Energy & Green Tech news — Monday 26 October 2026

Electrek 21:18 UTC

Tesla Canada has updated the Model 3 Premium Rear-Wheel Drive on its website with 584 km of range and a 0-100 km/h time of 5.2 seconds. Those are the exact specs of the Fremont-built Long Range RWD that Tesla sold in Canada two years ago…

CleanTechnica 20:03 UTC

US President Donald Trump will love this renewable energy system that operates invisibly, under water, where it can't be seen. The post US President Trump Will Absolutely Love This New Underwater Renewable Energy Machine appeared first on…

Electrek 19:49 UTC

BMW’s new iX5 is hard to miss with its distinct Double-X headlights. Here’s how it stacks up against the outgoing X5, side by side. more…

CleanTechnica 18:59 UTC

Full-size trucks are brilliant at the big jobs and surprisingly annoying at the small ones. The climb into the cab gets old when you’re in work boots, dress shoes, or carrying a toddler. The carpet takes a beating from mud, beach sand, and…

CleanTechnica 18:07 UTC

This month, the Conservative Party in British Columbia won its first major victory in nearly a century. Reuters reports that the result “marks an end to nine years of power for the left-of-center New ​Democrats, who voiced opposition to…

Electrek 18:00 UTC

We’ve got power station sales and tool lows filling this week’s Green Deals kickstart, starting with Bluetti’s fresh Halloween Sale lineup that has deals like the 2026 Elite 300 3,014Wh Portable Power Station down at $1,099 , as well as…

Electrek 17:54 UTC

The 2027 Lexus RZ will begin arriving at dealerships early next year, with prices starting at under $50,000. more…

CleanTechnica 17:52 UTC

Germany’s GICON has completed one of the more remarkable wind-turbine construction projects in recent years. Its Schipkau prototype reached a hub height of 300 meters in September, putting the upper blade tip at a reported 365 meters. The…

CleanTechnica 17:33 UTC

XPENG has recently been named 2026 Forbes China Most Popular Employer amongst employees. This isn’t the first time XPENG has won an employer award. Having visited their campuses and seen how the company treats its employees, I can…

Electrek 17:23 UTC

Tesla expanded its Robotaxi service area in Houston today, and it shaped the new geofence like a rocket. Plenty of people on X see something else in it, which is fair given the phallic Austin map Tesla posted in 2025. It’s a cute nod to…

Electrek 17:13 UTC

A Tesla Cybertruck was pulled over while driving in Germany, a reminder that the vehicle is generally not legal on European roads. more…

PV Magazine 17:00 UTC

Grid curtailment in India reached 6,825 GWh in the first half of 2026, equivalent to 4.9% of renewable generation and already 1.8 times the total recorded in 2025. Solar accounted for 4,729 GWh of that volume. Oversupply curtailment, the…

Electrek 16:25 UTC

Kia announced that 2027 EV6 prices start at about $38,000, or $8,000 more than the new EV3. more…

Electrek 16:22 UTC

Turo will soon let US renters search specifically for Teslas with “Full Self-Driving” (Supervised) turned on, using a direct integration with Tesla to verify each car’s FSD status. The feature goes live on October 28. For Tesla, it’s a new…

Electrek 14:36 UTC

BYD opened pre-orders for the new Denza N8, a luxury five-seat electric SUV with a CLTC range of over 1,000 km (621 miles). more…

Electrek 13:59 UTC

Volkswagen Group China now has a permit to test Level 3 autonomous driving on public roads in Hefei, and it says testing is already underway. The permit also covers large-scale driving data collection in the city. It’s the latest step…

PV Magazine 13:30 UTC

Construction automation company Xpanner announced the commercial launch of the X1 Piling R6, a fully automated pile driving machine engineered to accelerate civil installation timelines on utility-scale solar and battery energy storage…

Electrek 12:00 UTC

Range Energy, a company working to electrify trucking through the use of a trailer with its own battery and motors, has published an analysis showing how much fleets can save through electrification – and just at the right time, with…

PV Magazine 11:57 UTC

Shakti Pumps (India) Ltd showcased its 620 W Shakti On Roof solar PV module at the Renewable Energy India (REI) Expo 2026, highlighting its expansion beyond solar-powered pumping systems into solar module manufacturing, rooftop solar…

Electrek 11:42 UTC

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) board of directors voted unanimously Thursday to approve the purchase of a new generation of battery-powered public transit trains – and they can’t arrive soon enough. more…

PV Magazine 11:40 UTC

Philippine renewable energy developer Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC) has secured PHP 35.014 billion ($552 million) in syndicated project financing to develop five solar projects with a combined capacity of 900 MW and 120 MWh of…

PV Magazine 11:06 UTC

From ESS News Samsung SDI has signed a deal to supply 1 GWh of nickel cobalt aluminum (NCA) battery storage to a single US customer, with all cells and modules to be manufactured in the United States. Under the agreement with utility and…

Energy Monitor 09:59 UTC

Mitsubishi Power Americas has announced a $490m investment to expand its Savannah Machinery Works (SMW) facility in Georgia, US.

PV Magazine 09:45 UTC

The Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade (MPO) has published a draft amendment to a general measure it issued in August introducing the country’s capacity mechanism. The draft also proposes a related obligation on Czech transmission system…

PV Magazine 09:39 UTC

Indian solar manufacturer Waaree has showcased a 520 W flexible, lightweight monocrystalline PERC solar module designed for applications where conventional glass-based panels are difficult to install. The module has a power conversion…

PV Magazine 09:00 UTC

A coalition of 16 Norwegian companies have addressed a letter to the Norwegian parliament, known as the Storting , to support the country’s solar industry. Led by Norway’s renewable industry and employer association, Fornybar Norge, the…

PV Magazine 09:00 UTC

Maintaining high crop productivity in rice fields hosting solar panels remains a major challenge for agrivoltaic projects, as demonstrated by a recent research project conducted by the University of Tokyo in Japan. The six-year experiment…

PV Magazine 08:56 UTC

The Hungarian government is preparing a multi-year program to improve the energy efficiency of single-family homes and condominiums as part of its 2027 budget. Hungary’s Ministry of Economy and Energy, István Kapitány, announced last week…

Electrek 08:01 UTC

Amflow, the electric bicycle brand that burst onto the scene with some of the most powerful and lightweight electric mountain bikes on the market, is expanding its lineup with two major releases. The company has announced global…

PV Magazine 08:00 UTC

Servotech Renewable Power System has unveiled its Sparkle Pro IP54 single-phase hybrid solar inverters for residential applications. The range comprises 3 kW, 4.2 kW and 6 kW models. The inverters manage solar power generation, battery…

PV Magazine 08:00 UTC

Researchers at Razi University in Iran have investigated how the geometry of copper cooling tubes affects the electrical and thermal performance of photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) collectors. They aimed to determine whether wavy tubes could…

PV Magazine 07:55 UTC

Insolation Energy Ltd. (INA Solar), through its subsidiary Insolation Green Energy, has signed a five-year strategic partnership agreement with US-based Caelux Corp. to commercialize 3 GW of solar modules integrating Caelux’s…

Canary Media 07:30 UTC

Word is getting out about electric induction ranges. More and more chefs say the appliances cook just as well as or better than their gas counterparts. The stoves don’t burn climate-warming fossil fuels or release harmful indoor air…

Canary Media 07:30 UTC

Just outside Boston, a developer is getting set to build a 700-megawatt storage facility that is expected to dwarf every other battery project in New England. One town over, another energy company just closed on $850 million in financing…

PV Magazine 07:20 UTC

TCL SunPower , a unit of Chinese PV manufacturer TCL Zhonghuan , has introduced its new SunPower Origin solar panel series for residential rooftop applications. “The module format offers significant advantages, particularly on rooftops…

PV Magazine 06:48 UTC

Modular solar specialist 5B has executed a purchase order with 1414 Degrees to deliver 70 MW of its prefabricated Maverick solar units for the initial stage of the Aurora Energy Precinct project being developed in South Australia’s Upper…

PV Magazine 06:39 UTC

Indian PV manufacturer Emmvee has unveiled a TOPCon solar module featuring a four-cut cell design at Renewable Energy India Expo (REI) 2026. The module delivers 640–650 W, 25–30 W more power than conventional half-cut modules of the same…