Energy & Green Tech news — Wednesday 28 October 2026

CleanTechnica 23:57 UTC

Donaldsonville, Louisiana — Yesterday, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) posted the final, approved air permit for Hyundai’s proposed steel plant. Hyundai promised a state-of-the-art, clean facility, but the proposed…

CleanTechnica 23:48 UTC

7 years ago, I paid Tesla $6000 for a permanent subscription to “Full Self Driving” for my new Model 3. At the time, FSD would navigate and drive automatically on limited access highways (mostly Interstates), but that was about it. I’m…

CleanTechnica 22:40 UTC

This Heat Pump Water Heater Week, Jetson dropped some big news. They are bringing a heat pump water heater (HPWH) to market using the same model of vertical integration that they use with heat pump installations, where they procure all…

Electrek 22:34 UTC

They day you get to book an all-electric flight may be closer than you think if Dutch startup Elysian Aircraft gets its way. Their new E9X commercial airliner promises flights that are a whole lot quieter, and at prices that are whole lot…

Electrek 21:11 UTC

Don’t want to pay full price? Used EVs with low miles, like the Hyundai IONIQ 5 and Ford Mustang Mach-E, are selling on the secondhand market for $25,000 or less. more…

Electrek 19:38 UTC

Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) wants to bring back the federal EV tax credit and double it. His new bill, the “21st Century Vehicle Choice Act” (H.R. 10881), would offer up to $15,000 on a new electric vehicle and $8,000 on a used one, and it…

Canary Media 19:00 UTC

The pro-nuclear Trump administration continues to put its money where its mouth is. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a conditional loan commitment of up to $5 billion to boost the output of 15 reactors at eight nuclear…

Electrek 18:00 UTC

Leading our midweek edition is the Halloween Sale from Jackery with up to $2,060 off discounts on power stations that is running for a few days into November and even has extra savings in the form of an online crossword game. One notable…

Electrek 17:15 UTC

Kia’s electric campervan, based on the PV5 , includes two double beds, a 200 W solar panel, and a fully equipped kitchen. more…

PV Magazine 17:00 UTC

New solar developments in Australia increasingly include battery storage, while local experts say retrofits are also on par in number. Government investment offerings specifically recognize the strategy as one of many needed to meet the…

CleanTechnica 16:40 UTC

Boston Dynamics makes those cute little robot dogs that amaze and amuse us in videos like this one. How could anyone possibly object to something so endearing? When it was revealed recently that four of its robot dogs have been acquired by…

Electrek 15:18 UTC

Tesla’s new rocket-shaped Robotaxi service area in Houston includes parts of downtown where the service won’t actually pick you up, according to Ethan McKanna, the creator of Robotaxi Tracker and former Tesla employee. McKanna rode the…

CleanTechnica 15:15 UTC

China spent much of the 2010s electrifying urban bus fleets while most countries were still testing whether battery-electric buses could replace diesel. By the end of 2025, it had 551,400 new-energy urban buses, representing 87.5% of the…

Electrek 15:12 UTC

CATL hit another milestone in its solid-state battery development, advancing to 20 Ah cells. The world’s leading battery maker aims to begin small-scale production in 2027. more…

Electrek 14:28 UTC

Tesla has started hiring in Vietnam, and one of its recruiters says the company is now “officially coming” to the country. The five open roles include a sales manager, a service manager, and a charging project developer. It’s a tough…

Electrek 13:56 UTC

Ford has now produced more than 5,000 large aluminum “unicastings” for the Fathom, its upcoming $28,350 midsize electric pickup, as it fine-tunes the process ahead of a 2027 launch. Each truck gets two of them, front and rear, replacing…

Electrek 13:48 UTC

Most electric motorcycles have something in common: a single-speed transmission. But a British company is preparing to shake things up at this year’s EICMA motorcycle show in Milan, where it will unveil a new electric motorcycle…

CleanTechnica 13:36 UTC

NGOs, civil society and industry call on the European Commission to refrain from reopening the RED legislative framework during the negotiation of the post-2030 energy architecture. Ahead of the Energy Council of 29 October, a group of…

PV Magazine 13:30 UTC

Four utility-scale projects have secured planning permission through the UK government’s pipeline for large infrastructure projects in October, including a co-located plant expected to have 1.12 GW DC installed solar capacity. Great North…

PV Magazine 12:45 UTC

Venture capital investment in solar startups is stabilising in 2026 after dropping to a decade low last year, according to analysis by Avnet Silica . A recent study by the electronics distributor found equity funding into the European…

Electrek 12:34 UTC

A Tesla Semi caught fire on Interstate 880 in Hayward, California, on Tuesday evening, and there was no crash. The electric truck’s lithium-ion battery burned long enough to keep the southbound freeway closed for about 10 hours. The driver…

PV Magazine 12:00 UTC

Researchers in China have developed an acid-free method to recover silver wires from end-of-life aluminum back-surface-field solar cells using a molten mixture of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide (NaOH-KOH). The molten salt etches…

PV Magazine 11:00 UTC

The government of Togo is asking stakeholders to comment on documents covering the development of a large-scale solar project ahead of issuing a competitive tender. The Nangbéto solar PV project, with a planned capacity between 70 MW and…

PV Magazine 10:30 UTC

A research team at Tokyo University of Science in Japan has developed and tested a prototype fixed-speed flywheel energy storage system (FESS). Flywheels store energy as rotational motion and suit short-duration applications that require…

PV Magazine 10:00 UTC

For utility-scale PV plants, DC-side cabling often spans considerable distances, making conductor selection an important factor in overall material costs. SUNKEAN’s copper-to-aluminum jumper solution uses a dedicated transition structure…

Energy Monitor 09:41 UTC

Elgin has outlined plans to invest nearly £400m ($531m) in five new projects across the UK, with a combined capacity of 230MW.

PV Magazine 09:26 UTC

Swedish heat pump manufacturer Qvantum has launched a new air-to-water heat pump designed for multi-residential developments and light commercial buildings. “With a wide operating window, the QA50 is ideal as the primary energy source for…

Canary Media 09:00 UTC

The Trump administration loves coal plants. The rest of us are paying the price in higher electricity bills, poorer health, and worsening climate change. That’s the takeaway of an analysis out today from the Environmental Defense Fund. It…

PV Magazine 09:00 UTC

German startup Exxosqel, a subsidiary of Exxergy , has developed a coating technology designed to improve the mechanical strength of solar glass, enabling the use of thinner glass sheets in photovoltaic modules. Developed in collaboration…

PV Magazine 08:55 UTC

Japanese imaging and electronics company Ricoh has announced plans to begin producing perovskite solar cells in Japan by 2030. The factory will be located at Ricoh Industry Co., Ltd.’s Tohoku site in Shibata, Miyagi prefecture, northern…

PV Magazine 08:45 UTC

Binational hydropower operator Itaipu has presented a study examining the integration of 100 MW to 1,000 MW of solar photovoltaic capacity into Paraguay’s electricity system to meet rising demand and improve grid stability. The research…

PV Magazine 08:34 UTC

Few battery plants connected to Portugal’s transmission grid, or rated at 45 MW or more, must provide grid-forming capability and synthetic inertia under a new regulatory ordinance . Plants of 500 kW or more must also switch automatically…

PV Magazine 08:30 UTC

Researchers in Sweden have investigated how climate change could affect the country’s solar power generation potential throughout the 21st century, aiming to provide more accurate projections of PV output in high-latitude regions. The…

PV Magazine 08:28 UTC

Applications & Installations WA to legalise plug-in solar panels and batteries modelled on German standards In an Australian first, Western Australia is on the path to legalise plug-in solar panels and batteries based on German standards…

PV Magazine 08:24 UTC

Avaada Group has unveiled a 745 W domestic content requirement (DCR)-compliant n-type TOPCon solar module at Renewable Energy India (REI) Expo 2026. The module was unveiled by Heeralal Nagar, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Energy…

PV Magazine 08:15 UTC

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) has officially launched Megawatts for Maryland , a multi-phase competitive auction program aimed at expanding in-state renewable generation and energy storage capacity while putting downward…

PV Magazine 08:00 UTC

A research team from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has investigated the impact of bushfires on PV power generation and long-term module reliability, finding that their effects extend well beyond fire-affected areas. “Using 20…

Energy Monitor 07:39 UTC

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has finalised a $5.1bn loan package for Alliant Energy to support the expansion of power generation.

Electrek 07:32 UTC

Bosch has unveiled the latest generation of its popular Active Line Plus electric bicycle motor, bringing more power, less weight, and a significantly smaller footprint to one of the company’s most widely used drive systems. more…

PV Magazine 07:30 UTC

Enerparc AG has been in provisional insolvency proceedings since early September, following a failed financing process. The proceedings also affect sister companies Pvwerk and Sonnen Tiefbau, which handle project implementation, but not…

Canary Media 07:30 UTC

Heat pumps, superefficient sources of electric heating and cooling, are winners for the climate , air quality , and typically a household’s energy bills. But a common claim cautioning against their widespread adoption in the U.S. is that…

Energy Monitor 07:27 UTC

The US EPA proposed changes to Clean Air Act oil and gas emissions rules, including provisions for marginal wells and associated gas flaring.

PV Magazine 05:00 UTC

Distributed solar generation is gradually moving to the center of India’s energy transition, driven by a growing shortage of land and grid availability for utility-scale solar plants and a policy push for distributed solar. Applications…

CleanTechnica 03:50 UTC

Pedego was one of the earliest companies to see the promise of ebikes and to build them at scale. It sales model was based around developing retail stores hosting both sales and rental options for customers. It was a great option, as it…

CleanTechnica 02:39 UTC

Waymo keeps rolling out robotaxi service in more and more places. With Tesla right on its back, the initial self-driving car company might be pushing even harder in order to keep growing and spreading quickly. Either way, the news today is…

CleanTechnica 02:06 UTC

HARTFORD, Connecticut — Today, Sierra Club Connecticut, local environmental justice leaders, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, and state elected officials hosted a Press Conference on Connecticut’s High Asthma Rates in the…

CleanTechnica 01:16 UTC

Central heat pump water heaters (HPWH) are on the up and up by any way you measure it. These HPWHs heat water for bigger buildings such as apartment complexes, hotels, and grocery stores. More manufacturers are getting into the market and…