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Home EV Charging Revolution: Government Axes Red Tape to Help Millions Without Driveways

Home EV Charging Revolution: Government Axes Red Tape to Help Millions Without Driveways

Red Tape Axed for Kerbside Charging In a bid to accelerate the electric vehicle revolution, the UK government announced it is overhauling planning laws to help drivers without off-street parking charge at home. Ministers plan to scrap the requirement for planning permission before fitting a “cross-pavement charging gully” outside one’s homeelectrifying.com. These narrow covered channels let a charging cable run safely under the sidewalk from a home power outlet to a car at the curb, without creating a trip hazardautocar.co.ukautocar.co.uk. Currently, homeowners with driveways can install a charger on their property freely, but those who park on the street must
30 October 2025
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Fossil‑Free Steel Breakthrough: Vattenfall Builds World’s First Green Dam Gate

Fossil‑Free Steel Breakthrough: Vattenfall Builds World’s First Green Dam Gate

Dam Gate Goes Green: Vattenfall & SSAB’s World-First Collaboration In a landmark for clean technology, Vattenfall has ordered 120 tonnes of fossil-free steel from SSAB to build a replacement dam gate at the Stornorrfors hydropower plant in northern Swedenenergy-pedia.com. Announced in late October 2025, the agreement marks the world’s first attempt to use virtually carbon-neutral steel in a large-scale infrastructure component. “Vattenfall and SSAB are now taking a big step forward in the development of fossil-free value chains,” said Lovisa Fricot Norén, CEO of Vattenfall’s Nordic hydro power unitenergy-pedia.com. The project deepens a partnership formed in 2023 between the power company
29 October 2025
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Plug Power Stock Skyrocketed 170% on Hydrogen Hype – Now It’s Sliding: Can PLUG Rebound?

Plug Power Stock Rockets on Hydrogen Hype: 170% Rally Driven by New Deals

Hydrogen Partnerships and Projects This week’s news flow highlights Plug Power’s expanding footprint in clean energy. On Oct. 23 the company announced it had outfitted Floor & Decor’s large Washington distribution center with a complete hydrogen ecosystem – 77 GenDrive fuel-cell forklifts plus on-site fueling – replacing diesel equipment with zero-emissions powerir.plugpower.com. “This partnership with Floor & Decor showcases the proven reliability and performance of our GenDrive systems in demanding retail distribution environments,” said Plug CEO Andy Marshir.plugpower.com. The system is expected to eliminate ~400 metric tons of CO₂e per year at the facility. In the same announcement, Plug revealed
23 October 2025
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Oklo Stock Soars 500% on $2B Nuclear Fuel Deal – Breakthrough or Bubble?

Oklo Stock Soars 500% on $2B Nuclear Fuel Deal – Breakthrough or Bubble?

Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) is a California-based advanced nuclear startup whose stock has surged about 500–650% in 2025 finviz.com ts2.tech. It went public via a SPAC with Sam Altman’s AltC Acquisition in May 2024, raising ~$306 million oklo.com reuters.com. In mid-October 2025 Oklo announced a major fuel partnership: Europe’s newcleo will invest up to $2 billion (with Sweden’s Blykalla as a potential co-investor) to build advanced nuclear fuel factories in the U.S. oklo.com investorsobserver.com. The company has also inked 20-year power purchase agreements to supply clean power to oil producer Diamondback Energy (50 MW) and data-center firm Wyoming Hyperscale (100 MW) datacenterfrontier.com oklo.com.
22 October 2025
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Bahrain’s First Solar Power Plant: 150MW Tender to Power 6,300 Homes & Slash 100,000t CO₂

Bahrain’s First Solar Power Plant: 150MW Tender to Power 6,300 Homes & Slash 100,000t CO₂

First Ever Saudi-Funded Solar Tender in Bahrain Bahrain’s EWA formally launched the tender on Oct. 16, 2025 for the kingdom’s first utility-scale PV plant renewablesnow.com. President Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed called it “one of the most prominent strategic projects” for Bahrain’s clean energy push renewablesnow.com. The detailed tender documents specify a Bilaj Al Jazayer Solar IPP of at least 100 MWac (150 MWdc), allowing scale up to the originally announced 150 MW. Bids from experienced developers are due by Dec 28, 2025 taiyangnews.info. The winning bidder will sign a long-term power purchase/operation deal under a Build-Own-Operate (BOO) model pv-tech.org taiyangnews.info. In practice, the private
22 October 2025
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Valletta Goes Green: MSC Cruises Powers Up Emission-Free Port Calls

Valletta Goes Green: MSC Cruises Powers Up Emission-Free Port Calls

MSC’s Shore-Power Milestone in Valletta During Malta’s GreenPort Congress (Oct 15–17, 2025), MSC Cruises held a ceremony celebrating two ships plugging into the new high-voltage shore-power lines at Valletta’s Grand Harbour. On Oct 15 MSC World Europa (a 205,700 GT LNG-powered mega-ship) connected to the grid, and on Oct 16 EXPLORA II (MSC’s luxury Explora brand) did the same mscpressarea.com crew-center.com. This is the first time MSC has achieved consecutive-day shore-power hookups, and makes Explora II the first vessel of its brand to use shoreside electricity in Europe mscpressarea.com crew-center.com. MSC reports its ships have now used Valletta’s shore power
21 October 2025
Hanwha Ocean’s High-Stakes Turnaround: Shares Drop on China Sanctions – But New Submarine & Green Ship Deals Light the Way

Hanwha Ocean’s High-Stakes Turnaround: Shares Drop on China Sanctions – But New Submarine & Green Ship Deals Light the Way

Market Reaction & China Sanctions On Oct. 14, Chinese authorities banned Chinese entities from working with five Hanwha Ocean subsidiaries in the U.S. (including its Philadelphia shipyard and related firms)reuters.com. Beijing accused these affiliates of “assisting… U.S. investigative activities” that threatened China’s securityreuters.com. The move was widely seen as retaliation in the broader U.S.–China maritime trade dispute. Hanwha Ocean’s share price in Seoul instantly slid about 9% intraday, closing roughly 6% lower on Oct. 14apnews.com. (Peer HD Hyundai Heavy also fell over 4%reuters.com.) Hanwha Ocean reacted by saying it is “closely reviewing” the potential business impact of the Chinese measures.
14 October 2025
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Aqua Metals (AQMS) Set to Explode on Battery-Recycling Breakthroughs? Insider Report Shakes EV Supply Chains

Aqua Metals (AQMS) Set to Explode on Battery-Recycling Breakthroughs? Insider Report Shakes EV Supply Chains

Business Model & Strategy Aqua Metals is an early‑stage recycling technology company. It developed AquaRefining originally for lead batteries and is now focusing on lithium‑ion battery recycling. The company’s strategy is to build and operate recycling facilities (like its “Sierra ARC” campus) and to license its proprietary systems to others. AquaRefining uses modular units that run at room temperature using electricity and aqueous chemistry 6kinc.com sustainablebusinessmagazine.net. This avoids the high heat and polluting chemicals of conventional smelting. In Aqua Metals’ own words, it has a “commercially proven sustainable, closed‑loop metal recycling process” capable of yielding the purest metals aquametals.com. The
14 October 2025
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Rivian’s $5 Billion Georgia EV Megaplant: A Bold Gamble to Outdrive Tesla, Ford & More

Rivian’s EV Gamble: $5B Factory Bet and Tax Credit Cliff – Stock Poised to Explode or Crash?

Stock Price & Recent Performance Rivian’s stock climbed steadily in mid-2025 as production efficiencies and partnerships were announced, but has pulled back sharply since late Sept. It hit a multi-month high (~$15.50) around Sept 26investing.com, then plunged ~7% on Oct 2 to about $13.5 on heavy volumets2.techinvesting.com. This coincided with the Q3 delivery report and lowered guidance that dayts2.techreuters.com. By Oct 10 the stock was around $12.80investing.com, down ~3% over the prior week and ~18% from September highs. Over the past year RIVN is up roughly 37%ts2.tech, reflecting earlier optimism. However, recent daily charts show five straight down days (as
13 October 2025
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Recycling Stock Mania: One & One Green (YDDL) Soars 100% After Nasdaq Debut – Is This Green Tech Gem Real or Hype?

Recycling Stock Mania: One & One Green (YDDL) Soars 100% After Nasdaq Debut – Is This Green Tech Gem Real or Hype?

Company Overview One & One Green Technologies (YDDL) is a Philippines-headquartered recycling company. It describes itself as “a waste materials and scrap metal recycling company” that processes discarded electronics and industrial scrap into reusable materials globenewswire.com. Through its Philippine units, it “engages in the recycling, production, and trading of scrap metals” globenewswire.com. Crucially, One & One holds a government-issued license to import hazardous waste (which few recyclers have) and can process ~300,000 tons annually globenewswire.com. The raw waste (plastic, metals, etc.) is melted or processed into products – e.g. copper-alloy ingots, aluminum scrap, tin, zinc and iron – that are
10 October 2025
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Rate Cut Fever, Crypto Records & Tariff Turmoil: August 2025’s Global Business Bombshells

Europe’s First DC Power Bridge to Africa + Fresh €55m for Tunisian SMEs: What Italy–Tunisia’s ELMED Cable and New Credit Line Mean for Growth, Jobs and Energy Prices

Key facts (what’s new & why it matters) The in‑depth report 1) What just happened? Prysmian’s award signals ELMED has moved from paperwork to execution. The regulated disclosure shows Prysmian and the TSOs finalized the tender, with a conditional contract that “could reach a value of around €460 million.” It confirms the Partanna–Mlaabi route and details installation with the Monna Lisa vessel. emarketstorage.it Two days earlier, von der Leyen framed ELMED as a strategic Global Gateway flagship: “the first direct current link between Europe and Africa,” a physical energy bridge to accelerate a North Africa–EU “Green Corridor” for clean industry and hydrogen. Agenzia Nova In parallel, Italy activated “Linea di Credito 55”—a targeted, concessional €55 m facility
26 September 2025
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Battle of the EV Charging Standards: Tesla’s NACS vs. CCS2 vs. CHAdeMO – Who Will Rule the Roads in 2025?

Helios vs. Tesla: Inside the Solar-Powered EV Charging Platform Shaking Up the Industry

Helios Charging’s Clean Energy Platform Explained Helios Charging is positioning itself as a clean energy disruptor in EV infrastructure, blending renewable power and fintech-like innovation into EV charging. Announced in Denver on Sept. 15, 2025, Helios’s new platform is essentially an online marketplace for funding EV charging stations and solar projects oilprice.com. It connects accredited investors (think corporations or high-net-worth individuals) with project opportunities that need capital – for example, installing a bank of EV fast chargers at a shopping center, or building a solar-covered charging hub on a highway. In return for funding these developments, investors receive tax equity
16 September 2025
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Tariffs, Tesla and a Twitter Hack: Top Tech News from July 14–15, 2025

2025’s Best Electric Vehicles: Top Cars, SUVs & Trucks Leading the Charge in the U.S.

Key Highlights Introduction: The Electric Vehicle Boom of 2025 Electric vehicles have truly gone mainstream in 2025. Nearly every automaker now offers consumer-focused EVs in the U.S., from sedans and crossovers to pickup trucks and even minivans. There are more models on sale than ever – about 149 EV models as of early 2025 autosinnovate.org – and they’re not just niche compliance cars or luxury toys. American brands like Tesla, Ford, GM, and Rivian have rapidly expanded their electric lineups, and international marques (Tesla aside) from Hyundai and Kia to Volkswagen, BMW, and Nissan are selling popular EVs stateside. This
1 September 2025
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Beyond Lithium: The Future EV Batteries That Deliver 932 Miles of Range and Charge in Just 5 Minutes

Beyond Lithium: The Future EV Batteries That Deliver 932 Miles of Range and Charge in Just 5 Minutes

CATL’s Shenxing fast-charge battery can add 520 km of range in 5 minutes on a 1.3 MW charger, enabled by a 12C charging rate. CATL’s automotive-grade sodium-ion battery “Naxtra” delivers 175 Wh/kg energy density and 10,000+ cycles, with mass production slated for end-2025, plus safety tests showing no fires under cutting, crushing, or puncturing and cold-weather performance retaining about 90% capacity at -30°C with 30–80% charging in 30 minutes. CATL’s “Freevoy” dual-chemistry pack combines two cell chemistries to achieve over 1,500 km (932 miles) of range in testing. A lithium-sulfur prototype with a platinum catalyst demonstrated 92% capacity retention after
29 July 2025
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Renewable Revolution 2025: Game-Changing Innovations in Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Bioenergy & Hydropower

Renewable Revolution 2025: Game-Changing Innovations in Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Bioenergy & Hydropower

Perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells achieved about 29% efficiency on commercial-size cells, exceeding traditional silicon panels. Bifacial solar panels boost energy yields by up to 30% in reflective environments such as snow or sand. Floating solar farms can raise output by roughly 15% due to water cooling of the panels. Covering 10% of the world’s reservoirs with floating solar could yield about 20 TW of capacity, roughly 20 times today’s global solar capacity. Offshore wind turbines now reach 15–18 MW per turbine, enabling major capacity gains in deep waters. Floating offshore wind pilots have been launched by Norway, France, and Japan,
10 July 2025
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Green Technology Trends 2025: Clean Energy and Electric Vehicles (June 27th, 2025)

Green Technology Trends 2025: Clean Energy and Electric Vehicles (June 27th, 2025)

In the first five months of 2025, China added 198 GW of solar and 46 GW of wind, including a May surge of 93 GW solar and 26 GW wind, lifting total solar capacity to 1,080 GW. A June 2025 federal court overturned the freeze on the NEVI program, unfrozing about $1 billion in charging funding across 14 states. By May 2025, global EV sales reached 7.2 million, up 28% year over year. BYD Auto became the world’s top seller of battery electric vehicles in Q1 2025, with a 39% surge in sales and overtaking Tesla. LG Energy Solution began
28 June 2025
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Stock Market Today

TSMC stock price jumps 5% as AI capex bets return — what to watch before Taiwan opens

8 February 2026
Taipei, Feb 8, 2026, 07:54 (GMT+8) — Market closed Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s U.S.-listed shares jumped 5.5% on Friday, ending at $348.85 as the chip sector snapped back late in the week. (MarketWatch) The bounce matters now because the “AI trade” has been whipsawed by doubts over whether heavy spending will translate into profits, and chip stocks have become the quickest read on that mood. On Friday, the PHLX semiconductor index — a gauge of major U.S. chip shares — closed up 5.7% as Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom led gains. “There’s enough evidence that there’s real demand for AI products
Deutsche Telekom stock slips despite fresh buyback — what matters before earnings

Deutsche Telekom stock slips despite fresh buyback — what matters before earnings

8 February 2026
Deutsche Telekom shares fell 1.1% to 30.26 euros Friday, despite the company repurchasing 250,873 shares for about 7.63 million euros on Xetra. The drop came as European stocks rose and T-Mobile US shares slipped 2.2%. Deutsche Telekom’s 2025 results are due Feb. 26. The company has completed its 2025 buyback and launched a new 2 billion euro programme for 2026.
Airbus stock price ends higher near 191 euros as January deliveries slow, earnings loom

Airbus stock price ends higher near 191 euros as January deliveries slow, earnings loom

8 February 2026
Airbus shares rose 0.94% to 191.30 euros Friday as the company reported 19 aircraft deliveries in January, down from 25 a year earlier. Supply chain bottlenecks remain an issue, with executives at the Singapore Airshow calling delays “unacceptable.” Jefferies kept a Neutral rating and a 215-euro price target. Airbus will report full-year 2025 results on Feb. 19.
Banco Santander stock heads into Monday after Friday bounce as buyback and Webster deal loom

Banco Santander stock heads into Monday after Friday bounce as buyback and Webster deal loom

8 February 2026
Banco Santander shares closed up 1.85% at €10.66 in Madrid Friday after launching a €5.03 billion buyback and agreeing to acquire U.S. lender Webster Financial for $12.2 billion. Santander said its board will review the 2025 cash dividend proposal on Feb. 24. The bank also raised its UK motor finance redress provision to £461 million amid regulatory uncertainty.
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