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 gang wraps up 2021

• 17 December 2021

Talking the gang's top 5 energy stories of 2021, energy storage, green stimulus in Europe, smart devices, the role of SPACs in financing clean energy and more.

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

• 29 October 2021

The Energy Gang podcast: Why TransitTech is so vital to struggling public transportation systems

• 10 October 2021

Ride sharing has swept transportation systems over the last decade – bringing convenience, bu...

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: innovation, agreements and earthshots

• 22 November 2021

Ed Crooks joins Melissa Lott and Amy Myers-Jaffe to ask COP26: success or failure? The gang also looks at innovation in CCS, nuclear and hydrogen.

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...

The Energy Gang podcast: Why this IPCC climate report is different

• 30 August 2021

The world’s most scrutinized and peer-reviewed document is out: the IPCC report on climate change....

Horizons podcast: Boom time

• 08 February 2023

Exploring the implications for manufacturers, developers and investors of the Inflation Reduction Act. 

Horizons podcast: How biofuel circularity could unlock the energy transition

• 25 August 2022

Liquid biofuels should play a key role in the energy transition. On the podcast we look at the need for the refining sector to adapt in the same way the petrochemical industry has, by adopting new technologies and establishing non-fossil fuel feedstocks.

Horizons podcast: The Big Ban

• 30 June 2022

Regular host Dr. Liz Dennett is joined by Derek Brower, US Energy Editor at the Financial Times, Massimo Di-Odoardo and Ann-Louise Hittle.

Horizons podcast: Sea Change

• 01 June 2022

Listen to our latest Horizons podcast. Costs for offshore wind are reducing dramatically and it will play an integral part of the energy transition.

Horizons podcast: Utility 3.0

• 25 March 2022

Liz Dennett is joined by Benjamin Attia and William Brent, Chief Marketing Officer, Husk Power Systems for our latest Horizons podcast, Utility 3.0.

Horizons podcast: No pain, no gain

• 03 February 2022

Dr. Liz Dennett joins Harvard fellow Monique Motty and Wood Mackenzie's Peter Martin to discuss the economic impact countries could face from a 1.5 °C pathway.

Horizons podcast: One giant leap

• 27 October 2021

Dr. Melissa Lott and Chief Analyst Simon Flowers join Horizons to talk Biden’s vision for repowering America.

South Korea announces carbon neutrality pledge

• 29 October 2020

South Korea becomes the latest Asian economy to announce its net-zero carbon emissions pledge.

Global solar PV installations to hit 115 GWdc in 2020

• 27 October 2020

As global solar PV markets continue to weather the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, solar PV installations are expected to hit 115 GWdc this year, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest quarterly market outlook. This is up 5% from the total installed globally in 2019.

PV module innovations to help drive down solar costs in coming decade

• 19 October 2020

The global solar industry has experienced tremendous growth in the past decade as the annual demand for solar rose year after year while the cost of solar declined significantly. In the 2020s, solar module costs will continue to fall, albeit at a much slower rate. Instead, improvement in module efficiency and power class will propel the declining capex trend forward and ultimately lower the solar levelised cost of energy (LCOE), new research from Wood Mackenzie found.

Over $16 billion of wind turbine capacity ordered in Q2 2020

• 14 October 2020

The second quarter of 2020 saw more than 17 GW of wind turbine capacity ordered globally. This equates to an estimated $16 billion, according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

China’s gas power plants bleed under pressure from lower tariffs and trade war

• 15 September 2020

China’s gas power plants are struggling to stay afloat as they face mounting pressure from lower tariffs and the ongoing trade war, says Wood Mackenzie.

US energy storage market sets Q2 record for deployments

• 03 September 2020

According to Wood Mackenzie and the U.S. Energy Storage Association’s (ESA) latest 'US Energy Storage Monitor' report, 168 MW were deployed in Q2 2020. This is an increase of 72% quarter-over-quarter, 117% year-over-year and is the second-highest quarterly total ever seen, falling just behind Q4 2019 (186.4 MW).

Green hydrogen costs to fall by up to 64% by 2040

• 25 August 2020

Green hydrogen costs will fall by up to 64% by 2040, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

323 million electric vehicles will be on the roads by 2040

• 19 August 2020

Electric vehicle (EV) sales are expected to reach 45 million units per year by 2040, with a total global EV stock of 323 million, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

Record number of microgrids installed in US last year

• 22 July 2020

546 microgrids were installed in the United States during 2019, more than any previous year, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

Mexico, Central America and Caribbean power up with record wind capacity

• 18 June 2020

Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean saw a record 1,830 megawatts (MW) of new wind power capacity installed across the region in 2019 – a 126% year-on-year increase in additions, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

US solar market sets Q1 record but pandemic mutes Q2 outlook

• 11 June 2020

The U.S. solar market installed 3.6 gigawatts (GW) of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Q1 2020, representing its largest first quarter ever and 40% of all new electric generating capacity additions in the United States.

Bangladesh to double its fossil fuel imports in a decade

• 14 May 2020

Bangladesh is expected to double its fossil fuel imports to 32 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe) between 2020 and 2030, says Wood Mackenzie.

Petrobras acts to protect gas value chain as Brazil demand slumps

• 24 April 2020

Petrobras’ handling of the crisis it faced as Brazilian gas demand slumped earlier this month offers valuable lessons to integrated players, Mauro Chavez, head of Latin America Gas & LNG at global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, says.