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Bloom Energy reported record Q3 2026 sales of $1.24 billion, above the $1.07 billion consensus, and raised its full-year outlook for the third time this year. However, operating cash flow swung to negative $27.1 million as inventory, contract assets and receivables climbed, and $153.5 million in capacity spending at Fremont and Newark pushed free cash flow to a use of $181 million. Shares fell 4% to $208.74 in morning trading, though still up 140% year to date, while FuelCell Energy and Plug Power were little changed. Management said the cash use is "not the beginning of a trend", ended the period with $2.5 billion in cash, and forecasts full-year revenue of $4.4 billion to $4.6 billion. Bloom's Q4 2026 report will show whether collections catch up with deliveries.

Vietnam's General Secretary and State President To Lam asked European businesses to join as partners in designing, investing in, managing risks for and transferring technology to infrastructure, logistics and clean energy projects, in addition to supplying equipment or acting as contractors. This was one of three cooperation directions he raised at a high-level forum with European and Belgian business leaders during an official visit to the EU and Belgium; the other two cover high-tech industries, digital transformation, and upgrading trade into high-standard value chains. Vietnam pledged to maintain a stable, transparent business environment, to make use of the EVFTA more effectively and to push for completing ratification of the EVIPA. European Commission Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu said the combination of Vietnam's development goals and EU research capacity opens cooperation opportunities in clean energy, semiconductors, AI and health. Six cooperation agreements were exchanged, including a study and investment proposal for an eco-high-tech industrial park at Hạ Bằng Industrial Park in Hanoi, involving the Hanoi People's Committee, Aquitara Fund and 512 Finance Compan