June 2025

Every year, the analysts at BNEF — formerly known as Bloomberg New Energy Finance — peer deep into the misty future and attempt to assess where the EV Revolution is headed. This year’s Electric Vehicle Outlook has just been published…

Imagine descending nearly four kilometers into the Earth, where rock walls sear at 60°C and the air is heavy with humidity. Welcome to Mponeng Mine—the world’s deepest underground mine and a marvel of modern engineering and human…

Last Updated on: 18th June 2025, 10:14 pm Great Wall Motors has launched its answer to the BYD Shark in Australia — the Canon Alpha EREV (Extended Range Electric Vehicle). The ute (light truck) market in Australia is huge. In May…

On April 28, 2025, the Iberian Peninsula experienced a dramatic blackout. At exactly 12:33:30, a cascading failure disconnected the grids of Spain and Portugal from the wider European electricity system, plunging millions into…

If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em It is not a secret for anyone that China has been rising as the uncontestable EV leader globally. Competition is arising in Europe and South Korea (mainly thanks to relatively protected markets and…

In a landmark report released this month, Global Energy Monitor reveals that converting recently closed and soon-to-be-retired coal mines into solar farms could boost global solar capacity by nearly 300 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 — a 15%…

After months of posturing, standoffs, and closed-door edits, the Senate crypto bill passed, AKA the GENIUS Act. It is the first real attempt at regulatory framework targeting stablecoins. The final vote came in at 68 to 30, a rare show of…

No doubt about it, the abrupt shift in federal energy policy will put a serious crimp in the US solar energy industry unless Congress decides otherwise. Still, where there’s a will there’s a way. Energy consumers in the US continue…

No topic is more contentious in crypto than Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). In just 12 months, the number of countries exploring a central bank digital currency has ballooned from around 35 to at least 81, and likely higher as new…

Aave and CoinDesk Indices are launching CDOR, an onchain benchmark for stablecoin interest rates, starting with USDT and USDC. Built on Aave V3 data, CDOR could redefine DeFi, mirroring SOFR in TradFi. The United States is keen on ensuring…