Energy & Green Tech news — Tuesday 27 October 2026

Electrek 22:24 UTC

Over the coming year, renewables’ share of total generating capacity will grow from 37.7% to 40.4%, surpassing that of natural gas and outstripping nuclear capacity fivefold, according to new data released by the US Energy Information…

Electrek 21:30 UTC

BYD updated its lowest-priced electric car, the Seagull, which starts at around $10,000 in China, with a few extras, including a high-speed tire blowout system that stabilizes the vehicle at nearly 90 mph. more…

Electrek 21:08 UTC

A Rivian electric delivery van wrapped in Walmart+ branding was photographed on a car hauler on I-94 in northwest Indiana today. It’s the first public sign that Walmart could become Rivian’s next big van customer after Amazon. Neither…

Electrek 20:09 UTC

Volkswagen’s latest recall now extends to Audi, affecting nearly 13,000 Q4 E-Tron and Q4 Sportback E-Tron vehicles globally. And just like with the ID.4, owners are being told to limit charging to 80% of the battery’s capacity. more…

Electrek 19:55 UTC

Waymo is growing its driverless service area by nearly 250 square miles over the next week, spread across Los Angeles, Nashville, Orlando, San Diego, and the San Francisco Bay Area. That’s about as big as Tesla’s entire Houston Robotaxi…

CleanTechnica 19:45 UTC

Ford's new Fathom electric pickup truck -- which is still under wraps -- comes with a new bidirectional EV charging system that eliminates the cost of an external inverter. The post Look Ma, No Inverter! New Ford Fathom Cuts The Cost Of…

CleanTechnica 18:16 UTC

Buenos Aires, Argentina is separated from Colonia, Uruguay by the Rio de la Plata estuary. While it is possible to drive between the two cities, it is faster and more convenient to take a ferry ride. Buquebus, a popular ferry operator in…

Electrek 18:10 UTC

BMW’s next electric SUV won’t just be bigger. The iX7 will sit at the top of the brand’s EV lineup when it debuts in 2027, bringing a more luxurious option to the mix. more…

Electrek 18:00 UTC

We’ve got an exciting Tuesday Green Deals edition with two new launches and a first-time discount. Leading the pack is the official launch of Anker’s SOLIX S5000 Portable Power Station + bundles that our readers can get up to $2,150…

CleanTechnica 17:49 UTC

Shipping decarbonization presents policymakers with a bewildering range of choices. Batteries, biofuels, methanol, ammonia, hydrogen, wind assistance, shore power, nuclear propulsion and onboard carbon capture all compete for attention…

PV Magazine 17:00 UTC

Australia is portrayed as a solar success story, and on two fronts it has earned that reputation. More than 4 million households have rooftop solar, while large-scale solar and wind continue to grow under state and federal schemes. Between…

CleanTechnica 16:38 UTC

XPENG recently ranked highest in the European USCALE “EV Satisfaction Study” for the second year in a row. Not only did XPENG top the chart again, but their score improved over the previous year. The leading 82% recommendation rate ranks…

PV Magazine 16:00 UTC

Singapore has set a target of 4 GW of solar by 2035, alongside its existing goal of 3 GW by 2030. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and for Energy, Trade and Industry Gan Siow Huang outlined measures this week to meet the new target at…

Electrek 15:56 UTC

The mini electric dirt bike market has exploded over the last few years, with seemingly countless new brands offering everything from pint-sized electric pit bikes to surprisingly powerful off-road machines. The Sykeruns X7 falls somewhere…

Electrek 15:43 UTC

Seoul police have booked 80 people for using aftermarket devices to switch on Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” in cars that aren’t allowed to run it in South Korea. Officers also seized 21 of the devices. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency…

PV Magazine 15:30 UTC

A 300 MW solar project has been switched on in Algeria. According to a social media post published by the country’s Ministry of Energy and Renewable Energy, the El Oued Foullia solar energy station, located in the El Oued province, is…

Electrek 15:20 UTC

Kia barely touched the 2027 EV9’s price, raising it by only $90 while sneaking in a few extra standard features on select trims. more…

PV Magazine 14:45 UTC

Bangladesh is renegotiating PPAs with solar developers that signed high tariffs years ago but never built their plants, prompting investor warnings about contract risk. A government committee formed in April has already held talks with…

CleanTechnica 14:39 UTC

The Epstein files have surged back into the headlines, now that the House Committee on the Judiciary has released a staff report detailing US President Donald Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, complete with names and photographs…

Electrek 14:21 UTC

Elon Musk says Tesla’s Robotaxi race against Waymo “was never a real contest” after Tesla’s driverless fleet logged 438,000 miles in Austin in a single week, edging past Waymo’s 406,000 weekly average in the city. That’s one city, one…

CleanTechnica 14:03 UTC

BYD’s big story in the last year or tear and a half has been its rapid growth outside of China. The Chinese electric vehicle company has been selling more and more cars in other countries — across Europe, South America, other parts of…

PV Magazine 14:00 UTC

The Western Australia government aims to achieve 75% renewable electricity on the South West Interconnected System (SWIS) by 2030-31, supported by large-scale solar, wind, and battery energy storage projects. The target doubles the…

PV Magazine 13:30 UTC

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said this week he plans to use the country’s renewable energy potential to attract data center investment, outlining the proposal in his first public address after winning re-election. “We have…

Canary Media 13:00 UTC

Electric vehicles can serve as home backup batteries. But so far, most EVs have needed expensive bidirectional chargers to do that — a tough sell for customers. Ford aims to remove this cost obstacle with its forthcoming Ford Fathom…

Electrek 13:00 UTC

Ford wants to make powering your home with an EV a lot cheaper. Its upcoming sub-$30,000 Fathom electric truck will feature a new bidirectional charging system that ditches the need for an expensive external inverter. more…

Electrek 12:30 UTC

Lectric eBikes, the largest electric bike company in the US by just about any metric you can measure, has just unveiled its latest model: the Lectric XP Lite3 . And with a starting price of just $799 , the new lightweight folding electric…

PV Magazine 12:30 UTC

Leonardo said it plans to complete 43 MW of solar installations across 20 sites by the end of 2026, covering around 10% of its energy consumption in Italy through self-consumption, equivalent to 55 GWh. The plans are being implemented by…

PV Magazine 12:00 UTC

Fifteen photovoltaic project developers, including RWE, Enertrag, BayWa r.e., Belectric, Juwi, and GP Joule, have called for a higher auction price ceiling for ground-mounted solar projects in Germany from 2027, warning that planned policy…

PV Magazine 11:30 UTC

Stellantis México has submitted an environmental impact assessment to Mexico’s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) for two solar plants with a combined capacity of 21.56 MWp at its industrial complex in Saltillo…

PV Magazine 11:15 UTC

he 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 11:01 UTC

A new report shows that more renewable generation capacity – led predominantly by solar farms and hybrid solar-and-battery projects – reached financial close, and more large-scale battery energy storage was switched on across Australia in…

PV Magazine 10:30 UTC

German transmission system operators 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT, and TransnetBW have forecast EEG funding needs of €17.524 billion for 2027, according to a newly published projection. In October 2025, they initially estimated funding needs…

PV Magazine 10:23 UTC

China added 110.83 GW of new solar capacity in the first nine months of 2026, down 53.9% from 240.27 GW in the same period a year earlier, according to data released by the National Energy Administration (NEA). The decline marks a sharp…

PV Magazine 10:00 UTC Translated from German

Sigenergy has unveiled its new SigenCube Commercial & Industrial Battery Energy Storage System (C&I BESS), which is designed to address the core challenges of commercial storage deployments. The SigenCube boasts an energy density over 220…

Energy Monitor 09:58 UTC

Minesto has announced the signing of a MoU with Morteza Capital to seek commercial tidal energy opportunities in the Maldives.

PV Magazine 09:40 UTC

US-based home electrification company Jetson Home has unveiled a new residential heat pump water heater that reportedly uses around 75% less electricity than conventional electric storage water heaters. The Jetson Water system is available…

PV Magazine 09:30 UTC

Scientists at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) have developed a catalytic process that could extend the operational lifespan of perovskite solar cells while maintaining high power conversion efficiencies. The researchers…

PV Magazine 09:15 UTC

Despite repeated attempts — mostly from the right of the European political spectrum — to slow down electrification to protect carmakers that failed to prepare in time, electric mobility is progressing rapidly across Europe. This was a…

PV Magazine 09:00 UTC

The prospect of large-scale changes to familiar landscapes can trigger emotional distress long before those changes take place. Known as anticipatory solastalgia, this sense of impending environmental loss may help explain why agrivoltaic…

PV Magazine 08:30 UTC

PLN Indonesia Power Services (PLN IP Services) said it is providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for a solar project on Nusa Penida, an island off Bali in Indonesia, using modules made by PT Trina Mas Agra…

PV Magazine 08:00 UTC

Researchers at Central South University in China have investigated how the surface-protrusion density of silver-coated copper (Cu@Ag) powder particles affects the rheological properties and electrical conductivity of conductive pastes…

PV Magazine 07:49 UTC

Chinese PV module manufacturer Trinasolar will unveil a full-black dual-glass TOPCon solar module for residential and commercial and industrial (C&I) applications at the All Energy Australia conference starting in Melbourne on Wednesday…

PV Magazine 07:42 UTC

Vikram Solar Ltd announced that its 9 GW n-type TOPCon solar cell manufacturing facility at SIPCOT Industrial Park, Gangaikondan, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, is on schedule to produce its first cells in December 2026. The full 9 GW…

PV Magazine 07:30 UTC

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), launched 50 years ago, recently outlined the significant milestones in its Solar century: Landmark moments in the history of solar energy , beginning with the first silicon solar cells…

Canary Media 07:30 UTC

Before a utility can raise electricity rates, it must get approval from regulators. In Ohio, some groups are looking to step into that process to make sure FirstEnergy, whose utilities supply power to over 2 million customers in the state…

Energy Monitor 06:59 UTC

Singapore granted conditional approval to Sembcorp Utilities, marking a key step forward for the Vietnam-Malaysia-Singapore (VMS) initiative.

PV Magazine 06:30 UTC

From ESS News Japanese major Toshiba is pairing a 2 MW / 667 kWh high-power SCiB battery with a 2 MW / 15.33 MWh capacity-type system at a substation microgrid in Mongolia. In an announcement, Toshia said it had begun manufacturing the…

PV Magazine 05:00 UTC

A lot of startups and researchers are looking at putting data centers in space. Why the ocean? And how do you plan to power them? For the same reasons as you’d think to put them in space, I guess. I don’t know what those people say…

CleanTechnica 03:48 UTC

The German automaker Audi has dialed back its full EV plans for the US market, but its strategy still includes plug-in hybrids and a new factory in Georgia, too. The post Wouldn’t It Be Funny If Audi Manufactures EVs In The US? appeared…

CleanTechnica 03:15 UTC

The new energy reality: 1 kWh of battery is cheaper than a barrel of oil The EU is fiercely debating the future of the automotive industry and how far the transition to battery electric cars will be slowed down. Last time we had this…

CleanTechnica 02:53 UTC

Phoenix — The Sierra Club today published a new report, “Asleep at the Switch: How the ACC is Letting Utilities Fleece Ratepayers,” that considers the power the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has over the future of Arizona’s energy…

CleanTechnica 02:45 UTC

Carbon pricing in a global context In April 2025, governments at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed on a historic global regulation, the Net-Zero Framework (NZF). It was designed to set global shipping on a course to…

CleanTechnica 02:38 UTC

New rail services can give Switzerland its first high-speed direct trains to the UK. Polling in Switzerland Total sample size was 1,048 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 11th–24th September 2026. Nearly half of Swiss people use rail…

CleanTechnica 02:26 UTC

Report Shows How to Unlock the Full Potential of Distributed Energy Resources WASHINGTON D.C. — A new report released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Current Energy Group outlines how grid operators and…