Energy & Green Tech news — Tuesday 20 October 2026

Electrek 21:41 UTC

The new 2027 Mercedes-Benz GLC 400 4Matic EV has an EPA-estimated range of up to 331 miles, but in the real world, it will likely go even farther. more…

Electrek 20:50 UTC

Apartment and condo residents could get more places to plug in their EVs without their buildings needing a costly electrical upgrade. LAZ Parking and EverCharge are launching a charging service that shares available power among vehicles …

Electrek 20:13 UTC

Tesla reports its third-quarter 2026 financial results tomorrow, October 21, after the market closes. The earnings call follows at 5:30 p.m. ET. Wall Street expects revenue to come in flat and earnings per share to drop 10% from a year…

Electrek 20:12 UTC

Rivian is now the #2 EV brand in the US, up from 10th last year, taking Chevrolet’s spot as almost every other automaker tries to slow down the inevitable transition to electric cars. more…

Electrek 20:05 UTC

With up to 460 kW DC fast charging, the new BMW iX5 can add up to 170 miles in just 10 minutes. BMW proved it during a live public event for the first time. more…

Electrek 18:00 UTC

Our two headliners for today’s edition is the newly launched Segway E3 Go Electric Scooter with $100 savings at $550 , which sits just $50 above the current pricing of its sibling E3 Pro model . Next, Bluetti has begun its 4-day Member…

Electrek 17:24 UTC

Subaru is phasing out combustion-engine vehicles in Europe by the end of 2027 and will sell only EVs. more…

CleanTechnica 16:04 UTC

Many cities around the world are sinking because too much water is extracted from the groundwater reservoirs beneath them. This sinking makes these coastal cities more exposed to rising seas as the climate warms. But as our new research…

Electrek 16:01 UTC

Volkswagen told certain ID.4 drivers to limit charging to 80% as part of a recall by October 21. Unless drivers opt out, VW will automatically “apply a temporary vehicle setting” remotely. more…

Electrek 16:01 UTC

Electrify America just opened its biggest charging station yet, with 24 DC fast chargers. more…

PV Magazine 16:00 UTC

India overtook the United States to become the world’s second-largest market for solar installations in 2025. The country built out close to 50 GW of solar in a year, a feat it is expected to match or even exceed in 2026. And that trend is…

Electrek 15:10 UTC

I’ve tested e-bikes that cost $10,000. I’ve tested e-bikes that cost $500. But until recently, I’d never tested a brand-new e-bike that cost less than a nice set of bicycle tires. So when I stumbled across a $199 e-bike for sale through…

Electrek 14:31 UTC

BYD’s new Seagull EV is now its cheapest electric car in China with 5-minute Flash Charging, and starts at under $10,000. more…

Electrek 14:00 UTC

A fleet of 74 school buses have spent the last two years powering about a thousand homes, taking stress off the grid, thanks to V2G chargers built in America. more…

PV Magazine 13:53 UTC

In the opening speech of the inaugural Intersolar Summit Romania, Florian Wessendorf, managing director of Solar Promotion International, referred to Romania as “the new renewables champion of Europe.” The country certainly has a strong…

CleanTechnica 13:08 UTC

For much of the climate-policy era, national self-interest and climate action could plausibly point in different directions. A country could let others spend more on emissions reductions while continuing to use familiar coal, oil and gas…

Electrek 13:06 UTC

Polestar and the University of Oxford put 12 drivers in eye trackers and heart-rate monitors and sent them around a Swedish racetrack in two versions of the Polestar 4. The goal was to put numbers on something no spec sheet captures: how…

PV Magazine 12:30 UTC

Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has announced the establishment of a TBC Photovoltaic Technology Alliance, bringing together seven domestic solar companies to strengthen Taiwan’s photovoltaic supply chain and…

PV Magazine 12:30 UTC

GCL Technology Holdings has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to acquire about 81.91% of Sichuan GCL Lithium Battery Technology, an LFP cathode material producer, from Golden Concord Group, the parent group controlled by GCL…

PV Magazine 12:24 UTC

Sacramento-based Qnetic has begun low-speed testing of its flywheel energy storage system at its technology center in Shanghai, China. The prototype unit, dubbed Pulsar, represents a continuation of the company’s mechanical storage…

PV Magazine 12:20 UTC

Acesur, a Seville-based olive oil producer, has started construction of a 3.65 MW agrivoltaic project in Vilches, in the Spanish province of Jaén. The project will integrate solar power generation into an existing, fully productive olive…

PV Magazine 12:10 UTC

Poland has changed its grid-connection rules to make it easier for households to pair PV systems with larger batteries, through an amendment to its Renewable Energy Sources Act that also revises the energy law. From Dec. 1, the rated power…

CleanTechnica 11:55 UTC

The US EV start up Slate Auto has opened for business in Chicago, in yet another indication that the war on EVs is fizzling out. The post The Treason Party Soldiers On, But At Least The War On EVs Is Fizzling Out appeared first on…

PV Magazine 11:15 UTC

A research team led by the University of Science and Technology of China has developed a framework to assess the fire performance of building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) façades. The framework identifies key fire risk factors and…

PV Magazine 10:59 UTC

The Climate Investment Fund , managed by Norway’s state-owned investment fund for developing countries Norfund , and Danish development finance institution Impact Fund Denmark are investing in a 49% equity stake in the 500 MW Ixus Bugallon…

Energy Monitor 09:55 UTC

Power sector reforms and government support are driving increased investment in Brazil's renewable technologies.

PV Magazine 09:50 UTC

Grid operators across Germany are facing a growing number of connection requests for battery energy storage systems and rooftop solar installations. To manage the increasing workload, distribution system operators (DSOs), including Netze…

PV Magazine 07:59 UTC

Dutch development bank FMO is financing the 50 MW Kong solar project in the Ivory Coast. Its €55.5 million ($62.3 million) financing package represents the project’s entire long-term financing with a 20-year tenor. Located near the town of…

PV Magazine 07:58 UTC

French battery manufacturer Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, has inaugurated its first solid-state battery production line at its Bordeaux facility in southwestern France. The company says it is the first French manufacturer with…

PV Magazine 07:45 UTC

Uruguay’s state-owned power utility, Administración Nacional de Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas (UTE), plans to tender for electricity from three solar plants with a combined grid injection capacity of 99 MW under 20-year power purchase…

Canary Media 07:30 UTC

Amy Winton doesn’t like that she has to depend on fossil gas for her restaurant, Mexican taquería Pandita in Eugene, Oregon. But she’s stuck with the gas-fueled burners, heaters, and outdoor fireplace that came with the space. “We just…

Canary Media 07:30 UTC

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here . Picture a buoyant triangular steel or concrete…

PV Magazine 07:16 UTC

Global solar supply chains are undergoing a profound transformation, driven by growing protectionism and industrial policies aimed at supporting domestic manufacturing. This is the key takeaway from an interview with pv magazine featuring…

PV Magazine 07:00 UTC

Italy has allocated all available funding under the latest round of its Agrisolare scheme, awarding €770.4 million in grants to 7,409 projects for approximately 505 MW of rooftop solar capacity on agricultural, livestock and…

PV Magazine 06:36 UTC

Dominican Republic’s national utility Edesur has announced that it will introduce a new billing charge for certain customers with rooftop solar installations in the Dominican Republic from Nov. 1, 2026, under the country’s distributed…

PV Magazine 06:29 UTC

A research team in Germany has investigated whether compressive stress relaxation measurement (CSRM) can be used to monitor polymer degradation in aging photovoltaic modules. The technique is typically used in manufacturing quality control…

PV Magazine 06:21 UTC

Chinese solar module manufacturer JinkoSolar has unveiled a 510 W all-black residential solar panel based on its newly introduced TOPCon-based Amorphous-Si Passivating Cell (TAC) technology , which combines TOPCon electron-selective…

PV Magazine 05:59 UTC

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has proposed stricter efficiency requirements for photovoltaic manufacturers, raising minimum average conversion efficiencies for solar cells and modules and introducing…

PV Magazine 05:45 UTC

French solar manufacturer Holosolis has been selected for funding under the EU Innovation Fund for its Solar4EU project, which aims to establish an integrated 5 GW solar cell and module manufacturing facility in Hambach, France. The…

PV Magazine 05:00 UTC

The business of solar grazing, using animals to manage vegetation at solar sites, has taken off in along with the growth of solar in the U.S. According to Stacie Peterson, executive director of the American Solar Grazing Association…

CleanTechnica 03:55 UTC

There’s been a lot of chatter in recent days, weeks, and months about the possibility that SpaceX and Tesla will merge. Elon Musk has been a fan of merging, swallowing, and mushing together his companies. This has happened especially as…

CleanTechnica 03:50 UTC

The deal struck by Donald Trump with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on October 9 to allow Russia to sell millions of tonnes of diesel is a major departure from US policy and runs counter to Ukrainian and European interests. It…

CleanTechnica 02:07 UTC

What has Donald Trump done for the country in his second term in office? He has bombed Iran and started another long war in the Middle East, leading to high gas prices and a ton of gas price volatility. He has added a bunch of tariffs to…