Energy & Green Tech
Energy & Green Tech news — Tuesday 13 October 2026
46 stories from 5 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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Electric cars saved $20B in oil – and the US is falling behind
Electrek
EVs are giving oil-importing countries some breathing room during the Hormuz energy crisis. Between March and August, their EV fleets displaced an estimated $20 billion worth of crude oil, according to new analysis from energy think tank…
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Electric cars saved $20B in oil – and the US is falling behind
Electrek
EVs are giving oil-importing countries some breathing room during the Hormuz energy crisis. Between March and August, their EV fleets displaced an estimated $20 billion worth of crude oil, according to new analysis from energy think tank…
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The Citroen 2 CV Is Back And Ready For The 21st Century
CleanTechnica
After World War II, manufacturing on the Continent was severely degraded. Automakers in France, Germany, and Italy began producing cars that were simple and cheap — cars like the Isetta, Messerschmidt, and Fiat Cinquecento. In 1949, the…
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What to say to Californians worried about grid batteries
Canary Media
This is California Wire , a weekly newsletter from Jeff St. John on the state’s clean energy transition. Subscribe to get it every Wednesday via Substack. Hi everyone! Welcome back to California Wire. Last Thursday, I took the train up to…
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The BMW i3 is nearly $80 less a month to lease than the new iX3, but it’s the same price
Electrek
The 2027 BMW i3 and iX3 start at $61,500, but the electric sedan is nearly $80 less a month to lease. more…
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The BMW i3 is nearly $80 less a month to lease than the new iX3, but it’s the same price
Electrek
The 2027 BMW i3 and iX3 start at $61,500, but the electric sedan is nearly $80 less a month to lease. more…
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Trump goes after an offshore wind farm that’s already up and running
Canary Media
After halting construction on offshore wind farms and canceling leases for future projects, the Trump administration just took another step to erode America’s troubled offshore wind industry. The Interior Department wants to reevaluate a…
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EVs cost less than a year ago, but September brought a setback
Electrek
New EVs still cost less than they did a year ago, but September brought buyers a double hit: higher prices and smaller discounts. more…
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EVs cost less than a year ago, but September brought a setback
Electrek
New EVs still cost less than they did a year ago, but September brought buyers a double hit: higher prices and smaller discounts. more…
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Rivian’s Mind Robotics snags Doug Field, ex-Tesla and Ford EV chief
Electrek
Doug Field, the engineer who ran Tesla’s Model 3 program and later Ford’s entire EV operation, is now president of Mind Robotics, the industrial robotics startup Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe spun out of Rivian last year. He lands at a company…
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Rivian’s Mind Robotics snags Doug Field, ex-Tesla and Ford EV chief
Electrek
Doug Field, the engineer who ran Tesla’s Model 3 program and later Ford’s entire EV operation, is now president of Mind Robotics, the industrial robotics startup Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe spun out of Rivian last year. He lands at a company…
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Chevy hikes Blazer EV prices, pushing it over $45,000
Electrek
Prices for the 2027 Chevy Blazer EV now start at over $45,000 after another price hike. more…
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EcoFlow early-bird TITAN series whole-home backup system deal, Mars 3.0 e-bike at new $1,099 low, Anker solar wall light cam, more
Electrek
EcoFlow is dominating our Tuesday Green Deals edition this week, as the brand is offering an early-bird $50 “lock in” deposit for its latest TITAN Series Whole-Home Backup System that will be officially launched in November. Right behind…
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BMW’s new iX1 looks like a baby iX3 [Images]
Electrek
BMW’s entry-level EV was spotted testing with a Neue Klasse design that looks more like the new iX3, just smaller. more…
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BYD launches luxury Han EV with more than 1,000 km of range, starting at $35,000
Electrek
BYD’s latest flagship EV, the Great Han, is now on sale in China, starting at about $35,000 with a CLTC range of over 1,000 km (621 miles). more…
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Europe Should Learn From South Korea’s Hydrogen Station Failure
CleanTechnica
Europe is building a hydrogen-refuelling network before there is a large hydrogen-truck market to support it. Under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation, hydrogen stations are supposed to be available along major motorway…
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Tesla’s China business is flipping: sales down 12%, exports double
Electrek
Tesla sold 381,088 cars to Chinese buyers through the first nine months of 2026, down 11.9% from last year, according to CPCA data. Over the same period, Giga Shanghai’s exports more than doubled to 361,972 vehicles. Nearly half of what…
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Volkswagen’s new ID. Buzz will be more affordable, and it’s bringing ‘lots of secret sauce’
Electrek
The electric minibus is getting an overhaul. Volkswagen said a new ID. Buzz is in the works, bringing much more than just a lower price tag. more…
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Tesla pauses Model 3 orders in Canada amid China EV quota
Electrek
Tesla has stopped taking orders for the Model 3 Premium in Canada, the Shanghai-built trim that brought the electric sedan down to $39,490 CAD. The automaker says it has used up its import quota for Chinese-made EVs and doesn’t expect to…
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Sales Of Used EVs Surge In US
CleanTechnica
Let’s face it. At the beginning of the EV revolution, electric cars were just too damn expensive. A Tesla Model Y cost $66,000 at one point, as the company leveraged strong demand to increase prices. In 2012, the Chevy Volt cost more than…
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US power prices fall with utility-scale solar, rise with rooftop
PV Magazine
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found that renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and utility-scale renewables are not associated with higher residential electricity prices in the United States, while…
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Leapting launches autonomous forklift for solar module transport
PV Magazine
China’s Leapting , a developer of robotic automation solutions for the PV industry, has unveiled a new autonomous forklift for utility-scale solar construction sites. Dubbed Auto-Navigation Forklift Robot (AFR), the system can transport…
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Exide launches modular 125 kW/261 kWh battery for C＆I applications
PV Magazine
From ESS News France-based Exide Technologies has launched Solition Powerflex, a modular battery energy storage system (BESS) designed for commercial and industrial applications, renewable energy integration, e-mobility infrastructure and…
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Tesla still leads US fast-charger growth – but it’s raised its prices
Electrek
The US has passed 80,000 public EV fast-charging ports, and new charging stops are getting bigger and packing more power. That’s good news for drivers looking for an open stall. The price story is more mixed: Most networks are holding…
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Three-molecule blend boosts inverted perovskite solar cell efficiency to 27.5%
PV Magazine
Improving power conversion efficiency and long-term operational stability remains a key challenge for perovskite solar cells, partly due to the thermal instability of conventional molecular contacts. Under thermal stress, single-component…
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Stationary, moving, flexible: Batteries are the low-cost backbone of the future energy system
PV Magazine
The resolved issue of batteries as bottleneck Battery technology is often associated with the material bottleneck issue: A stringent transition to highly renewable energy systems in combination with high electrification would require large…
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Lectric launches lighter, lower-cost version of its bestselling urban e-bike: Lectric XPress Lite
Electrek
Lectric eBikes has spent the last several years steadily expanding from its original folding fat-tire e-bikes into just about every corner of the affordable electric bicycle market. Now the company is returning its attention to the…
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European PPA prices rise 5% in September
PV Magazine
Swiss consultancy Pexapark’s EURO Composite Index rose 5% in September, driven by higher forward electricity prices across most European markets. Rising gas prices pushed up power purchase agreement (PPA) fair values, although calibration…
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Enpal, Würth unveil safety platform for PV deployment on pitched roofs
PV Magazine
German residential solar installer Enpal and fastening and assembly technology supplier Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG have developed the Roof Access Safety Transport System (RAST) for work on pitched roofs. According to the companies, the…
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Qatar’s renewable capacity share could more than double by 2035
PV Magazine
Qatar’s installed power capacity will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2% between 2025 and 2035, with solar expanding at a CAGR of 12.4% over the same period, according to a new report from GlobalData. The analytics…
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Visionpark unveils new foundation-free solar carport for residential use
PV Magazine
French solar carport specialist Visionpark is expanding its portfolio with Atlas, a new range of single-arm precast concrete structures designed for residential, commercial and service-sector applications. The Atlas carports feature a…
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energyRe secures $815m for South Carolina solar projects
Energy Monitor
Renewable energy company energyRe has closed a financing deal worth $815m for several solar projects located in South Carolina.
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Inside BESS manufacturing: Maxxen’s utility-scale storage factory in Europe
PV Magazine
From ESS News “Made in Europe” isn’t an unusual tag in large-scale battery systems, but last week, at an open day held at Maxxen Energy’s facility in Aydın, Türkiye, an almost no-limits event was held for its factory that began operations…
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CATL, Intilion target up to 3 GWh of sodium-ion storage in Europe
PV Magazine
From ESS News Chinese battery manufacturer CATL and German energy storage system integrator Intilion have signed an agreement to jointly develop up to 3 GWh of sodium-ion battery energy storage projects across German-speaking Europe over…
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Powergrid acquires two transmission SPVs in Gujarat and Maharashtra
Energy Monitor
Powergrid has acquired Lakadia C Power Transmission and Jam Khambhaliya REZ Transmission through tariff-based competitive bidding.
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Solar industry spends to flip control of Georgia utility commission
Canary Media
Voters will have a chance to pick their utility regulators in nine states this November. But Georgia is one of the only states that could flip party control of its public utility commission, an often overlooked institution that determines…
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UV down-shifting layers could boost TOPCon solar module energy yield by over 4%
PV Magazine
Researchers at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia have investigated whether luminescent ultraviolet down-shifting (UVDS) layers could replace conventional UV absorbers to reduce UV-induced degradation in solar cells based on tunnel…
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Qcells aims to build a giant factory for next-gen tandem solar
Canary Media
Qcells , one of the most prolific solar manufacturers operating in the U.S., is staking a claim on the next generation of solar power. Laboratory scientists have established that solar panels convert sunlight to electricity with much…
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Italy’s solar capacity could reach 137 GW by 2040, grid operators say
PV Magazine
Italy’s installed solar PV capacity is projected to reach between 100 GW and 111 GW by 2035 and between 114 GW and 137 GW by 2040, according to the 2026 Scenario Description Document (DDS 2026), prepared by electricity transmission system…
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Distributed solar expected to reach 92 GW by 2036
PV Magazine
Brazil’s micro- and mini-distributed generation (MMGD) segment is expected to add 41.4 GW of capacity over the next decade, according to the country’s draft ten-year energy expansion plan (PDE 2036), prepared by the Energy Research Office…
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Australian-made PV installation and piling robots moving towards commercial-scale production
PV Magazine
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced up to AUD 32.3 million ($22.45 million) in funding for United States-headquartered companies Luminous Robotics and Built Robotics to establish new manufacturing facilities in…
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Design for all climates
PV Magazine
High in the Swiss Alps, a PV module may encounter intense irradiation reflected from snow while operating at temperatures well below freezing. Thousands of kilometers south, a module in the North African desert will be confronted with…
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Trump’s Dirty Energy Double Whammy: Pay More for Fuel ＆ Power—and Use More of It
CleanTechnica
How the Trump administration’s policies are driving up costs at the pump and the plug while deepening dependence on fossil fuels, with a focus on nine states: Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas…
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Reinforcing the ETS SMAP to Guarantee Long-term Shipping Decarbonisation
CleanTechnica
The SMAP mechanism introduced under the ETS represents an opportunity to help the maritime sector to transition towards clean fuels and propulsion technologies, and strengthen Europe’s industrial leadership. With an estimated support of…
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To Save Nature, Countries Should Eliminate Subsidies That Harm Forests
CleanTechnica
Governments around the world are handing bioenergy and the other industries harming forests tens of billions of euros in subsidies. How much does saving nature cost? One estimate puts it at around $900 billion per year. Yet, instead, many…
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40% of Volkswagen Group’s European Orders Were 100% Electrics Last Month
CleanTechnica
Volkswagen Group gets a lot of stick for not doing a better job of electrifying and leading the EV revolution. However, it’s doing better than most (or all?) other legacy automakers, especially in its home market of Europe. Of course…