• News Release

  China's renewables boom year poses major challenges to western markets

  • 17 2月 2022

  China’s renewables manufacturing has emerged from 2021 bigger and more competitive than ever before. Western markets are benefitting from trading with the IKEA of the energy transition, but balancing reliance on China’s technology providers with local interests is now a key political as well as environmental challenge, says Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Solar growth trajectory remains uncertain as federal legislation stalls

  • 10 3月 2022

  In 2021, US solar prices increased as much as 18% due to unprecedented supply chain challenges, trade actions, and legislative uncertainty, according to the US Solar Market Insight 2021 Year in Review report.

• Content

  Let's Share the Sun

  • 07 3月 2022

  Wood Mackenzie and Let’s Share the Sun Foundation aspires to facilitate the use of solar energy in poor communities around the world. Together our mission is to raise funds to support energy access in Puerto Rico.

• News Release

  US energy storage market sets Q4 record for new installations

  • 24 3月 2022

  The US energy storage market set a new record in the fourth quarter of 2021, with new system installations totalling 4,727 megawatt hours (MWh).

• News Release

  Industry leaders to speak at Wood Mackenzie’s European Power & Renewables Conference

  • 24 3月 2022

  Join executives from EDF Energy, Renewable Energy Institute and Société Générale as Europe’s energy sector gears up for critical transformation

• Comment

  Earthquake in Japan impacts power sector

  • 21 3月 2022

  Following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake reported off Fukushima, Japan, Wood Mackenzie senior analyst Yamato Kawamata gives an overview of the impact on the power sector.

• Content

  Security alert: five lessons from the energy crisis

  • 21 4月 2022

  The crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the most significant shock to world energy markets since the 1970s. Read more.

• Webinar

  Webinar | Next generation PV: Utilizing ultra high power modules

  • 19 5月 2022

  The world is committed to carbon neutrality and building a new power system with the energy transition that is underway. The global PV industry has entered its fastest-growing period by leaps and bounds. As for PV field, only a lower LCOE and higher value can accelerate the replacement of fossil energy such as coal and crude oil, and promote the realization of the "dual carbon" goals.

• News Release

  Wood Mackenzie scales renewable markets data reach as Canadian Solar joins Lens Power Development Partner Program

  • 29 4月 2022

  Wood Mackenzie welcomes Canadian Solar as a development partner for its industry-leading Lens® decision intelligence platform, which delivers live data across the industrial landscapes of every global economy.

• Content

  Sea change: navigating the trillion-dollar offshore wind opportunity

  • 18 5月 2022

  Offshore wind is poised to become one of the key technologies powering the decarbonisation of the global economy. Read more.

• News Release

  Ammonia co-firing in thermal power plants could be worth US$100 billion in 2050

  • 18 5月 2022

  While hydrogen can be used in many sectors, its derivative, ammonia, has emerged as a key tool to provide flexible power generation and integrate variable renewables. Analysis by Wood Mackenzie shows that a 10% ammonia co-firing in global coal plants would translate to 200 million tonnes (Mt) of ammonia demand, a potential market of US$100 billion by 2050.

• Opinion

  Can the rest of the world repel China’s magnetic pull over rare earth metals?

  • 19 5月 2022

  By investing across complex supply chains, Chinese companies have integrated rare earth mining, processing, metal production and magnet manufacturing, allowing China to then dominate high value-add sectors including drivetrains for electric vehicles and generators for wind turbines.

• News Release

  Soaring solar raw materials prices could thwart REPowerEU plans

  • 30 5月 2022

  The REPowerEU initiative has the potential to add at least 420 gigawatts (GW) of solar installations by 2030; however, rising solar raw material costs could become the stumbling block to achieving this goal, says Wood Mackenzie.

• Opinion

  What does the EU’s new decarbonisation roadmap mean for its carbon economy?

  • 21 2月 2024

  Key takeaways from the 2040 Climate Target, Net Zero Industry Act and Industrial Carbon Management Strategy

• News Release

  Cumulative US community solar installed capacity expected to break 14 GWdc by 2028

  • 21 2月 2024

  US cumulative community solar installations are forecasted to break 14 gigawatts direct current (GWdc) in existing state markets by 2028, according to the latest report released by Wood Mackenzie in collaboration with the Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA).

• News Release

  EU will miss 2050 climate targets by a decade, without urgent action

  • 22 2月 2024

  Despite ambition across its members, the EU won’t meet climate targets until well into the 2060s, as focus shifts to energy security and economic stability. Renewables and electrification uptake is due to progress steadily, but nascent technologies, such as hydrogen and carbon capture, need urgent action in the forms of investment, demand certainty, and policy commitment.

• News Release

  Carbon intensity regulation to make or break global low-carbon hydrogen market

  • 15 2月 2024

  The future of low-carbon hydrogen hinges on global policymakers introducing regulations and subsidies that focus on the carbon intensity of the hydrogen produced rather than its colour.

• Opinion

  North American power markets: navigating a trickier path to decarbonisation

  • 15 2月 2024

  North America’s energy transition could be longer, more expensive and more politically contentious than previously predicted

• Opinion

  Not made in China: the US$6 trillion cost of shifting the world’s clean-tech manufacturing hub

  • 12 2月 2024

  How can we balance the increased cost of diversifying energy transition critical supply chains against the economic and strategic risk of being wholly reliant on China? Pragmatically, how can the world’s biggest economies work together to achieve a successful energy transition?

• Opinion

  Wind turbine technology evolution is diverging quickly between China and the rest of the world

  • 07 2月 2024

  Western OEMs reduce the pace of NPI and focus on product standardisation while Chinese peers continue the frenetic pace of new turbine introduction

• Opinion

  A pause in US gas export approvals: a big win for the climate?

  • 06 2月 2024

  Explore the consequences of the US' decision to pause gas export approvals with Ed Crooks, Melissa Lott and Emily Grubert. How will it impact global energy markets, greenhouse gas emissions and living standards in lower-income countries?

• Opinion

  How to optimize EV battery research and development

  • 30 1月 2024

  Professor Alán Aspuru-Guzik and Jason Koeller explore how AI transforms the game. From predicting performance to crafting innovative compositions, discover the future of electric vehicles.

• Opinion

  2023: the year the European renewables bubble burst

  • 25 1月 2024

  What are the reasons for optimism for European clean energy in 2024?

• Opinion

  Is AI really a game-changer for energy?

  • 23 1月 2024

  Discover the game-changing potential of artificial intelligence in shaping the future of energy

• Featured

  Electric vehicle & battery supply chain: 5 things to look for in 2024

  • 23 1月 2024

  Following a disappointing year, electric vehicles (EVs) could be front and centre of global geopolitics in 2024. How will that change the road ahead?

• Opinion

  The debate over US hydrogen tax credits is coming to a head

  • 19 1月 2024

  Treasury guidance on tax credits for low-carbon hydrogen has divided the industry. Clarity over the rules would benefit the whole sector.

• Opinion

  Looking back at a year of European power: 2023 in review

  • 16 1月 2024

  In 2023, Europe's power market stabilized with a milder winter and successful demand reduction measures, while geopolitical events and gas supply restructuring influenced dynamics. Decreased power demand, a drop in commodity prices, and increased renewables contributed to a more resilient market, though challenges persisted with low and negative power prices during abnormal weather periods.

• The Edge

  Six themes shaping the energy world in 2024

  • 09 1月 2024

  What opportunities, challenges and risks does the world of energy and natural resources face in 2024? Our experts share their thoughts.

• The Edge

  COP28 key takeaways

  • 14 12月 2023

  The challenges in accelerating the energy transition

• Opinion

  COP28 takeaways: why collaboration matters now more than ever

  • 19 12月 2023

  At this year’s COP28, Edinburgh Science and Wood Mackenzie’s discussion ‘Delivering on the promise of climate finance at last’ tackled the importance of climate finance, the role of international collaboration in addressing climate change, and the need to mobilise investments in emerging markets to drive sustainable solutions