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Europeans are transforming their driveways and patios into mini solar farms, bringing the continent closer to a “cheaper, more secure” energy system. https://iono.fm/e/1736634 Read out more here: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/18/every-sunny-surface-is-being-put-to-work-europeans-transforming-their-homes-with-solar-dri

Renoa, an alternative fiber developed by a startup called Everbloom, could bring the cashmere experience, via a substitute material, to more products and people. https://iono.fm/e/1736143 Find out more about it here: https://techcrunch.com/2026/11/01/heres-what-renoa-the-first-new-fiber-in-25-years-feels-like/

The world's solar power is crossing a threshold. A decade ago, it barely registered on a global scale, providing just 1% of the world's power. In 2026, it will almost certainly increase to 10% of power, and overtake nuclear, a mainstay of electricity since the late 1970s. https://iono.fm/e/1735803 Read more here: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20261023-how-solar-became-bigger-than-nuclear

Sales of new energy vehicles in South Africa for the first nine months of this year have exceeded the total for 2025, industry body naamsa said on Monday. https://iono.fm/e/1735401 Read more here: https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2026/south-africas-ev-sales-this-year-race-past-last-years-total

Katoen Natie has put two all-electric mobile harbour cranes into service at the Port of Antwerp, with four more joining them across three deep-sea multipurpose terminals. The completed fleet will include four 200-tonne cranes and two 150-tonne machines, with paired lifting capacity reaching 400 tonnes. Katoen Natie expects the six cranes to displace as much as 500,000 litres of diesel annually once they’re operating. https://iono.fm/e/1734955 Find out more here: https://cleantechnica.com/2026/10/31/antwerp-electric-mobile-harbour-cranes/

Scientists discovered that dying corals can recover in record time simply by touching healthy clones, opening a promising new path to saving threatened reefs. https://iono.fm/e/1734532 Find out more here: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261017230025.htm

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved USD 140 million (EUR 124m) in catalytic financing for Climate Investor Three (CI3), a global blended finance facility of Climate Fund Managers that is focused on industrial decarbonihttps://iono.fm/e/1733880sation. https://iono.fm/e/1733880 More information can be found here: https://renewablesnow.com/news/gcf-to-provide-usd-140m-for-decarbonisation-funds-in-s-africa-namibia-1303868/  

US startup, Reflect Orbital, which has an almost sci-fi aim to launch 50,000 satellites into space in the next decade to illuminate parts of the world at night, recently imitated reflection of sun from mirrors, prompting pushback from some scientists, environmentalists and California locals. https://iono.fm/e/1733445 Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/california-sunlight-space-mirrors-satellites

The iron and steel industries are among the biggest polluters in the world. Plenty of startups have tried to cut the industry’s emissions, mostly by developing new ways to make the metals. Helix Carbon thinks those startups have been going about it all wrong. https://iono.fm/e/1733009 Find out more here: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/13/helix-carbon-makes-iron-cheaper-by-upcycling-blast-furnace-pollution-see-how-at-techcrunch-disrupt/