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  Global onshore wind industry to reach maturity in 2020s

  • 05 febrero 2020

  Solar power has emerged as the biggest threat to onshore wind's dominance in the decarbonisation battle. However, the tools available to the wind sector to combat this challenge are diminishing, according to Wood Mackenzie.

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  Can offshore wind sustain double-digit growth?

  • 06 febrero 2020

  According to Wood Mackenzie figures, offshore wind will constitute 25% of total wind demand in 2028 - up from 10% in 2019 - and will narrow the gap with offshore upstream oil and gas in terms of capital expenditure deployment.

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  Global battery electric vehicle sales to surge in 2020s

  • 10 febrero 2020

  The second half of the 2010s saw the rebirth of the battery electric vehicle (BEV).

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  Brazil’s consumers ‘pay price’ for power costs problems

  • 12 febrero 2020

  New research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie indicates the fuel pricing mechanism used by Brazil’s Energy Planning Agency (EPE) in the country’s power auctions does not align with the New Gas Market programme – and Brazilian electricity consumers may pay the price for this.

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  OPEC+ ‘no deal’ a blow to the market

  • 06 marzo 2020

  The OPEC+ meeting broke up without a deal, what does it mean for the markets?

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  US storage market sets power capacity record with Q4 2019 deployments

  • 10 marzo 2020

  The United States energy storage sector set a power capacity record in Q4 2019, deploying 186.4 megawatts (MW) and 364.2 megawatt-hours (MWh) of storage.

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  Oil price rout may trigger major industry shake-up

  • 10 marzo 2020

  As global markets reel in the wake of the oil price crash, Wood Mackenzie’ corporate analysis team believes the price collapse could be the trigger for a new phase of deep industry restructuring - one that rivals the changes seen in the late-1990s.

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  Oil price crash dents timeline of Australia’s second wave of FIDs

  • 26 marzo 2020

  Wood Mackenzie’s latest analysis reveals that Australia’s next wave of LNG projects are likely to be delayed.

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  Global wind power capacity to grow by 112% over next 10 years

  • 26 marzo 2020

  Global wind power capacity additions are expected to sit at an annual average of 77GW from 2020 to 2029, according to Wood Mackenzie.

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  Oil price rout: which supply is most at risk of shut-in?

  • 27 marzo 2020

  The coronavirus pandemic is reducing oil demand. The OPEC+ production restraint agreement fell apart on 6 March and Saudi Arabia is rapidly increasing supply. The result: Brent crude has plunged to less than US$30/bbl. This will have a significant impact on currently producing fields and future supply. How low can the price go before different sources of production become uneconomic? Where are production shut-ins most likely? Can governments influence the result?

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  African upstream capex ‘may be slashed by 33%’

  • 31 marzo 2020

  Faced with the double whammy of the oil price crash and the coronavirus pandemic, Africa’s upstream sector looks set to slash capital spending by around 33% in 2020. Similar cuts to operating costs are also targeted by producers to stay cash-flow neutral. Unlike the 2015-16 price crash, this time nothing is sacrosanct: some operators will even wield the axe on committed spend, as well as the discretionary expenditure.

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  Coronavirus restrictions set to hit US utility-scale solar projects

  • 01 abril 2020

  The coronavirus pandemic is likely to have a material impact on utility-scale solar installations in the US this year, and perhaps even into 2021. In its Coronavirus: US Solar PV Supply Chain and Utility-Scale Market Risk report, Wood Mackenzie says that, in a best-case scenario, the market could see up to four weeks of supply delays affecting a few hundred MWs of modules and inverters. This, combined with construction disruptions, could translate into as much as 2 GWdc of project development delays in 2020.

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  India’s bulks supply chain takes a hit during lockdown

  • 08 abril 2020

  India is under a three-week lockdown from 25 March to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. Businesses are shut, and the supply chain is disrupted. Industries are either closed or operating at sub-optimal utilisation.

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  Ukraine may hold key to Europe’s gas storage crunch

  • 16 abril 2020

  European gas storage is almost full to the brim – and with the mild weather, coronavirus lockdowns hitting demand and an over-supplied market, levels are not likely to drop soon. New analysis from natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie suggests October may prove critical for the market – and highlights a potential solution to the storage crunch.

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  150 GW of renewables projects in Asia Pacific at risk in a coronavirus-led recession

  • 22 abril 2020

  Wood Mackenzie’s latest research shows that up to 150 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar projects across the Asia Pacific could be delayed or cancelled over the next five years (2020 – 2024), if the coronavirus-led recession extends beyond 2020.

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  European olefins production could recover in 2020 despite coronavirus

  • 30 abril 2020

  Europe saw a 20-year low in olefins production in 2019. Despite the coronavirus hitting demand, 2020 could show a recovery in production.

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  Grid congestion chokes renewables investments in Eastern Australia

  • 30 abril 2020

  Australia’s renewables project pipeline in the National Electricity Market (NEM) remains massive at 67 gigawatts (GW) capacity (6GW under construction and 61GW in announced projects), but the current conversion rate to firm projects is low due to grid congestion, says Wood Mackenzie.

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  Vestas breaks annual wind turbine installation record

  • 11 mayo 2020

  Vestas became the first wind turbine manufacturer to install more than 10 GW of wind capacity in a single year (2019), according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

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  Oil supply cuts could curtail 15% of ethylene supply in Middle East

  • 13 mayo 2020

  Approximately 15% of ethane-based ethylene supply in the Middle East could be lost this year due to oil supply dynamics, according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie. This equates to around 1.5 million tons of ethylene.

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  UK gas market faces Covid-19 deadlock

  • 21 mayo 2020

  The UK gas balance has reached a deadlock for the summer. Resilient UK production, Norwegian imports and baseload LNG imports are overwhelming the market with supply. And with lockdown placing huge pressure on electricity and fuel markets, demand will be weak throughout the summer.

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  Global appetite for plastics key to China’s polyolefins demand growth in 2020

  • 28 mayo 2020

  Much of China’s polyolefins demand growth in 2020 will depend on global appetite for plastic end-products, says Wood Mackenzie.

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  Power system flexibility key to Europe's net-zero targets

  • 03 junio 2020

  The success of Europe’s transition to net-zero emissions by 2050 will hinge on the flexibility of its power system.

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  US midstream takes hit as Lower 48 E&Ps turn off taps

  • 03 junio 2020

  The oil price crash has hit the US Lower 48 hard. But as exploration and production companies work to mitigate the impact of the crash on their businesses, their strategies are affecting the region’s midstream players.

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  US energy storage market sees strong first quarter despite coronavirus

  • 02 junio 2020

  The United States energy storage sector saw a strong first quarter, with residential storage setting another record while the non-residential market had its third-strongest quarter on record.

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  Global LNG demand faces first seasonal contraction in 8 years

  • 02 junio 2020

  The global liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry is about to face its first seasonal demand contraction since 2012, with demand in summer 2020 expected to fall 2.7% or 3 million tonnes (Mt) year-on-year, says Wood Mackenzie.

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  Nickel sulphate supply to peak in 2027 as EV sector-driven demand accelerates

  • 08 junio 2020

  Nickel in sulphate production is expected to rise from 211 kilo-tonnes (Kt) in 2019 to its peak at 450 Kt in 2027, while demand driven by the electric vehicle (EV) sector continues to accelerate, reaching approximately 800 Kt by 2035, says Wood Mackenzie.

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  Subsidy cuts could slash Chinese wind turbine OEMs’ margins by half

  • 18 junio 2020

  China’s wind turbine original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) could have their gross profit margins halved due to subsidy cuts, says Wood Mackenzie.

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  Australia’s energy storage capacity more than doubles to 1.2 GWh in 2020

  • 17 junio 2020

  According to new research from Wood Mackenzie, Australia is set to add 1.2 gigawatt-hour (GWh) of energy storage capacity in 2020, more than double the 499 MWh installed in 2019. This takes the country’s cumulative storage capacity at 2.7 GWh this year.

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  Circular economy not fulfilling promise

  • 18 julio 2024

  The circular economy, a critical strategy for delivering a lower-emission, more sustainable future by reusing materials and minimising waste has made disappointingly little impact on the global plastics industry in the last decade as it struggled to navigate traditional value chains and business practices according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie.

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  Shell's acquisition of Pavilion's LNG assets strengthens Singapore's position as a global LNG hub

  • 26 junio 2024

  The recent acquisition of Pavilion's LNG assets by Shell is expected to strengthen Singapore's position as a global LNG trading and bunkering hub, according to analysis by Wood Mackenzie.    “The acquisition will position Shell as the main user of the Singapore LNG (SLNG) terminal,” says Johnson ...