This article was originally posted on TriplePundit.com The Federal Reserve continued to raise interest rates in 2018 as we reached the end of one of the longest bull markets in United States history. As the market cycle turns and the likely economic correction plays out in the coming months and years, what are the implications for the energy and infrastructure markets, which have… Read more →
It has been a week since the bombshell election of 2016. Depending on where you live and your views you are depressed, ecstatic, protesting, hopeful. Putting aside politics for the moment, let’s examine how President Trump’s economic and jobs plans could look: 1) Trying to Bring Back Offshored Jobs to the US I’ve written before about the difficulty of onshoring… Read more →
Solar energy continues to grow by leaps in bounds in the US, recently passing 1 million installations. However, solar only makes up 1% of the electricity generation in the US for the 12 months ending February 2016. This is not a knock on solar. It is starting from a low base. Solar made up almost 30 percent of all new… Read more →
More big news out of the UK this week with the expected announcement of a major shift in energy policy. According to the Wall Street Journal, Amber Rudd, the UK’s Energy and Climate Change Secretary is making a major speech on the country’s energy policy wednesday. She’s expected to highlight a major governmental shift to nuclear and natural gas power,… Read more →
Recently, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth held an energy seminar titled, “BRICS and the Global Energy Future.” The panel featured Keith Allman, Director at Deutsche Bank and Ed Sappin, CEO at Sappin Global Strategies. Access to affordable and reliable energy is a critical input to growing economies. In fact, almost 50 percent of the increase in energy demand… Read more →
Innovation focused industries vary widely. Developing the next digital healthcare system has little in common with the next generation of wind power turbines. Social media entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley or New York speak a different language from biotechnology companies in Boston. However, the commonality between these varied areas is scalability: if you can reach a wide audience quickly, you will… Read more →
