Download PDF Introduction It takes over 70bn kilowatt hours per year to power the internet, which means the tech titans leave behind a massive carbon footprint. This article will focus on the largest technology companies, most notably Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft, and their growing impact on the Earth’s Read more…
Download PDF In the COVID-19 induced chaos and disarray, numerous industries have been hit even harder than others. The energy sector in particular looks certain to undergo a severe, general transformation. Throughout this year the energy sector’s indexes in the US and Europe (S&P 500 energy and MSCI Europe energy) Read more…
Introduction This is the second and last part on BSIC’s report about the oil industry. In this article, we set out to discuss the most relevant determinants of oil demand in the short to medium term. We analyze the effects that a predicted economic slowdown would have on the consumption Read more…
Oersted A/S [CPH:ORSTED] – Market Cap as of 06/10/2019 DKK 264.25bn (USD 38.85bn) Intro On September 18th 2019 Orsted, the largest energy company in Denmark, signed an agreement to sell its domestic utility business to SEAS-NVE, a customer owned Danish energy company. Orsted has announced its divestment plan over a Read more…
Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) – market cap as of 16/09/2017: $29.39bn Introduction On August 20, 2017, Sempra Energy announced an agreement to acquire the 80% stake that Energy Future Holdings Corporation holds in Oncor Electric Delivery Company. The deal agreement ends a series of bids from relevant players, with Sempra being Read more…
UIL Holdings Corp.; market cap (as of 27/02/15): US$2.86bn Iberdrola SA; market cap (as of 27/02/15): US$43.5bn Introduction On February 26, Iberdrola SA, Spain’s largest electricity company, agreed to buy UIL Holdings Corp. in a deal valued at about US$3bn in cash and shares. With the acquisition, Iberdrola plans Read more…