Exporting Saharan Sun To The UK
September 23rd, 2022
Via WIRED, an article on an ambitious cable project which aims to use Moroccan solar power to provide thousands of UK homes with renewable energy by 2030: By the time Scotland’s Hunterston B nuclear power station closed in January of this year, its dual reactors had produced enough energy to power 1.8 million British homes for 46 years. […]
Read more »Inflation, Unrest Challenge Bangladesh’s ‘Miracle Economy’
September 23rd, 2022
Courtesy of The Diplomat, an article on how – although Bangladesh’s situation is nowhere nearly as severe as Sri Lanka’s – it faces similar troubles: excessive spending, corruption and cronyism, and a weakening trade balance: Standing in line to try to buy food, Rekha Begum is distraught. Like many others in Bangladesh, she is struggling […]
Read more »Africa’s Rare-Earth Rush: Blessing or Curse?
September 22nd, 2022
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a look at Africa’s rare earths sector: To move away from Western dependence on China, the rare earth sector’s undisputed leader, the time has come for an all-out search for new sources of supply. And Africa is at the centre of this battle. The technology sectors – led by smartphones […]
Read more »Turkey’s Role In The China-Japan Economic Competition In Africa
September 21st, 2022
Via Asia Power Watch, an article on Turkey’s role in the China-Japan economic competition in Africa: Towards the end of the 20th century, China began to settle in Africa, taking an active position in the areas where the continent needed most. Rich in raw materials and underground resources, Africa has become the shining star of the 21st century […]
Read more »Emerging Asia Growing Faster Than China For 1st Time in 30 Years
September 21st, 2022
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on how emerging Asian countries are growing faster than China for the first time in 30 years: China’s COVID lockdowns mean its economic expansion this year will be slower than the rest of emerging Asia for the first time in more than three decades, the Asian Development Bank projected in […]
Read more »China’s EV Strategy
September 21st, 2022
Via Asia Power Watch, an interesting look at China’s EV strategy: According to the successive Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, transportation is a major polluter with around 7.3 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. 97% of transportation-induced greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions are CO2 from fuel combustion. Among its recommendations to mitigate […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.