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Energy & Green Tech news — Friday 23 October 2026

47 stories from 5 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.

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  1. GM is betting on battery cells that don’t use lithium [updated]
    USElectrek

    GM has partnered with Peak Energy to develop next-generation sodium-ion battery cells, but they’re not going into EVs – they’re for grid-scale energy storage projects. GM Ventures is making a strategic investment in Peak Energy. more…

  2. Hyundai’s $359 IONIQ 5 lease looks good, but its bigger sibling may be a better buy
    USElectrek

    The Hyundai IONIQ 5 is the most popular EV in America outside of Tesla, but its larger three-row sibling looks like the better deal right now. more…

  3. Podcast: Tesla earnings discussion, new BYD Seagull, Mustang Mach-E update, and more
    USElectrek

    In the Electrek Podcast , we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we’ll discuss Tesla’s earnings, new BYD Seagull, Mustang Mach-E update, and more. more…

  4. New EV Battery Gives Gasmobiles The Deep Freeze
    USCleanTechnica

    Mystery swirls around a new EV battery from the Finnish startup Donut Lab, which has just passed an extreme cold-weather performance test. The post New EV Battery Gives Gasmobiles The Deep Freeze appeared first on CleanTechnica .

  5. Anker SOLIX 4,096Wh expanded C2000 Gen 2 power station $1,519, 150-mile L16 utility e-bike lows from $649, Snow blower low, more
    USElectrek

    We’re closing out this week with Anker’s newly launched SOLIX Spooktacular Halloween Sale lineup leading the pack with our top picks, exclusive savings, and FREE gifts, like expanded 4,096Wh C2000 Gen 2 Power Station at $1,519 . We also…

  6. If Google Fells 250,000 Trees In Finland, Does It Make A Sound?
    USCleanTechnica

    What I don’t know about Finland would fill a small library. As a fan of Formula One, I know that many Finnish surnames have multiple k’s — Mika Hakkinen, and Kimi Raikkonen, for example, not to mention World Rally driver Tommi Makkinen. In…

  7. BYD’s Rolls-Royce-like flagship EV is heading overseas
    USElectrek

    BYD’s upcoming flagship EV will be its largest and most luxurious electric sedan yet, potentially debuting two firsts for the company: Rolls-Royce-style coach doors and solid-state batteries. more…

  8. What Can Grid Flexibility Actually Do Here?
    USCleanTechnica

    Grid flexibility is not one resource or one number. A new open TFIE Strategy report maps how batteries, demand, networks, interconnection and other resources change value with location, duration and operating conditions. The post What Can…

  9. Rivian buys startup to turn 400,000 daily clips into 3D sims
    USElectrek

    Rivian wants to rebuild the roads its customers drive as 3D test worlds for its self-driving system, and it just bought a 15-person UK startup called Third Dimension to do it, as first reported by TechCrunch . The startup was founded in…

  10. The permitting deal collides with Trump’s war on offshore wind
    USCanary Media

    This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. It’s been years in the making, but the U.S. Senate finally has a bipartisan permitting bill on the table that could speed up the…

  11. Florida Farmers Are Making The Move To Regenerative Agriculture
    USCleanTechnica

    As the supervisor of dune plantings at our coastal Florida community, I was keenly aware of the rare February 2026 freeze. Plants that generally resist drought, wind, and salt were burnt by the 26°F temperatures. Luckily, most of our east…

  12. XPENG L03 With VLA 2.0 Smoothly Takes On Paris Roads
    USCleanTechnica

    On my recent trip to Paris, I had the opportunity to experience NGP with VLA 2.0 in an XPENG L03. Paris roads and drivers are a bit different than my past experiences. Adapting to the traffic poses a unique challenge. I had previously…

  13. Volvo is launching a ‘lower-priced’ EV in 2027 based on its SPA3 platform
    USElectrek

    The new EV will follow the EX60 as the second vehicle based on Volvo’s SPA3 platform, positioned as a smaller, more affordable option. more…

  14. Volvo says the EX60 will be a best-seller with over 50,000 orders in Europe already
    USElectrek

    Volvo expects the EX60 to become one of its best-selling vehicles ever, with over 50,000 orders already in Europe. But as demand builds, Volvo is struggling to ramp up production. more…

  15. Tesla cancels Cybertruck in Australia and NZ after 7 years of deposits
    USElectrek

    Tesla has officially cancelled the Cybertruck for Australia and New Zealand. Reservation holders are getting emails today telling them their orders are void and their deposits will be refunded. Australians started putting down A$150 to…

  16. Tesla’s $10B solar factory could get 35 years of tax breaks in Texas
    USElectrek

    Tesla’s proposed $10 billion “Project Crystal Sun” solar factory in Texas could get up to 35 years of local tax breaks on its equipment, according to the four agreements Fort Bend County commissioners approved on Thursday. The vote was…

  17. Wheel-E Podcast: New Lectric and Priority e-bikes, friction drive kit, more
    USElectrek

    This week on Electrek ’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes new e-bikes from Lectric and Priority, a review of…

  18. Yozma IN 11 review: The OG mini e-moto gets updates galore
    USElectrek

    …including 4.5kW motor, bigger 1.4kWh battery and 45mph top speed Yozma may not have invented the mini moto space, but they certainly helped mainstream it. Together with Tuttios and Sur Rons, Yozma’s IN10 was one of the most popular mini…

  19. Overhead wired charging comes to Austin electric bus fleet
    USElectrek

    CapMetro’s Austin transit fleets electrified two public bus lines and opened two new park-and-ride facilities featuring overhead pantograph-style wired charging equipment to help Austinites breathe a little bit easier. more…

  20. Austria allocates 173 MW at average price of €0.0642/kWh in PV tender
    DEPV Magazine

    Austria’s Renewable Energy Expansion Act (EAG) funding agency has published the results of the country’s third auction for solar PV market premiums in 2026. Successful bids ranged from €0.054/kWh to €0.0725/kWh, with a volume-weighted…

  21. Italy awards full 30 MW quota in second floating PV tender
    DEPV Magazine

    Italy’s second competitive bidding round for floating photovoltaic systems on inland waters under the FER2 incentive scheme has allocated its entire 30 MW quota. According to rankings published by Italian energy agency Gestore dei Servizi…

  22. The Hydrogen Stream: Italian company unveils seven-layer PEM electrolyzer assembly to reduce iridium use
    DEPV Magazine

    UFI Hydrogen has unveiled a new generation of proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) at Hydrogen Technology World Expo in Hamburg, Germany. The Italian company, part of the UFI Group, said the…

  23. Google and Voltus expand virtual power plant to 1GW in PJM
    GBEnergy Monitor

    Google and Voltus have announced an expanded agreement to build a VPP with a total capacity of 1GW in the PJM grid region.

  24. Chinese PV Industry Brief: Polysilicon inventories remain high
    DEPV Magazine

    TrendForce ’s EnergyTrend said on Oct. 22 that polysilicon inventories in China remained above 560,000 metric tons, despite an expected month-on-month decline of approximately 20,000 metric tons in domestic production in October. Supply…

  25. South Korea’s renewable energy capacity overtakes coal for first time
    DEPV Magazine

    South Korea’s installed renewable-energy capacity has surpassed coal-fired capacity for the first time, reaching 41,040 MW on Oct. 21, according to the Korea Power Exchange. That is 283 MW more than the country’s 40,757 MW of coal-fired…

  26. Sodium-ion storage maker Peak Energy raises $108 million in GM-led round
    DEPV Magazine

    Peak Energy said its oversubscribed Series B was led by GM Ventures, with participation from Maverick Silicon, Infinite Capital, Eclipse, Xora Innovation and LG Technology Ventures. The company did not disclose its valuation or the size of…

  27. Transaera tests its heat pump with metal-organic framework dehumidification in apartment building
    DEPV Magazine

    U.S. startup Transaera announced it will test rooftop heat pump technology in a multifamily residential building in Washington D.C., United States. The project is backed by a $125,000 grant from the National Deployment Grant Fund of The…

  28. European solar, BESS marketplace expands to Romania
    DEPV Magazine

    European renewable energy marketplace Solmeria has expanded to include solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Romania. The marketplace, which spans ground-mounted PV, agriPV, C&I solar and BESS projects at all stages of…

  29. Hemispherical perovskite solar cell design reduces sensitivity to sunlight angle
    DEPV Magazine

    A research team in China has proposed a hemispherical perovskite solar cell with a textured surface designed to reduce sensitivity to the angle of incident sunlight. The hemispherical geometry is intended to enable radial charge…

  30. Panasonic begins sales of glass-based perovskite solar panels
    DEPV Magazine

    Japanese electronics manufacturer Panasonic Holdings announced it will start full-scale mass production of glass-based perovskite solar panels for applications in building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) one year ahead of schedule. The…

  31. Tin-modified nanotube gel reduces solar cell temperature by 9.5 C
    DEPV Magazine

    Researchers in India have developed a reusable, thermally conductive gel that can passively cool silicon solar cells and improve their power conversion efficiency. The research aimed to develop a cost-effective and sustainable cooling…

  32. Strengthening El Niño splits South America’s September solar exposure
    DEPV Magazine

    Across South America as a whole, September irradiance was close to normal, but the total average hides a sharply divided month, according to analysis using the Solcast API . Persistent cloud and exceptional rainfall pushed global…

  33. Mercury awards 192MW wind turbine contract to Nordex
    GBEnergy Monitor

    Nordex has announced its entry into the New Zealand wind energy market after securing a contract from Mercury.

  34. China solar module prices steady as proposed price floors meet skepticism
    DEPV Magazine

    China’s mainstream TOPCon module export prices held steady for a second week, despite efforts by major polysilicon producers to set minimum price floors on module and polysilicon products. According to the OPIS Global Solar Markets Report…

  35. As US grid batteries surge, risk of fires plummets
    USCanary Media

    See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . Battery fires are like shark attacks: frightening events that loom cinematically large in the American psyche and almost never actually happen. As batteries have become America’s…

  36. Bangladesh issues special ordinance to accelerate distributed solar deployment
    DEPV Magazine

    Bangladesh has issued a special ordinance to facilitate private-sector investment in rooftop solar installations on government buildings under Opex and Capex models, as the country seeks to accelerate renewable energy deployment. Under the…

  37. Enel completes 985 MW solar complex in Colombia
    DEPV Magazine

    Enel Colombia has started commercial operations at its 256 MW Atlántico solar plant, located between the municipalities of Sabanalarga and Usiacurí in northern Colombia. The commissioning marks the completion of the company’s three-plant…

  38. Australian solar drives renewables to record 80.4% share of NEM generation
    DEPV Magazine

    Solar generation was the primary driver of an all-time 80.4% peak in the National Electricity Market (NEM) from renewable and storage generation in the half hour to 1,230 on Saturday, 19 September 2026. This was 3.2 pp higher than the same…

  39. U.S. module maker announces Department of Commerce waiver allowing cell imports
    DEPV Magazine

    Texas-based T1 Energy has announced it has received a waiver from the Department of Commerce that will allow the company to import up to 1.725 GW of solar cells to supply its module assembly operations in Wilmer, Texas, just south of…

  40. Optivolt Raises $32M to Build the Brain for Solar Panels of the Future
    USCleanTechnica

    Series A led by VXI Capital, with backing from the people who built modern solar, including founding Enphase CEO Paul Nahi, former SunPower CEO Tom Werner and former New York energy czar Richard Kauffman Nine years in the making…

  41. What The Battery Show Told Us About the Next Chapter of Electrification
    USCleanTechnica

    The Battery Show North America 2026 in Detroit, Michigan wasn’t about the next breakthrough. It was about who can deliver. Each fall you can learn a lot about the battery industry by walking through the halls of Huntington Place in…

  42. Hyundai Motor Delivers Bali’s First Electric Buses for Public Transport
    USCleanTechnica

    Hyundai Motor partners with Laksana to deliver 11 COUNTY EV buses to GGGI for the first electric bus public transportation pilot project in Bali, Indonesia Field quality assurance program to monitor vehicle quality and driving performance…

  43. Hyundai Motor Group ＆ Rhode Island School of Design Collaborate on Regenerative Biodesign Strategies and the Future of Mobility
    USCleanTechnica

    In its seventh year, the annual research collaboration continues to examine the convergence of biodesign and biomimicry, advanced art and design practices, and the future of mobility across the globe In the 2026–27 Regeneration Studio…

  44. ANALYSIS: Solar ＆ Storage Growth Drives Down Summer Wholesale Electricity Prices by 42% in Texas ＆ 51% in California
    USCleanTechnica

    New analysis shows how solar and storage are lowering electricity costs in red and blue states as affordability takes center stage heading into the midterm elections. WASHINGTON D.C. — As energy affordability emerges as a defining issue…

  45. Sierra Club Applauds Approval for Ameren Missouri’s New Solar ＆ Storage Projects
    USCleanTechnica

    ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Yesterday, the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) approved Ameren Missouri’s proposal to build solar and storage projects. The Sierra Club and its members supported the projects at public hearings around the state…

  46. Tesla Q4 numbers, more product delays, and some REAL EV charging innovation
    USElectrek

    On today’s numerically-infused episode of Quick Charge , we take a look at all the latest product and delivery delays from Tesla’s Q3 earnings call before changing lanes and recapping some of the biggest developments in the world of EV…

  47. Another megawatt-level charger enters China: 300 miles in 5 minutes
    USElectrek

    Chery has announced a 1.44 megawatt charging system, able to deliver 500km (311 miles) in 5 minutes. And it’s not even the fastest system available in China. more…