Meeting global energy demand will be a key challenge in the decades ahead but it should also create opportunities for investors.In this article we will discuss how you could benefit from some of the long-term trends in the power generation market through both funds and individual stocks.Global energy demand will rise by at least 30% until 2040, according to investment bank UBS.The need to produce

The UK is on the cusp of a transformation in its energy sector. Energy secretary Amber Rudd says the country's remaining coal-fired power stations will be shut by 2025 with their use restricted from 2023 onwards.Putting forward the plans (19 Nov) Rudd says gas-fired plants - which are seen as less polluting than coal - will take their place. The viability of this plan is being questioned and there

The stock market's smallest and riskiest companies have always held fascination for private investors. On the premise that 'elephants don't gallop, but fleas leap,' to borrow Jim Slater's often quoted phrase, it's easier for a tiny company to double its size, and investor's money, than for a big one. Let's face it, a blue chip company worth £1 billion will find it much harder to double or even tr

Take advantage of a 49% six-month slump in Chinese coal bed methane (CBM) play Green Dragon Gas (GDG). Buy ahead of incremental catalysts as it builds towards an annualised production target of 18 billion cubic feet (bcf) by the middle of 2015.Although the company's CBM production has gathered momentum this year, current output still stands at less than two bcf. The growth potential is not reflect

The Caribbean is well known for its cricketing exports. Legends of the game like Brian Lara, Viv Richards and Garfield Sobers all hail from this small collection of islands. Perhaps less well known is its role as a substantial centre for oil and gas. Trinidad and Tobago is the fifth biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world, ranking behind only Qatar, Indonesia, Malaysia and Aus