Ross Hendin, CFP Contributor and Principal of Hendin Consultants, analyzes a new development which may curb the energy-dependence predicament that the Baltics currently find themselves in: Today, an important step toward preventing the Baltics from continuing to be an “energy island”. Both the Guardian and Sweden’s The Local are confirming that an agreement has been [...]

Ross Hendin, CFP Contributor and Principal of Hendin Consultants, brings us another addition to our case study of the Ignalina Power Plant, here discussing unique approaches from individual nations to capitalize on Ignalina and win the ongoing geo-political game of energy-chess: I found this article from Penki, published on April 16th, to be very interesting. [...]

  I hear a lot of convincing arguments about why we shouldn’t worry about the Kremlin’s sovereign wealth ambitions. After all, Russia’s $150 billion stabilization fund is comparatively tiny considering the returns that Gazprom and Rosneft are bringing in (though the dire lack of transparency of these state-owned firms make any estimation of capital management [...]