Infrastructure Canadian National wins Kansas City with $33.6b bid U.S. railway operator Kansas City Southern said May 13 it had accepted Canadian National Railway…
Commodities Clean energy demand for critical minerals set to soar as the world pursues net-zero goals There needs to be government action to ensure reliable, sustainable supplies of elements vital for…
Infrastructure Southern Californian ports post strongest April in history The Port of Los Angeles handled 946,966 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in April, a spike…
From the Current Issue Is the renewable energy transition really all it’s being advertised to be? by Leigh Goehring and Adam Rozencwajg We are making a terrible mistake when it comes to future energy policies and the challenges posed by the so-called energy transition. There is imminent harm awaiting investors and policymakers who fail to acknowledge certain realities. Every green energy proposal we have examined relies on the trifecta of wind, solar and electric vehicles combined with various battery technologies. In recent months, a renewed “hydrogen mania” has broken out as well, which adds a fourth leg to the green energy stool. Unfortunately, based on our extensive research, these plans, including the current hydrogen craze, are bound to, at best, severely disappoint and, at worst, outright fail in what they attempt to accomplish.
From the Current Issue Hydrogen storage to grow 5.8% and utilities are expected to be the fastest-growing user by Andrea Zander The global hydrogen energy–storage market is projected to reach $18.2 billion by 2024 from an estimated $13.7 billion in 2019, according to the new market research report Hydrogen Energy Storage Market by State, End-User and Region — Global Forecast to 2024.
Resource Center In Focus: Adrian Mucalov on opportunities and success factors in hard asset investments (Part 2)
Real Estate Customer activity surges on strong retail sales Prologis’ IBI, the firm’s survey of logistics real estate customer activity, has revealed improving momentum…
Energy U.S. exports of fuel ethanol fell for the second consecutive year The United States exported 87,000 barrels per day of fuel ethanol in 2020, marking the…
Real Estate Industrial market continues to attract attention U.S. industrial properties have seen leasing and sales velocity exceed pre-pandemic levels, as changes wrought…
From the Current Issue Real estate interests using corporate venture capital to underwrite proptech startups by Jeff Piltch While the major real estate industry players have been making headlines with a new SPAC announcement seemingly every other day, you may have missed that some of them have their own internal venture capital firms to invest in early-stage proptech companies. What does that mean and why are real estate firms launching their own corporate venture capital arms to invest in proptech?
From the Current Issue No beef with this concept: Plant-based food startup raises $335 million by Andrea Zander Livekindly Collective, a group of plant-based protein brands and a media platform, has raised $335 million, making it one of the sector’s highest funded startups, and one of the fastest-growing plant-based food companies. The plant-based food market is projected to account for a quarter of the meat market by 2040.