Alex Kimani

Latest articles from Alex

• Why The Elections Aren’t Moving Oil Prices

  Published 08 October 2020 | viewed 13,979 times

  The U.S. elections are less than a month away, and the oil market cannot seem to make up its mind whether it prefers a Biden…

• How AI And Blockchain Are Driving The Energy Transition

  Published 08 October 2020 | viewed 3,130 times

  Many people who have increasingly despaired at the adverse effects of changing climate have probably mused: Why can’t we go completely green? Why are fossil…

• Why Exxon Is Still Going Big On Oil

  Published 07 October 2020 | viewed 16,571 times

  For many years, Big Oil has been chided for its outsized role in climate change and even pilloried for trying to burnish its green credentials…

• Natural Gas Offers Lifeline For Distressed Gulf Oil Giants

  Published 06 October 2020 | viewed 5,127 times

  Their budgets just don't add up anymore. Oil-rich Arab nations are in the throes of a deep economic crisis and facing gaping holes in their…

• Why Energy Investors Are Pivoting Towards ESG Funds

  Published 04 October 2020 | viewed 5,465 times

  After years of just bubbling under, the ESG megatrend has finally opened the afterburners. At a time when the reminders of past flameouts by the…

• How To Make Your Energy Portfolio Election Proof

  Published 01 October 2020 | viewed 5,563 times

  The battle lines are already drawn in a high-stakes political contest that will ostensibly determine the fate of the American energy sector.  In the blue…

• Trump’s Offshore Oil Ban Will Hit Wind Farms Hard

  Published 01 October 2020 | viewed 34,523 times

  Last month, President Trump shocked the entire oil industry after extending the existing moratorium on oil drilling along Florida’s, Georgia’s and South Carolina’s coasts.  The…

• The Hydrogen Boom Is On Track To Hit $11 Trillion

  Published 29 September 2020 | viewed 15,723 times

  It's official: The big hydrogen techlash is now history.  For decades, there was an undeniable and growing animus towards anything hydrogen by the investing universe,…

• Gulf Nations Are Desperate For Higher Oil Prices

  Published 27 September 2020 | viewed 27,421 times

  Gulf nations led by Saudi Arabia have been putting on a brave face and touting the strength of their economies, claiming they can withstand any…

• Could Thorium Revive The Nuclear Energy Industry?

  Published 27 September 2020 | viewed 16,200 times

  For decades, the nuclear energy sector has been regarded as the black sheep of the alternative energy market thanks to a series of high-profile disasters…

• How Big Is The Carbon Footprint Of The World's Richest 1%?

  Published 24 September 2020 | viewed 3,206 times

  The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly clear and besides the effects on our natural environment, it could cost the global economy a staggering…

• High-Risk, High-Reward: Investors Turn Bullish On Small Cap Oil Companies

  Published 23 September 2020 | viewed 10,518 times

  Since the turn of the year, energy stocks have become a put owner's dream--what with the energy sector virtually generating the worst returns of all…

• The Top 3 Energy ETFs Of The Decade

  Published 22 September 2020 | viewed 6,853 times

  An ETF explosion has taken over the financial market as exchange-traded funds enjoy the lion’s share of investment dollars globally--even as investors continue flocking to…

• Is Wind Energy The Most Stable Renewables Investment?

  Published 20 September 2020 | viewed 10,088 times

  The Covid-19 pandemic has wrought one of the most significant disruptions the energy market has ever faced.  A decidedly gloomy long-term future outlook due to…

• A Wave Of Consolidations Hit Canada’s Oil Patch

  Published 17 September 2020 | viewed 10,144 times

  A vicious one-two-three punch that started with a gloomy long-term future outlook due to rampant fossil fuel divestments, climate change policies, and decarbonization as well…

• The Holy Grail of Endless Energy: Harvesting Blackholes

  Published 15 September 2020 | viewed 42,820 times

  A year ago, House representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, proposed the Green New Deal, a…

• Is This The Cleanest Energy On Earth?

  Published 15 September 2020 | viewed 6,726 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…

• Solar Windows Will Soon Become A Commercial Reality

  Published 13 September 2020 | viewed 32,536 times

  Last year, the United Nations sent out a grim warning: The world has a very short 10-year window to act to avert catastrophic and irreversible…

• Which Oil Major Is Winning The Race To Net Zero Emissions?

  Published 10 September 2020 | viewed 7,168 times

  The supermajors are racing to go green, but five companies top the list when it comes to the carbon footprint reverse in this leg of…

• Private Equity Is Bargain Hunting In Canada’s Oil Patch

  Published 09 September 2020 | viewed 3,863 times

  After two months of an encouraging—if not half-hearted--rebound, oil prices have gone into reverse gear once again. Futures tied to WTI crude were down a…