Alex Kimani

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• The Green SPAC Bubble Is Bursting

  Published 09 February 2022 | viewed 4,817 times

  Over the past few years, investors have been pumping money into electric vehicle startups and other young green tech companies at a record clip, with…

• Blackrock CEO: The Energy Transition Will Create 1,000 Unicorns

  Published 07 February 2022 | viewed 12,822 times

  Back in 2013, when venture investor Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures, coined the term "unicorn" to describe VC-funded companies valued at $1 billion or…

• Big Oil Isn’t Losing Any Sleep Over The EV Revolution

  Published 06 February 2022 | viewed 39,970 times

  With the global energy transition in full swing, few clean energy sectors, if any, are expanding faster than the electric car market. A decade ago,…

• Car Giants Are Making Big Bets On Solid State Batteries

  Published 03 February 2022 | viewed 25,790 times

  With the global electrification drive in full swing, electric cars have constantly been improving in terms of mileage, performance, charging time--and costs.  And, Wright's law…

• The Market Is Ignoring The Surge In U.S. Oil Output

  Published 02 February 2022 | viewed 37,716 times

  The energy sector's bull run shows no signs of slowing down, with the sector closing comfortably at the top of Tuesday's S&P sector standings, even…

• The Consequences Of A 500% Rally In Lithium Prices

  Published 01 February 2022 | viewed 6,594 times

  The energy transition is driving the next commodity supercycle, with immense prospects for technology manufacturers, energy traders, and investors. Clean energy technologies require more metals…

• Soaring Energy Prices Fuel Mayhem For The Metals Industry

  Published 31 January 2022 | viewed 4,218 times

  Long-suffering Americans grappling with historic levels of inflation are finally enjoying some reprieve. After a relentless climb, prices at the pump have been heading south,…

• The Offshore Wind Boom Is Just Getting Started

  Published 30 January 2022 | viewed 7,743 times

  What a difference a year or two can make. Two years ago, the Trump administration extended the existing moratorium on oil drilling on parts off…

• Oil Majors Expected To Post Strong Earnings Next Week

  Published 30 January 2022 | viewed 8,811 times

  It's early innings in the current earnings season, with just 4% of S&P 500 companies having reported fourth-quarter 2021 earnings. According to FactSet data, 76%…

• Has The Oil Market Flipped Into Surplus Territory?

  Published 26 January 2022 | viewed 25,870 times

  The energy sector has continued to defy the broad market selloff in the new year, with seven of Tuesday's top eight gainers on the S&P…

• Offshore Oil Is Making A Comeback As Demand Returns

  Published 25 January 2022 | viewed 6,365 times

  The oil market crash of 2020 was brutal on major oil producers, forcing global oil and gas companies to cut capex by $100B, or roughly…

• Wall Street’s Favorite Oil Stocks For 2022

  Published 24 January 2022 | viewed 10,611 times

  After souring on the sector for years, Wall Street is increasingly turning positive on energy with a growing number of analysts expressing optimism that the…

• Canadian Oil Companies Are Spending On Dividends Rather Than Expansion

  Published 22 January 2022 | viewed 12,257 times

  About two years ago, OPEC+ made a high-stakes wager that it could curb oil production and drive crude prices higher without unleashing an onslaught of…

• The Oil Market Is At The Whim Of Geopolitical Disputes

  Published 20 January 2022 | viewed 7,203 times

  Oil prices have continued their early-year surge in the new year, thanks in large part to easing worries about omicron as well as tight oil…

• The New Superpowers In Global LNG Markets

  Published 19 January 2022 | viewed 11,736 times

  The 60-year liquefied natural gas industry has a new hierarchy in place, and it's opening up new trading opportunities. For the first time ever, the…

• The Oil Market Is Already Looking Beyond Omicron

  Published 17 January 2022 | viewed 10,700 times

  We are halfway through the first month of the new year, and oil's bull run is showing no signs of slowing. Oil futures have vaulted…

• 3 Key Trends Driving Natural Gas In 2022

  Published 16 January 2022 | viewed 24,066 times

  The oil sector has been hogging the investment limelight after a spectacular recovery that has set the sector as one of the top performers in…

• Bitcoin Or Oil: What To Buy In 2022?

  Published 16 January 2022 | viewed 9,233 times

  Shortly after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 a global pandemic, governments everywhere unveiled massive monetary and fiscal stimuli (over $15T globally) in a…

• Goldman Sachs Calls 10-Year Commodity Supercycle

  Published 12 January 2022 | viewed 31,316 times

  While the markets digest the inflation numbers on Wednesday, all eyes will be focussed on the Federal Reserve's reaction to the inflation data. Many economists…

• Uranium Stocks Are Glowing Hot As Global Nuclear Ambitions Grow

  Published 11 January 2022 | viewed 5,549 times

  For decades, the nuclear energy sector has been regarded as the black sheep of the alternative energy market family thanks to massive cost-overruns, poor public…