Northeast offshore wind power — feast or famine?

• 16 5月 2017

Lower costs of offshore wind energy in Europe have led to renewed interest in the Northeast region, but real-world offshore wind power performance and reliability may fall short of expectations.

Net Metering in a Net Zero world

• 14 6月 2017

Several states have recently restored or extended full retail Net Metering for residential rooftop solar. Read more.

Flexibility: can California conquer the next phase of renewables?

• 09 6月 2017

A power grid that is reliable, affordable, and clean may be one of the 21st century’s greatest ambitions, and no economy is blazing the trail faster than California.

Energy view to 2035 in five charts

• 15 6月 2017

We've distilled our outlook into five charts that examine global supply by fuel, demand by country and emerging markets in Asia Pacific.

Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables

Access leading market analysis on the transformation of the global electricity industry.

Energy Transition Service

Quantify the pace and change of the energy transition across all commodities, markets, technologies and segments.

Renewables on the rise: are the Majors ready to invest?

• 05 7月 2017

Wind and solar energy are poised to radically reshape the energy market over the coming decades, presenting a threat to legacy oil and gas operations, but also an opportunity to diversify and future-proof portfolios.The Majors are starting to rethink their strategies. But how fast and to what extent will the shift to renewable energy unfold?

2035: Can electric vehicles put the brakes on oil demand?

• 11 4月 2017

In the latest instalment of our global trends to 2035 series, we forecast the threat to oil demand from electric vehicles

Filling the gap in corporate emissions reporting

• 13 2月 2017

With carbon emissions performance now front of mind for oil and gas companies, the need for a standardised approach to data reporting is apparent.

Singapore carbon pricing: an accelerating trend?

• 07 4月 2017

As the first Southeast Asian nation to adopt a tax on carbon, Singapore could encourage other countries to follow suit

Climate change: opportunities despite Trump threat to Paris Agreement

• 20 4月 2017

Trump’s victory cast a shadow over the conference, which commenced with a celebration of the Paris Agreement entering into force just days beforehand.

The art of never letting a crisis go to waste

• 15 7月 2020

I asked our experts what they believe governments and companies should be doing to ensure that they emerge stronger from the crisis.

Why US solar tariffs (almost) worked – and why they don’t now

• 20 7月 2020

Despite early success, Section 201 solar tariffs on imported cells and modules could now limit market growth.

Natural gas: friend or foe in Europe’s 2030 emissions target?

• 24 7月 2020

Green hydrogen has grabbed the limelight in the drive to decarbonise. But is there a role for natural gas in a post-coronavirus Europe?

Covid-19 reveals critical flaw in European power systems – lack of flexibility

• 23 7月 2020

Rory McCarthy, Principal Analyst, and Victor Laurent, Senior Product Manager for Power at Wood Mackenzie Genscape, look at the flexibility challenges facing European power markets, which have been laid bare by Covid-19

US residential solar finance will falter in 2020

• 14 8月 2020

US residential solar finance is taking a hit in 2020 due to Covid-19 impacts.

US utilities are still choosing solar

• 05 8月 2020

Utility-scale solar PV is likely to remain the most economically competitive electricity source in the US

Can biomethane decarbonise Europe’s gas market?

• 23 9月 2020

Europe is the leading global producer of the net-zero carbon renewable gas, but continued growth depends on policy support

Why the majors, electric utilities, and private equity firms all want to own US microgrids

• 03 9月 2020

The US microgrid market is growing, with a record 546 small power grids installed during 2019. Projects below 5MW are increasingly attractive to a wide range of investors.

US utilities are leaving non-wires alternatives on the table

• 27 8月 2020

Proposed non-wires alternatives are still often deemed either more expensive or less reliable than the conventional reinforcement option

Commercial solar could be huge – what’s holding it back?

• 17 8月 2020

Today there are only 15 commercial wind leases in the , and a number of them are held by the same group of companies

Google sets a new challenge for renewable energy

• 18 9月 2020

Tech companies have been matching their electricity use with purchases of wind and solar power. Now Google wants to go further and run its operations on renewables 24/7

Could coal and renewables put the squeeze on gas?

• 16 9月 2020

Current low gas prices are supporting demand growth in the sector and encouraging pro-gas policies and infrastructure developments

Time for Asia’s Sputnik moment on decarbonisation

• 22 9月 2020

Halting the pandemic and rebuilding economies are the most urgent goals for the immediate future. Wood Mackenzie estimates that almost US$20 trillion – equivalent to a quarter of global GDP – will go towards stimulus packages, public health spending and delivering a vaccine over the next 12-18 months alone.

CongestionIQ

Leverage our quantifiable predictions about congestion events across the US power grid to develop and strengthen congestion trading and hedging strategies.

WindcastIQ

Anticipate wind-related congestion and power price volatility, with accurate wind power generation forecasts and expert market analysis.

Net zero North Sea: can hydrogen live up to its hype?

• 20 10月 2020

The UK has an opportunity to be at the forefront of the global hydrogen economy – but it calls for rapid technology scale-up.

What’s on the minds of CEOs?

• 16 10月 2020

We hosted the CEOs from Shell, Total, Eni and SSE as well as senior executives from numerous other leading oil and gas companies and utilities over three days at our EMEA Energy Summit. So what were the hot topics?

Solar tax equity is more competitive than ever

• 15 10月 2020

The forces shaping current tax equity transactions – increasing competition for a limited resource, barriers to entry for new suppliers, and strong investor preferences – have always been there, but 2020 has exacerbated them.

Natural resource M&As: how enhanced ESG due diligence optimises value

• 14 10月 2020

A new Verisk Maplecroft/Wood Mackenzie white paper examines asset due diligence in the M&A context, and the value of better, deeper and richer ESG insight to mining and energy operators.