Everyone is worrying about rising demand for electricity. Do Microsoft and Google have an answer?

• 02 April 2024

The future of electricity is at a crossroads, with demand soaring because of AI, EVs and more. Google, Microsoft and Nucor have an innovative plan to boost clean energy tech and aid this rising demand. Tune in to our latest episode of The Energy Gang as host Ed Crooks, alongside experts Dr Melissa Lott and Michael Webber, explore the urgency of this issue and the role emerging technologies must play.

How will utilities meet surging power demand?

• 19 March 2024

Ed Crooks is joined by experts Amy Myers Jaffe and Samantha Gross to discuss the evolving landscape of power demand and climate goals. They also explore the rapid growth of new energy vehicle sales in China and what this means for global emissions reduction efforts.

Bonus interviews at Distributech

• 08 March 2024

This bonus episode of Wood Mackenzie’s The Energy Gang is our third from the Distributech conference in Orlando.

How can we develop new energy technologies and get them deployed at scale?

• 05 March 2024

As the world moves towards a sustainable energy future, government support is essential for research to develop new technologies, and for investment to deploy them at scale. But how do we know which strategies will be most effective for the progress we need, both to bring down the costs of existing technologies and to create new breakthroughs? Ed Crooks, Melissa Lott and Jessika Trancik discuss the progress of clean energy technologies.

Is AI really a game-changer for energy?

• 23 January 2024

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

Was COP28 a huge success? | Podcast

• 15 December 2023

As COP28 comes to a close, the Energy Gang looks back on the last two weeks of discussion. Ed Crooks was there in Dubai, as were regular guests Dr Melissa Lott and Amy Harder, and together they answer the one key question: can we call it a success?

Webinar | Solar on sale: Is now the best time to buy solar products or will prices keep dropping?

• 29 August 2024

Webinar | Scope for improvement: Why oil & gas needs to address scope 3 emissions

• 14 November 2024

Webinar | How are project economics defining the CCUS landscape?

• 29 April 2025

Join Wood Mackenzie on 29th April, 2025 for a discussion and analysis of CCUS project economics and their effects on the global CCUS market.

Webinar | Subsurface Outlook 2025

• 11 February 2025

Wood Mackenzie at ONS 2026

• 24 August 2026

Wood Mackenzie is excited to attend and speak at ONS this year, from 24-27 August 2026.

Wood Mackenzie APAC briefing 2026

• 08 September 2026

Wood Mackenzie is excited to be hosting the APPEC 2026 briefing.

Webinar | Upstream Global Deepwater

• 02 December 2025

Join our webinar on the 2nd December as we discuss the global deepwater state of the industry

Powering the future: ensuring resource adequacy and flexibility in a renewable energy era

• 29 January 2025

Watch our webinar replay to explore the critical topic of resource adequacy and the role of generator flexibility in today’s evolving energy landscape. We dive into capacity accreditation, renewable integration, and the future of grid stability, featuring expert insights from Dr. Karl Meeusen, PhD, and Wärtsilä’s innovative RICE technology.

Is the end of the global energy transition closer than we think?

• 17 October 2018

Is the Global Energy Transition on track? A new report by Wood Mackenzie, Thinking global energy transitions: the what, if, how and when, explores the forces shaping the energy transition, and pinpoints the sustainability tipping point – when the world shifts from the age of oil and gas to the age of power and renewables – will arrive by 2035.

China's retaliatory tariff on US LNG

• 19 September 2018

In the 12 months up until June 2018, China was the second largest buyer of US LNG, accounting for approximately 3 mmtpa of US LNG, with Shell being the largest seller. However as the US-China trade dispute escalated, Chinese buyers have gradually reduced purchases of US LNG.

China's mega crude-to-chemicals projects may deal knockout blow to regional PX exporters

• 21 August 2018

Higher base chemicals demand and feedstock security for heavy naphtha are driving the development of a new wave of mega-integrated refinery and chemical sites in China. Private Chinese chemical producers, including Hengli and Rong Sheng, are back-integrating their chemical plants with refineries by building mega-integrated facilities. Wood Mackenzie expects these projects to come on stream in the next 12 to 24 months.

US LNG deal 'could be significant for relationship with Europe'

• 27 July 2018

What does the EU's agreement to buy US LNG - announced after a meeting between European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and US President Donald Trump - mean for producers and consumers?

New regulations to fast-track Brazil FPSO deployment and boost pre-salt oil production

• 20 June 2018

Brazil's new local content regulations could fast-track the deployment of FPSO units, speeding up the pace of pre-salt oil production by more than 21 billion barrels by the mid-2020s, a new report by Wood Mackenzie analysing the impact of new local content rules on production, royalty collection and job creation has found.

China's LNG trucking capacity to double in medium term

• 18 June 2018

Wood Mackenzie estimates LNG trucking capacity in China to double to 38 million tonnes (mt) by 2025. China is the world's largest LNG trucking market. In 2017, 19 mt of LNG was transported via tanker truck from domestic liquefaction plants and LNG import terminals to downstream markets. This volume accounts for 12% of total gas consumption.

When will the market face peak demand?

• 18 October 2017

The market is no stranger to peak oil. But industry focus is shifting from concerns about peak oil supply to a more concrete threat– peak demand. The Rise and Fall of Black Gold, released today by Wood Mackenzie, is a comprehensive, cross-commodity, cross-value chain analysis of peak demand. The report identifies the drivers as well as the potential impact of this global transformation – across regions, sectors, and fuels.

North America could play bigger role in future global bunker market

• 20 March 2017

Alan Gelder, Vice President of Refining, Chemicals & Oil Markets, believes that North America has the opportunity to take a much bigger role in the future global bunker market.

Decarbonising global iron ore and steel industry by 2050 necessitates urgent action and US$1.4 trillion of investment

• 15 September 2022

Decarbonising the steel and iron ore industry by 2050, in line with the Paris Climate Agreement, will require US$1.4 trillion of investment and revolution across every stage of the value chain. This presents an urgent challenge and enormous opportunity according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest Horizons research report, Pedal to the metal: Iron and steel’s $1.4 trillion shot at decarbonisation.

14% increase in European coal demand to be short-term trend

• 21 September 2022

European seaborne thermal coal demand is projected to increase 14% or 12 million metric tonnes (Mt) this year to 98 Mt as it grapples with the current energy crisis.

Climate policies trigger 1.9% upgrade QoQ in global wind power

• 03 October 2022

Global wind power is expected to see an 1.9% increase of installed capacity Quarter on Quarter (QoQ), an equivalent of 25.6 gigawatts (GW), between 2022 and 2031 according to Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK).

Long-duration energy storage projects attract more than US $58 billion investment over last three years

• 07 December 2022

Long-duration storage energy (LDES) projects around the world have attracted more than US $58 billion in commitments made by governments and companies since 2019. If all these projects went forward, it would lead to the installation of 57 gigawatts (GW) of LDES – the equivalent of three times the global energy-storage capacity deployed in 2022, according to analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

Wood Mackenzie Launches the Electric Vehicles and Battery Supply Chain Service at Mining Indaba 2023

• 06 February 2023

Wood Mackenzie, the leading provider of decision intelligence for the world’s natural resources sector, today launched the Electric Vehicles and Battery Supply Chain Service (EVBSC) at the Mining Indaba 2023 conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The EVBSC is a new product that provides end-to-end detailed analysis and forecasts of the electric transportation value chain including quarterly long-term outlooks to 2050 and 10-year forecasts, and monthly short-term reports and data for EV, Li-ion battery and raw materials (lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite and manganese) markets.

Global hydrogen pipeline plummets in Q4, with only 1Mtpa of new projects announced

• 23 February 2023

The total global announced capacity for hydrogen projects reached 71.4 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa), but 2022 falls short of becoming a record year according to latest analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

California dwarfs all other VPP markets in North America

• 29 March 2023

California dwarfs all virtual power plant (VPP) markets in North America, housing 24% of projects in the region, according to Wood Mackenzie’s ‘North America VPP market: H1 2023’ report.

Global wind energy to top 1 TW threshold by the end of 2023

• 11 April 2023

The global wind energy market will pass the one terawatt (TW) threshold for installed capacity by the end of 2023, according to the latest market outlook from Wood Mackenzie.