Alex Kimani

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• The 5 Best Utility Stocks In 2021

  Published 25 January 2021 | viewed 5,854 times

  The average U.S. investor has been giving the energy sector a wide berth over the past half a decade due to perennial underperformance. Indeed, the…

• Oil Majors Poised To Make Biggest Geothermal Investments In 30 Years

  Published 24 January 2021 | viewed 16,523 times

  The green energy revolution is well and truly underway. Renewables have proven to be highly resilient, emerging as the only energy sector to record any…

• Why Natural Gas Producers Are Betting Big On Hydrogen

  Published 21 January 2021 | viewed 8,530 times

  With president-elect Joe Biden having vowed to return the United States to the 2015 Paris Climate Accord as a matter of urgency, the clean energy…

• The Real Reason Why Solar Stocks Are Selling Off

  Published 19 January 2021 | viewed 9,841 times

  The shift from high-carbon fuels to clean energy is in full swing, and solar stocks have been enjoying their moment in the sun. The market’s…

• Harvesting Blackhole Energy Isn't As Crazy As You Think

  Published 18 January 2021 | viewed 2,804 times

  Nuclear fusion,solar fuels, floating offshore nuclear plants, and microwave beaming. These are some of the esoteric and rather outrageous renewable energy ideas that scientists have…

• Are Your Netflix Binges Killing The Planet?

  Published 17 January 2021 | viewed 4,336 times

  The use of streaming video has grown exponentially around the world, with pandemic-driven shelter-in-place mandates helping to supersize the industry. The live streaming industry recorded…

• Low Lithium Prices Could Hold Back The EV Revolution

  Published 16 January 2021 | viewed 8,778 times

  "You can have your own theories but you can't have your own facts." - Carl Sagan Bullish tech markets are rarely without curious dislocations. And…

• 3 Stocks To Buy As Oil Prices Rise Above $50

  Published 12 January 2021 | viewed 23,921 times

  As oil prices continue to maintain the latest trajectory above the psychologically significant $50/barrel level, investors are increasingly recalibrating their investment prisms for beaten-down oil…

• Are Clean Energy Stocks In Bubble Territory?

  Published 11 January 2021 | viewed 6,418 times

  The Age of Renewable Energy is upon us, with the global shift to renewable energy in full swing, but like any huge rally, the divide…

• Should You Follow Buffett's Energy Strategy Into 2021?

  Published 09 January 2021 | viewed 11,617 times

  For decades, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B) chairman and CEO Warren Buffett maintained a pretty conservative approach to investing, only buying shares of businesses he was well…

• 3 Reasons To Go All In On Lithium

  Published 07 January 2021 | viewed 9,066 times

  The last decade has been brutal for commodities, with the sector posting declines in 7 out of 10 years. Last year was not much better,…

• How To Play 2021’s First Oil Rally

  Published 06 January 2021 | viewed 13,161 times

  Oil-and-gas stocks are just coming off one of their most tumultuous years in history. In 2020, the oil and gas sector was hit with a…

• The Beginning Of A New Megatrend In Solar Energy

  Published 04 January 2021 | viewed 12,186 times

  The solar sector has enjoyed a jaw-dropping run-up in the current year. The sector’s sole pure-play solar fund, Invesco Solar Portfolio ETF (TAN), is up…

• The 5 Most Influential People In New Energy

  Published 01 January 2021 | viewed 6,437 times

  The global energy sector is undergoing a seismic shift. The transition away from traditional fossil fuels to renewable energy is in full swing as the…

• Greek Shipowners Easily Evade Venezuela Oil Sanctions

  Published 30 December 2020 | viewed 3,137 times

  In January 2019, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Venezuela's oil shipping sector in an ongoing bid to force President Nicolás Maduro from power. The…

• The Energy Sector To Watch In 2021

  Published 29 December 2020 | viewed 6,950 times

  The year 2020 has been unusually volatile for the U.S. financial market, but more so for the energy sector thanks to nationwide lockdowns and subsequent…

• Will Batteries Kill Off Traditional Power Plants?

  Published 28 December 2020 | viewed 5,639 times

  Many of us typically do not give much thought to the batteries that power our electronic devices other than when our cell phones, laptops, or…

• 3 Reasons Why Oil Could See An End Of Year Rally

  Published 27 December 2020 | viewed 26,595 times

  Crude oil futures have been edging higher over the past few weeks, defying the usual trend of profit-taking ahead of the Christmas holidays. WTI was…

• The Very Real Possibility Of Peak Oil Supply

  Published 26 December 2020 | viewed 38,163 times

  Three months ago, British oil giant BP Plc. (NYSE:BP) sent shockwaves through the oil and gas sector after it declared that Peak Oil demand was…

• Can The U.S. Reduce Its Dependency On Chinese Rare Earths?

  Published 25 December 2020 | viewed 6,557 times

  Since the days of President Jimmy Carter and the 1970s oil crisis, the United States has relentlessly pursued the utopia of energy independence. But persistent…