Resilience to drive US microgrid growth

• 08 August 2019

The US microgrid industry may find opportunities for substantial future growth in geographical areas that are repeatedly affected by power outages, as customers seek out resilient solutions, new research from Wood Mackenzie found.

The complexity of capital allocation for oil and gas companies

• 10 October 2024

The slower pace of the energy transition is influencing Big Oil’s capital allocation. What share of cash flow is the industry re-investing? How much will upstream spend rise in 2025? Why have NOCs become the biggest spenders on low carbon?

The Energy Gang podcast: the EU's plan for energy self-sufficiency

• 03 June 2022

The energy crisis is showing no signs of abating. There’s a shortage of energy, and the world’s efforts to transition to low-carbon energy are met with countless hurdles.

The Energy Gang podcast: energy policy – the good, the bad and the ugly

• 20 May 2022

In today’s episode of The Energy Gang, the team explores three current events that highlight and exemplify the current state of the energy transition in the US and beyond.

The Energy Gang podcast: California gets to 100% renewable electricity. Almost

• 06 May 2022

Ed Crooks is joined by Melissa Lott and Amy Harder. In this week's episode, the gang discuss nuclear power, California’s quick peek into the future and the current state of the global supply chain.

The Energy Gang podcast: Can aviation be made sustainable?

• 17 January 2022

Exploring sustainable aviation fuel and electric planes, if venture capital and private equity investment is going to the right technologies, the EU's Green Taxonomy and discussing the hit Netflix film Don't Look Up.

The Energy Gang podcast: The Energy Gang's Next Chapter

• 29 October 2021

The Energy Gang podcast: Will Direct-Air Carbon Capture be viable

• 20 September 2021

Carbon capture has long been criticized as too nascent, too expensive, and too distracting. I...

The Energy Gang podcast: Power after carbon

• 14 September 2021

The electric grid is a central pillar of a zero-carbon economy. But in an era of unrelenting ...

The Energy Gang podcast: What emerging climate tech sectors are ready for growth?

• 03 August 2021

After 30 years of R&D and commercial proof, hundreds of billions in institutional dollars are pour...

A Biden administration: implications for the energy industry

• 09 November 2020

The energy sector faces a very different future under President-elect Biden. What are the implications for the oil market? How will key US geopolitical relationships change? And can a Biden administration push through its climate change goals?

How the price war is hurting US tight oil

• 26 May 2020

Arresting the explosive growth of US tight oil was a clear target of the price war after the OPEC+ meeting collapsed in March. What's been the effect on drilling and investment? How much will production fall and how quickly? Will tight oil recover and get back on a growth path? Find out more in this week's Edge.

OPEC+ set for rollover but risk clouds supply outlook

• 30 June 2019

As OPEC and OPEC+ meet in Vienna, the outlook for the market is mixed, Ann-Louise Hittle, vice president, Macro Oils, at Wood Mackenzie said. “Geopolitical risk means the supply outlook is tightening, offsetting the moderate weakening in oil demand growth thus far this year,” she said.

Five ways the coronavirus changed the world of energy this week

• 20 March 2020

The US government is starting to buy crude and facing calls for it to manage the oil market, as demand continues to weaken. In this week's Energy Pulse by Ed Crooks.

Why crude-to-chemicals is the obvious way forward

• 27 April 2020

Which is more competitive, a US ethane-based cracker or a second-generation COTC cracker? And can other regions match China's ROI potential?

OPEC’s battle for control of the oil market

• 18 June 2019

Persistent non-OPEC volume growth poses a challenge. Get our latest OPEC and non-OPEC supply forecasts.

US solar: Biden’s Executive Order brings (some) relief

• 28 June 2022

Biden's EO announcing a two-year delay of new anti-dumping and countervailing duties on solar cells and modules imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam is expected to bring some relief to the solar industry.

Six energy game-changers since 2015

• 11 August 2023

The first Edge was published in December 2015. To mark the 300th edition, here are our top game-changers in energy markets over the last eight years.

Rising US oil exports, market disruption, Brent-WTI spread

• 30 January 2018

What will US tight oil growth do to crude markets? The build-up in volumes early this decade led to a supply glut that undermined prices in 2014.

PES to close oil refinery after fire damage

• 26 June 2019

Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) will close its oil refinery in the city, following a large fire last week that damaged the complex.

Long-term LNG set to remain a buyers’ market

• 15 June 2021

The liquefied natural gas (LNG) long term contract market and LNG spot market are travelling in opposite directions. The long-term buyers’ market is only likely to end when it becomes clear that demand will outstrip new supply available from Qatar and Russia, global energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie said.

US winter freeze hits global olefins market

• 19 February 2021

This week’s winter storm has paralysed US petrochemical production and disrupted 15% of the global olefins market, according to Wood Mackenzie.

Boom times: American ethylene's reversal of fortunes

• 27 June 2017

Steve Zinger assesses changing investment patterns of US chemicals companies in a major article by the Wall Street Journal. He evaluates how global ethylene consumption is growing and explores the drivers for this from a low gas price to new and plentiful sources of supply in North America.

A cornerstone of global oil supply – Canada at a cross roads

• 01 March 2017

Canada's investor sentiment soured by environmental concerns and competition for capital from tight oil have already begun to reshape the domestic corporate landscape.

Can energy security and climate action work together?

• 13 October 2026

From military readiness to cleaner ports, discover how the push for energy security is reshaping climate action and investment.

The Energy Gang podcast: The Supreme Court vs the EPA

• 15 July 2022

This week the gang discuss the US Supreme Court’s decision to impose new limits on the Environmental Protection Agency, the Russia-Ukraine war and inflation and their impact on the price of renewables, President Biden's proposal for a suspension of federal gas taxes and more.

Webinar | New frontiers Order intake by Chinese wind turbine OEMs

• 30 September 2024

Join Wood Mackenzie as we explore the global turbine OEM order intake recent trends.

Cutting dependence on China’s renewables supply chain

• 01 June 2023

The US takes a lead by incentivising equipment manufacturers.

A Trump Administration - implications for the energy and mining industries

• 14 November 2016

Although the Presidency does not officially begin until January 20th 2017, the dearth of concrete policy proposals leaves a high level of uncertainty around the priorities of a Trump administration.

Largest data centers in the US: the top 10 questions on data centers answered

• 01 October 2025

Rapid growth in these often-massive facilities is having a major impact on the evolving US and global tech and energy landscape