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Mer, the EV charging division of Statkraft (🇳🇴), is selling parts of its portfolio across Europe. In Germany, the company car charging division is being transferred to Lichtblick, which intends to focus fully on ‘Durchleitung’ (the transit model) there - which streamlines home charging.
https:/…

Psycho killer corp but make it EU®opean.
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-germany-want-to-develop-a-palantir-rival/

France, Germany vow to develop Palantir rival
A top NATO commander said recently there was no real European alternative.

An Almost Incomparable ‘Princely’ Tomb of Ancient Celtic Noble Found in Germany https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/an-almost-incomparable-princely-tomb-of-ancient-celtic-noble-found-in-germany/

#today on way to #GreenMan #GreenMan2026 with a bunch of friends.

from my link log —
Qalculate time hacks.
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/qalculate-time-hacks.html
saved 2026-07-17

German insurance giant Munich Re agrees to acquire cyber insurance provider At-Bay for $575M; At-Bay has raised $276M and was last valued at $1.35B in 2021 (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/3icwf2pbx

Munich Re to acquire Israeli startup At-Bay for $575 million
The German insurance giant is buying the cyber insurtech at less than half its 2021 valuation, as insurers increasingly seek to combine coverage with technology that can prevent cyber losses.

Yet another snag for Dutch government's struggle to get new nuclear power plants built: the preferred location turns out to be in Groningen, a province that explicitly doesn't want them.
https://nos.nl/l/2619355

Eemshaven in Groningen toch weer in beeld voor nieuwe kerncentrales
De provincie was beloofd dat de kerncentrales in Zeeland zouden komen. Het kabinet spreekt van een dilemma.

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“Vertrouwen probeerde te sussen, ze zei ‘het is slechts een rapportje van de netbeheerder en niet van de politiek’, en ‘hier zijn diepe lades voor uitgevonden’, en ‘dit gaan ze echt niet doen’. Ze voelde zelf ook wel dat het er niet meer toe deed.”

Kerncentrale? Geef het een jaar en ‘iedereen’ vindt dat ze in Groningen niet zo emotioneel moeten doen

Sources: China is restricting or delaying exports to Taiwan of germanium- and quartz-based materials used in fiber optics, photonics, and chip manufacturing (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/supply-chain/exc…

Exclusive: China slows exports of key optical, aerospace metals to Taiwan
Germanium- and quartz-based materials as well as some magnets affected, sources say