• News Release

  How the energy transition can reduce the risk of future shocks

  • 21 abril 2022

  Five key lessons from today's energy crisis on how to manage the shift to lower-carbon sources while strengthening energy security

• News Release

  Look beyond bid price and lease fees to win in trillion-dollar offshore wind sector

  • 18 mayo 2022

  Cumulative global capex spend in the offshore wind sector is expected to hit US$1 trillion by 2031, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie. However, investors will no longer only be competing on price alone.

• News Release

  UK government swoops on North Sea windfall profits

  • 27 mayo 2022

  Wood Mackenzie’s research indicates that UK North Sea oil and gas producers are making more profits than ever before, in an era where the industry is in progressive decline.

• News Release

  US commercial solar project acquisitions see dramatic price variation over 2018-2021

  • 08 junio 2022

  US commercial solar project acquisitions continue to attract investor attention as interest in ESG investing grows. Today’s buyers and sellers of commercial solar projects are contending with the opposing dynamics of higher interest rates and increasing power prices. These findings come from the Commercial Solar PV Project Acquisition Trends report released today by Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK), and Open Energy Group (OEG), a technology-driven marketplace for renewable energy asset sales and project finance.

• News Release

  Recycling alone can ease raw materials supply pressure but cannot meet demand

  • 13 junio 2022

  While recycling can relieve some pressure from the supply deficit of battery raw materials, it will not be able to meet demand, says Wood Mackenzie.

• Comment

  Major energy players raise the game in green investments in Asia

  • 15 junio 2022

  BP confirmed today that it picked up over 40% stake in the Asian Renewable Energy Hub project to produce and export green hydrogen in Australia.

• News Release

  Global top 10 solar PV inverter vendors account for 82% of market share

  • 08 julio 2022

  Global top 10 solar photovoltaic (PV) inverter vendors shored up 82% of market share in 2021, increasing by 2 percentage points compared to 2020, says Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Energy transition may shave 2% off global GDP by 2050

  • 20 enero 2022

  The world has the means, motive and opportunity to cap global warming to the 1.5°C limit agreed in the Paris Climate Accord, new research released today by Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk company (Nasdaq: VRSK) shows. But there will be tangible economic implications of an accelerated energy transition. While global economic output is likely to take a hit until 2050, it could be recoverable by the end of the century, according to Wood Mackenzie.

• Content

  Back to the future: the Horizons year in review

  • 09 diciembre 2021

  We touched on a number of issues this year with our new thought-leadership series. Post-COP26, it's time to review the articles and put them in recent context.

• Comment

  China’s GDP to further decelerate in Q4 2021

  • 01 diciembre 2021

  China’s economy has faced headwinds from flooding, Covid outbreaks and power rationing in H2 2021. This resulted in a steeper-than-expected economic slowdown for the third quarter, says Wood Mackenzie

• Comment

  Woodside confirms potential merger with BHP's petroleum business

  • 16 agosto 2021

  Woodside has confirmed it is in discussions with BHP over a potential merger involving BHP’s entire petroleum business.

• News Release

  Oil price windfall a ‘golden opportunity’ to speed up sector’s decarbonisation

  • 19 agosto 2021

  – Oil and gas companies must use the current cash flow windfall opportunity to speed up decarbonisation of their businesses, global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK) said in a report released today.

• Content

  One giant leap: President Biden's vision for repowering America

  • 16 septiembre 2021

  Sixty years after President John F. Kennedy launched the programme that would put the first man on the moon, US President Joe Biden has set an equally challenging, transformative goal: achieving net zero emissions in the US power sector by 2035 and the broader economy by 2050.

• News Release

  Global energy storage set to triple in 2021

  • 07 octubre 2021

  New research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK), shows annual global storage deployments will nearly triple year-on-year, reaching 12 GW/28 GWh in 2021. Across the world, economic recovery is top of mind for politicians, with renewable energy integration taking centre stage. Despite disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic, Wood Mackenzie’s Global Energy Storage Outlook, released today, forecasts nearly 1 TWh of total demand from 2021-2030.

• News Release

  China could ease restrictions on Australian coal and increase supply to alleviate power crunch

  • 08 octubre 2021

  Wood Mackenzie believes that Chinese authorities could allow customs clearance of stranded Australian thermal coal. In addition, the local governments in Yulin region of Shaanxi province and Inner Mongolia have announced yesterday that they will be increasing coal supply to meet demand.

• Comment

  Low-carbon fuels could play a role in Asia Pacific’s decarbonisation efforts

  • 25 octubre 2021

  Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong said today that Singapore plans to import around 30 per cent of its electricity from low-carbon sources by 2035.

• Comment

  Colonial Pipeline cyberattack may benefit European refiners

  • 10 mayo 2021

  The 2.5 million barrels per day (b/d) Colonial Pipeline moves roughly 45% of the US East Coast's supply of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from the Gulf Coast. The duration of the outage following the cyberattack on 7 May 2021 is uncertain. In the short term, Wood Mackenzie expects fuel demand and prices to rise in PADD 1, prompting refined fuel inventories to decline and PADD 1 refiners to maximize production.

• News Release

  OPEC+ maintains production plan

  • 27 abril 2021

  OPEC+ is, as expected, holding firm to its decision to increase supply, gradually and carefully, over the coming months.

• News Release

  Australia’s low-carbon hydrogen trade could be worth up to US$90 billion in 2050

  • 17 junio 2021

  Low-carbon hydrogen could become a US$50 billion to US$90 billion export industry for Australia in 2050, says Wood Mackenzie.

• Comment

  Supply outlook tightens as OPEC+ prepares to meet

  • 01 julio 2021

  As OPEC+ meets on 1 July, oil prices are supported by tightening oil market fundamentals for the second half of 2021. Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie forecasts total oil demand to rise 5.9 million barrels per day (b/d) year-on-year for 2021.

• Comment

  ArcelorMittal to take green steel honours with Sestao plan

  • 13 julio 2021

  European steelmaker ArcelorMittal today announced plans to become the world’s first steelmaker to produce fossil-free steel using virgin iron. ArcelorMittal, the world’s second largest steelmaker and Europe’s largest producer, plans to produce fossil-free steel via a process known as H-DRI-EAF.

• Comment

  What would an EU carbon border adjustment mechanism mean?

  • 14 julio 2021

  The EU Commission proposed a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) as part of today’s “Fit for 55” package. James Whiteside, global head of multi-commodity research at Wood Mackenzie, said: “As the first mechanism of its kind, the CBAM is being designed in consultation with industry to avoid unintended consequences. “A CBAM that does not cover a substantial portion of the production chain will encourage carbon leakage - pushing emissions beyond the borders of the EU or shifting competition between EU and non-EU producers to the next stage of the value chain.”

• News Release

  EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ lays out bloc’s green blueprint

  • 14 julio 2021

  Europe is at the forefront of the shift to net zero, both in ambition, but also in terms of how to make rapid and deep decarbonisation a reality. The world needs to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions as quickly as possible. Not doing so means we will need to turn to expensive and unproven technologies to withdraw CO2 from the atmosphere later this century.

• Comment

  Slower H2 demand across most commodities in China

  • 28 julio 2021

  Demand across most commodities in China is expected to slow down in the second half of 2021, according to Wood Mackenzie’s new monthly China Economic Focus report.

• Comment

  Japan’s new 2030 energy mix unveils radical plans to transform the energy system

  • 27 julio 2021

  Last week, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released a draft of its upcoming 6th Strategic Energy Plan which included major changes to the FY2030 power generation mix targets.

• Comment

  Bumpy road ahead as SEA navigates energy transition but opportunities aplenty

  • 04 agosto 2021

  Wood Mackenzie is organising the 2021 Southeast Asia Energy Forum today. Experts will be discussing key issues and opportunities facing the region’s energy industry over the coming decades.

• Content

  Total eclipse: how falling costs will secure solar’s dominance in power

  • 21 enero 2021

  Renewables are the proven zero-carbon technology where much of the capital funding the energy transition will be invested.

• News Release

  OPEC+, Covid-19 and energy transition – 3 themes impacting oil markets and refining in 2021

  • 28 enero 2021

  Wood Mackenzie’s latest outlook report shows that the art of balancing oil markets and the refining sector in 2021 hinges upon three key themes – OPEC+ production, Covid-19 developments, and the energy transition.

• Content

  Fast and Furious: Europe's race to slash emissions by 2030

  • 18 febrero 2021

  Renewables are the proven zero-carbon technology where much of the capital funding the energy transition will be invested.

• News Release

  Europe needs to change course to hit 2030 emissions target

  • 18 febrero 2021

  Europe’s new 2030 emissions target of a 55% reduction over 1990 levels has made it the undisputed global leader in climate ambition. However, with the region still a long way from achieving this rapidly approaching goal, dramatic changes are needed.