Alex Kimani

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• Can Silicon Valley Beat China In Clean Energy Tech?

  Published 28 March 2021 | viewed 5,807 times

  Many investors are already aware of the fact that China is the world's most dominant player in the solar and clean energy sector. 8 out…

• Global Petroplastic Markets Set To Explode This Year

  Published 28 March 2021 | viewed 15,005 times

  In a sharp reversal of fortunes, oil markets have gone into another tailspin with prices dipping by the biggest margin since the historic April crash.…

• Bitcoin’s Energy Problem Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon

  Published 25 March 2021 | viewed 3,462 times

  Since its debut 12 years ago, bitcoin has frequently been lambasted for its energy-intensive mining process. About 2.5 years ago, Nature Climate Change, a monthly…

• Saudi Arabia Skips LNG, Bets Big On Hydrogen

  Published 23 March 2021 | viewed 22,119 times

  Last year, Saudi Arabia’s national oil company Saudi Aramco sent shockwaves through the natural gas markets after it announced that it was kicking off the…

• U.S. And Canada At Odds In Oil Sands Schism

  Published 22 March 2021 | viewed 8,096 times

  As one of his first acts in office, President Biden revoked TC Energy Corp.’s (NYSE:TRP) license on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project. The project…

• The 3 Nations Vying For Global LNG Dominance

  Published 21 March 2021 | viewed 49,552 times

  Last year was an unprecedented year for natural gas and liquefied-natural-gas (LNG) markets. Whereas natural gas demand declined by 3%, LNG demand proved to be…

• Oil Traders Made A Killing Last Year

  Published 18 March 2021 | viewed 11,900 times

  Retail investors with long positions in crude oil markets had to endure one of the most volatile years on record in 2020 thanks to the…

• Three Commodities Set To Boom As The Global Economy Recovers

  Published 17 March 2021 | viewed 85,980 times

  Despite the ongoing vaccine rollout snafu, including supply chain constraints, delayed approvals and—more worryingly—dozens of countries banning the cheapest and most widely available Covid-19 vaccine,…

• How Biden’s Tax Hike Affects Oil

  Published 16 March 2021 | viewed 40,895 times

  President’s Biden’s administration is reportedly planning the first major tax increase in nearly three decades in the next economic stimulus package. The president is reportedly…

• How China Became The Saudi Arabia Of Renewables

  Published 15 March 2021 | viewed 22,469 times

  Ultimately, energy independence in today's world is an illusion in the era of globalization because the hyper-connectedness of the market makes it impossible. Still, it's…

• Tech Majors Double Down On Clean Energy Purchases

  Published 11 March 2021 | viewed 2,846 times

  In recent years, Big Tech and Big Oil have emerged as some of the biggest buyers of renewable energy, with dozens now covering a substantial…

• Artificial Intelligence Is A Gamechanger In The Battery Boom

  Published 09 March 2021 | viewed 3,843 times

  The biggest energy transition in history is well and truly underway, and nowhere is the shift more readily apparent than in the transport industry. Wall…

• Tesla Faces Heavy Competition In Booming EV Market

  Published 08 March 2021 | viewed 7,446 times

  After years of sheer dominance, signs are now emerging that the most popular EV name could be losing its sway on the markets. Morgan Stanley…

• WoodMac's Dramatic Plan For A 600% Carbon Tax

  Published 07 March 2021 | viewed 5,114 times

  Last week, several Big Oil companies executives met at CERAWeek by IHS Markit energy conference to discuss, among other things, Strategies for the Energy Transition,…

• Are America’s Largest Oil Companies Really Going Green?

  Published 04 March 2021 | viewed 8,620 times

  The oil markets are once again in an upbeat mood, with crude prices shooting up 5% on Wednesday after reports emerged that OPEC+ producers rolled…

• 5 Blockchain Startups Disrupting The Energy Sector

  Published 04 March 2021 | viewed 24,625 times

  Despite its enormous potential to transform the global energy sector, blockchain technology has largely remained confined to the financial sector, with the energy industry consistently…

• Wall Streets Sees 2,000% Growth For Booming EV Market

  Published 03 March 2021 | viewed 5,462 times

  To say that 2020 was an unusual year in markets would be a vast understatement. The last year not only went on record for the…

• 3 Ways To Play The Next Commodity Supercycle

  Published 01 March 2021 | viewed 11,018 times

  After a lackluster decade for commodities, a cross-section of Wall Street luminaries from Pimco to Point 72 is now predicting a broad commodity rally thanks…

• Deep Oil Cuts Put Africa At Serious Risk

  Published 01 March 2021 | viewed 9,737 times

  About two decades ago, The Economist [infamously] dubbed Africa as the “Hopeless Continent”, claiming that the new millennium had brought more disaster than hope to…

• Which Banks Are The Biggest Backers Of Oil And Gas?

  Published 25 February 2021 | viewed 8,008 times

  About a month ago, BlackRock Inc.(NYSE:BLK), the world's largest asset manager with $9 trillion in assets under management (AUM), sent shockwaves through the fossil fuel sector…