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E.ON Expands Dutch EV Charging Network with Acquisition of Catom Infrastructure
European energy company E.ON has strengthened its position in the Dutch electric vehicle charging market by acquiring a network of charging facilities from Catom, a Netherlands-based fuel distribution and trading company. The infrastructure was previously part of BP's operations in the country before Catom acquired BP's Dutch fuel retail and EV charging business in 2025.
E.ON buys former BP Pulse EV charging network in Netherlands from Catom
E.ON has acquired the charging business from national fuel distribution and trading company Catom, which acquired BP’s petrol station and EV charging business last year. schedule1 Min Read Essent will be the customer-facing brand, while E.ON Drive Infrastructure will own and operate the chargers. Power group E.ON has acquired an EV charging portfolio in the Netherlands that was formerly part of oil and gas major BP’s Dutch network.
Renault and EDF partner to offer V2G consumer solutions in France
The partnership between Renault and EDF will handle the sale and installation of home charging stations, charging optimisation and developing new energy services. schedule2 Min Read The partnership will focus on scaling V2G in France. Automotive OEM Renault and power firm and utility EDF are partnering to develop smart charging solutions and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology in France.
FET #81: Debunking all the arguments in favour of Australia’s superannuation system
The debate about super is heating up again. Pauline Hanson announced in September that One Nation’s policy is to allow renters or mortgage holders to keep 3% of their salary out of superannuation to spend now, making them put away 9% instead of 12% in their retirement account. With regular co-host Jonathan Gadir, we discuss all the arguments put forward by the panicking media mob about why letting people spend their money when they earn it is bad.
Are Brisbane's character protections killing housing affordability?
Housing affordability and construction productivity are two of the most debated topics in our industry today. But are we missing some fundamentals? I will be speaking at this event about fundamental economic issues in our understanding of construction productivity and its apparent decline. Book here. Use code LAW15 for a 15% FET supporter discount.
FET #80: Why are the experts now speaking up about Artificial Intelligence (AI) risks?
In the past few weeks, some of the world’s leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) experts have spoken up about the risks of letting AI models loose. Whether that is hijacking our heavily connected communications and infrastructure systems or triggering further geopolitical conflict, handing over decision-making to a tool that lacks human reasoning poses risks that are hard for us to even contemplate. A group of experts has started pushing for a treaty to limit such risks with their AI 2040 Plan.
Oxford helps keep the Great Miami River clean
On Sep. 19, volunteers across southwestern Ohio and southeastern Indiana participated in the annual Clean Sweep of the Great Miami River Watershed event. A watershed is the land area around a natural body of water where rainwater and snowfall accumulate and flow into creeks, rivers or lakes. When trash is left in the Great Miami River watershed, it often ends up accumulating in the river itself, potentially harming the wildlife that call the river home.
One man, one year, two hundred birds
At the beginning of the year, Harrison Shupe set a goal: to observe and identify 200 unique bird species in Ohio before Dec. 31. On Aug. 31, he found his 201st. Shupe, a first-year masters student in the Department of Biology, only began studying the invasive European starling this fall, but his interest in birds has been a lifelong passion.
Ignore all the ways housing is supplied and you will always find a shortage Original
A new paper by Schuyler Louie, John Mondragon, Rami Najjar, and Johannes Wieland (LMNW for short) makes a point I have made many times before—housing is not a one-dimensional product where extra demand translates into extra quantity of homogeneous units of things called dwellings.
FET #79: Welfare for the well-off costs Australians over $20 billion a year! Henry Williams explains how to fix it
Henry Williams is the Director of Policy at a new Melbourne-based think tank called Policy Institute Australia. They have done detailed analysis of how to tweak Australia’s welfare system to provide for those in need, rather than giving away billions to high-wealth households. It is all in their report called “Home truths: The case for rebalancing toward better means testing”.
The ageing ‘crisis’ has not and will not happen
This article was provided by a third-party and the opinions expressed here are the author’s. Morningstar values diversity of thought and publishes a broad range of viewpoints. I have written many times about why fears about ageing are misplaced. For starters, we have panicked about it for a century. Also, the reality is that we aren’t adding extra old years at the end of life. Instead, we are stretching out our entire lives. We work to older ages, but start work later, too.
Explainer: How the Visa System Affects Net Overseas Migration (NOM)
A lesson from the past few weeks of public debate in Australia is that even those who are most passionate about immigration don’t seem to understand how the design of the visa system affects Net Overseas Migration (NOM). This Explainer is to help those who want to learn. Ground Rules: Land and Housing Economics for Professionals Don’t forget to put that professional development budget to work with upcoming FET workshops in Sydney and Melbourne.
The ageing ‘crisis’ has not and will not happen
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Sydney and Melbourne workshops: Land and Housing Economics for Professionals
This week, an announcement. After the successful Ground Rules: Land and Housing Economics for Professionals workshop in Brisbane in June, I have opened up two more workshop events in Sydney and Melbourne in November 2026. The workshop is an intensive event with activities, class simulations, and plenty of participation. Held over two days. Catered. Workbook and materials supplied. It is challenging but fun.
How much super should you have?
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Retiring from work is easy, retiring into life is harder
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Right asset class, wrong index: the trap in Australian small caps
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How passive investing is driving the decline of active fund alpha
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Housing supply is not new housing production
This is Part 3 of a four-part series coming to FET that I hope will become a reference point for understanding key concepts related to housing production. Why a feasible change of use is different from commercial feasibility How prices determine the cost of building new homes via choices of density and quality Housing supply is not new housing production Why landbanking is a normal market outcome of balancing present and future housing Interested in learning more?
Australian supermarket chain Coles to roll out EV charging across network
Evie Networks and Coles are together deploying fast DC charging at up to 30 sites across Australia over the next two years. schedule2 Min Read A Coles location. Australian supermarket chain Coles has partnered with chargepoint operator Evie Networks to roll out EV charging across its network. Evie Networks and Coles are together deploying fast DC charging at up to 30 sites across Australia over the next two years.
Aziz Sunderji makes housing Great Again
I sat down last week for a long conversation with Aziz Sunderji, data wizard and author of the Home Economics Substack. Subscribe to Aziz now. You won’t regret it. With a background in banking and finance, Aziz comes to the question of housing with a focus on asset pricing and investment incentives. This means he diverges from much of the public policy conversation that merely assumes home prices should always be lower, but planning regulations and zoning are in the way.
Home prices don't follow costs. Costs follow prices.
This is Part 2 of a four-part series coming to FET that I hope will become a reference point for understanding key concepts related to housing production. Why a feasible change of use is different from commercial feasibility How prices determine the construction cost of building new homes via choices of density and quality Housing supply is not new housing production Why landbanking is a normal market outcome of balancing present and future housing Interested in learning more?
Finland: Plugit buys Helen's EV charging network
Plugit will take on 199 public charging stations and 798 charging points as part of the deal, primarily in or near the capital Helsinki. schedule2 Min Read Helen has built one of the largest EV charging networks in the capital Helsinki. Finnish EV service provider Plugit has acquired the charging business of utility Helen, comprising nearly 800 charging points. Plugit will take on 199 public charging stations and 798 charging points as part of the deal, primarily in or near the capital Helsinki.
Why change-of-use feasiblity is not the same as commercial feasibility
This is Part 1 of a four-part series coming to FET that I hope will become a reference point for understanding key concepts related to housing production. Why a feasible change of use is different from commercial feasibility How prices determine the construction cost of building new homes via choices of density and quality Housing supply is not new housing production Why landbanking is a normal market outcome of balancing present and future housing Interested in learning more?
FET #78: Reddit finance discovers superannuation's failures, plus Reddit responses and a note on One Nation
Regular co-host Jonathan Gadir encounters a heated debate on the AusFinance subreddit about the merits of Australia’s superannuation system, something Cameron often raises. Also, we comment on the emergence of culture within subreddits and respond to some of the comments on Reddit about Cameron’s work. The rise of Pauline Hanson and One Nation becomes somehow relevant to the whole conversation too! Enjoy this chat and leave a comment with your thoughts.
Productivity Commission given two months to solve housing supply, again.
Australia’s Productivity Commission (PC) is an in-house economic research group for the federal government. They run inquiries into matters referred to them by politicians, and respond with sensible policy comments and recommendations. At the end of May, Treasurer Jim Chalmers asked them to look into Housing Supply Regulation. Those wishing to make a submission to the inquiry were given three weeks to do so, and the PC is expected to report their findings a month after that.
The Marginal Cost Controversy and its missing solution
In the 1940s, there was a heated academic debate in economics, now referred to as the marginal cost controversy. It is still relevant today. Just last week, I read a paper that had to make assumptions about marginal cost and price, which showed me that the controversy is far from resolved. And indeed, the controversy is very much alive when it comes to the price of land and housing (as I explained here).
Statkraft's Mer exits UK EV fleet charging
The company, part of Norwegian state-owned power group Statkraft, said the transaction reflects its focused ‘pure public strategy’ in the Nordics, Germany and Austria. It follows the company selling its public EV charging business earlier this year, to chargepoint operator Be.EV. EV fleeting charging solutions provider Mer has divested its UK business via a management buyout.
FET #77: What's the modern monetary theory (MMT) view on inflation and the interest burden of public debt?
Friend of the show Mike Fellman joins me to chat about all things macroeconomic. We pick up on a previous conversation I had with Moses Sternstein about the interest burden from public debt. Mike has a deep understanding of bond markets, macro policy, and money.
Hampshire County Council Appoints Believ for Major Public EV Charging Rollout
Hampshire County Council has awarded Believ a contract to deploy 17,180 public electric vehicle charge points across the county, in what the charge point operator says is the largest Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) contract signed to date. The programme will be supported by a £6.6 million LEVI grant from the UK government, while Believ is expected to provide the majority of the funding, with an investment of around £90 million.
UK county selects Believ to deploy 17,180 public EV chargers in US$120 million investment
The Council has signed the contract for the 17,180 chargers under the UK government's Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) programme. Councillor Kirsty North (left) celebrating the agreement. Hampshire County Council in the UK has selected EV chargepoint operator (CPO) Believ to deliver over 17,000 public chargers partially using public funding. The Council has signed the contract for the 17,180 chargers under the UK government's Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) programme.
InCharge Energy raises US$46 million to expand beyond EV charging in North America
The strategic funding, led by S2G and participated in by QIC, will help InCharge expand beyond EV charging into broader energy solutions including electrical infrastructure and distributed energy resources (DERs). The company will use the funds to expand beyond EV charging. EV charging solutions firm InCharge Energy has secured US$46 million in funding from investors S2G Investments and QIC.
Where do I send the guy with the gun? That's the question to ask to help think clearly about taxes and cut through the nonsense
Post-budget, there has been a lot of fuss in Australia’s media about taxes. Today, I want to experiment with simply sharing a few concepts that help me think coherently about taxation as an economist, and where the confusion and blind spots are in the taxation discourse.
FET #76: Moses Sternstein on the housing shortage myth, demographics, and debt
Moses Sterstein runs the terrific Random Walk substack. I stumbled across his creative insights a couple of years ago when someone sent me an article he wrote about the mythical housing shortage. Since then, I have kept track of his views on evolving macro-economic and demographic trends.
BMW and Solarwatt partner for vehicle-to-home in Germany, Austria and Netherlands
The collaboration means that BMW’s recently launched vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capable infrastructure can be integrated into Solarwatt’s energy management system (EMS), which controls and optimises energy flows in households. The collaboration combines BMW's V2G and V2H-capable EV infrastructure with Solarwatt's home EMS platform.
Application of the Maturity Method to Belitic Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement Concrete
Get full access to this article View all available purchase options and get full access to this article. Data Availability Statement The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Acknowledgments The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to Dr. Anton K. Schindler for his invaluable guidance and insightful feedback throughout the course of this research.
BESS-plus-EV charging reaches 1GWh in major markets; China plans 10GWh rollout
That’s according to a recent report from market intelligence firm BloombergNEF’s Energy Storage Outlook H1 2026 report. A 258-port charging park in China, deployed by Shell and BYD in 2023. China will drive BESS-plus-EV charging in future. The capacity of BESS paired with EV charging in China, France, the US and the UK has reached nearly 1GWh, while China looks set to deploy over 10GWh more.
MN8 and California utility SJCE agree toll for 40 fast chargers
The deal sees MN8 design, finance, build, own, and operate the charging ports for which SJCE will pay it under a fixed fee structure. SJCE will retain control over branding and retail pricing. The deal includes 20 charging ports in areas with little access to public EV infrastructure. EV, BESS and solar solutions firm MN8 has agreed a toll with utility San Jose Clean Energy (SJCE) for 40 direct-current fast-charging (DCFC) ports across five California cities.
Why do these housing charts look like a banana?
Here is a housing chart that looks like a banana. In this post, I will show you some more banana charts and explain the economic reasons why such patterns are common but often misinterpreted. Here’s anotherbanana chart that was recently popular in housing circles. It was interpreted to mean that faster housing permit rates cause lower monthly rents. Here’s one plotting the gross yield and purchase price of rental properties.
Three housing charts that will make you smarter
Don’t forget about the upcoming Land & Housing Economics Workshop I am hosting in Brisbane in June. There is ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT to get your discounted early bird prices. Tickets are here, and the event flyer with full details is below. Ground Rules Workshop Details 2MB ∙ PDF file I have previously explained that the wage price index published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) should not be used as a proxy for personal or household incomes. But it keeps happening.
How to get a decent public return from Australia's gas resources-A 25% export tax? Or something else?
Have you heard that Norway taxes their gas at 78% of profits, but Australia’s offshore gas pays next to nothing in terms of royalties or resource-specific payments? Yes, Australia has a Petroleum Resources Rent Tax (PRRT), which is meant to do the job of Norway’s oil and gas taxes. But it never seems to raise much in revenue, despite recent global gas price booms. My mates at The Australia Institute (TAI) and Konrad at Punters’ Politics have been banging the drum about this for years.
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Arevon, BPP, Energy Vault Advance BESS Projects
Energy storage development in the U.S. continues to accelerate, as Arevon Energy, Banpu Power and Energy Vault collectively announced new battery energy storage system (BESS) projects totaling 1,550MWh across California and Texas. Courtesy: Photo by Антон Дмитриев on Unsplash The announcements coincide with the Energy Storage Summit 2026 in Dallas, highlighting continued momentum in two of the nation’s most active energy storage markets.
Lamborghini CEO blames ‘disappointing’ EV charging infrastructure for all-electric model failure
CEO Stephan Winkelmann made the claim in a recent interview with Fortune, ahead of the full-year earnings release for its parent company Volkswagen, last week. The Lanzador was set to be the company's first all-electric model, but is no longer being developed. The CEO of luxury automotive OEM Lamborghini Stephan Winkelmann has said that part of failure of its all-electric model was a widespread lack of adequate EV charging infrastructure.
New Zealand government backs 2,500+ public EV charger rollout with zero-interest loans
The government has partnered with chargepoint operator ChargeNet and state-owned energy company Meridian Energy for the deployment of the chargers. The news was announced by Transport Minister Chris Bishop and Energy & Climate Change Minister Simon Watts today. The government of New Zealand has committed to doubling the number of public EV chargers around the country with zero-interest loans.
So, about that "housing shortage"...
The so-called housing shortage, which plays such a great role in the press nowadays, does not consist in the fact that the working class generally lives in bad, overcrowded and unhealthy dwellings. This shortage is not something peculiar to the present; it is not even one of the sufferings peculiar to the modern proletariat in contradistinction to all earlier oppressed classes. On the contrary, all oppressed classes in all periods suffered more or less uniformly from it.
Hearts vs Kilmarnock FC 3/12/2025: Match Report
League contenders Hearts drop points at home Hearts 1 – 1 Kilmarnock FC Hearts dominate the first half but fail to create any clear-cut chances, with only one shot on target. The visitors, Kilmarnock FC, have managed two shots on target despite defending resolutely when poor with the ball. Kilmarnock centre back Robbie Deas received a yellow card in the opening few minutes, in the third minute, as Hearts pressed down Killie’s half.
Hearts vs Kilmarnock FC: Post Match Piece
‘Killie come back to earn a point at Tynecastle’ – The talking points It was a tough contest at Tynecastle between 10th-place Kilmarnock and league leaders Heart of Midlothian FC. Out of the two sides, Hearts were the clear favourites, and many were expecting this to be a routine win for Derek McInnes’s men. However, that clearly wasn’t the outcome with Kilmarnock FC securing a massive and vital point in the 90thminute with a Bruce Anderson rebound.
EV charging and solar installation among new apprenticeship types in UK’s £1 billion employment drive Original
Among various new reforms and plans, the scheme includes the creation of new Apprenticeship Units in ‘Electric vehicle charging point installation and maintenance’ and ‘Solar PV installation and maintenance Welding’. EV charging is among the new apprenticeship types. The UK government has launched what it called the ‘biggest transformation of apprenticeships in a decade’, with £1 billion in funding to unlock 200,000 new jobs and apprenticeships for young people.
Invisible Urban Charging and ATX Smart Mobility launch US$500 million EV charging rollout in Mexico
The initial work will be on 140 electric buses and 38 dual-port IUC DC fast chargers in the Baijo region, in central Mexico. Invisible Urban Charging is an EV charging solutions provider. US-based firms Invisible Urban Charging Inc and ATX Smart Mobility have partnered on the deployment of EV charging stations in Mexico, eventually totalling up to US$500 million.
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