy commercial vehicle to roll off the assembly line at BYD’s truck plant in Huai’an, Jiangsu province. more…

Electrek 11:44 UTC

While oil prices and range anxiety dominate Western EV headlines, Nio’s battery-swap system in China keeps reaching new milestones that prove the technology can rival a traditional refueling infrastructure at scale, performing 1.2 million…

PV Magazine 09:30 UTC

Brazil’s planned opening of its free electricity market to low-voltage consumers could require stronger credit assessment, liquidity management, regulatory oversight and consumer protection mechanisms, according to a study by energy market…

PV Magazine 09:00 UTC

Austria opened its third and final funding round of the year for photovoltaic systems and battery storage on Thursday afternoon. Demand was even higher than in the previous round, according to an announcement issued Friday by the Federal…

PV Magazine 08:30 UTC

Austrian company Sunbooster has secured a European patent for its vertical photovoltaic solution designed for integration into fences. The technology is now protected in 18 European Union member states, and the company aims to expand its…

PV Magazine 08:00 UTC

Solar plants are built to run for 30 years or more, yet the choices that shape those decades are often made in a matter of weeks, under pressure to hit pipeline targets. A panel organized by the Solar+ Leaders ecosystem at Solar & Storage…

PV Magazine 07:00 UTC

In the final part of the special Austin-debrief series of articles this week in pv magazine , I review the outlook for U.S. solar manufacturing capital expenditure (capex) by quarter to the end of 2027. For reference, Part 1 of the series…

PV Magazine 06:30 UTC

For decades, the success of India’s renewable energy transition has largely been measured in gigawatts. That indicator remains relevant, but it is no longer sufficient. The more important question today is how effectively the electricity…

PV Magazine 06:00 UTC

ERM argued in early 2025 that the energy transition was overlooking a critical market: the market for risk. Eighteen months after, and the shift from simply paying for renewable output to demanding firmness and shape is already evident. An…

PV Magazine 05:00 UTC

Australia is the first country to endorse a global plan to double the number of homes with rooftop solar by 2030 following its endorsement of the Global Rooftop Solar Declaration at the 2026 Pacific Pre-COP meeting in Fiji. The Declaration…

PV Magazine 04:00 UTC

China’s solar industry has spent two decades proving how far costs can fall. It is now confronting a harder question: how low is too low? The need for an answer has become urgent. In the first half of 2026, some of China’s largest solar…

CleanTechnica 03:44 UTC

XPENG’s autonomous driving technology has been getting better and better (see Larry’s real-world experiences with the technology in recent weeks here, here, and here). Going further down that road, XPENG has just launched a robotaxi model…

CleanTechnica 03:40 UTC

As of 4:00 a.m. central time on October 9, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects Hurricane Isaias to make landfall on the Gulf Coast late Friday or early Saturday, creating the potential for significant disruptions to…

CleanTechnica 01:50 UTC

New design, new interior, new name — in early 2027, the new ID. Tiguan will succeed the ID.4 and ID.5 — of which more than 950,000 units have been built At the level of the next class up — the ID. Tiguan’s interior impresses with a new…

CleanTechnica 01:10 UTC

Well, after the US burned, torched, and bombed its bridges to its neighbor to the north, Canada, the Great White North decided to open up its trade with China a bit further. One key way it is doing so is by welcoming Chinese made electric…

CleanTechnica 00:45 UTC

XPENG will serve as OICA Secretary of a newly established UNECE task force, bringing together regulators, technical experts and industry representatives to share real-world experience and insights on automated driving. GUANGZHOU, China …

Electrek 00:05 UTC

A 450-megawatt (MW) solar farm with a massive battery system is now under construction in Arizona – and Tesla has already lined up about 90% of its expected electricity output. more…