Join Wood Mackenzie's Power & Renewables team for an exclusive briefing designed to help you navigate the most dynamic investment landscape in decades.
Date: February 5, 2026
Time: 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM (ET)
Location: Midtown, New York City*
This session explores risks and opportunities for power and renewables investors in 2026.
With surging data center load growth and AI-driven electricity demand creating unprecedented opportunities, transmission investment and distributed energy resources are emerging as critical infrastructure priorities. Natural gas mergers and acquisitions activity continues to reshape asset valuations, while policy incentives accelerate capital deployment across the renewables value chain.
This briefing equips you to make informed investment decisions, deploy capital strategically across power and renewables, and build resilient portfolio value in 2026 and beyond.
Key Insights:
- Transmission investment outlook
- Distributed energy landscape overview
- Natural gas generation M&A review and analysis
- Power market outlook and trends
Speakers
Brian McIntosh
VP, Research, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables
Brian brings more than fifteen years of power industry experience to his role.
Latest articles by Brian
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Opinion
The global power market outlook: can global power generation keep up with the energy transition?
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Opinion
How to address congestion risk in US power markets
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Opinion
How to address risk from extreme weather in power markets
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Opinion
How to address risk from the intermittency of renewable energy in power markets
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Opinion
Can Maryland make net zero work?
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Opinion
Global power markets outlook: the energy transition gathers pace
Chris Seiple
Vice Chairman, Energy Transition and Power & Renewables
Chris brings more than 30 years of global power industry experience to his role.
Latest articles by Chris
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The Edge
How data centre growth is driving up US power prices
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Opinion
eBook | Navigate power market uncertainty with confidence: the essential guide to profitable energy investments
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Opinion
Supply chain bottlenecks threaten US data centre power ambitions
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Opinion
Energy policy shifts: navigating the One Big Beautiful Bill
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Opinion
eBook | Power surge: can US electricity supply meet rapidly rising demand?
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Opinion
eBook | Historic opportunities and complex challenges in a volatile world
Ben Hertz-Shargel
Global Head of Grid Edge
Ben leads research across electrification and grid technologies, drawing on a decade of executive experience.
Latest articles by Ben
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Opinion
‘Access to power’ has become ‘access to energy’
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The Edge
How data centre growth is driving up US power prices
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Opinion
Virtual power plant growth is getting very real
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Opinion
US utility large-load pipelines: a reality check
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Opinion
Supply chain bottlenecks threaten US data centre power ambitions
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Opinion
eBook | Power surge: can US electricity supply meet rapidly rising demand?
Stay ahead of market developments and make informed decisions in today’s rapidly evolving energy landscape.
Space is limited. This briefing brings together Wood Mackenzie's leading power and renewables analysts with senior decision-makers from across the investment community.
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