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

• 05 3月 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.

The Interchange Recharged podcast: Live at the Grid Edge Innovation Summit – Day Two

• 08 12月 2022

We are on day two of the Grid Edge Innovation Summit and are continuing to bring you all the action from the two days of talks. We are live in Phoenix and covering many vital topics such as the growth of EVs and US government support via the Inflation Reduction Act.

Power Market Fundamentals

Our power solutions combine multi-commodity data, proprietary cost intelligence, asset-level data, unique geospatial capabilities, and market fundamentals to help discover new opportunities while assessing risk.

Fully loaded: the potential impact of large demand centres on US short-term power markets

• 05 11月 2024

How surging AI, manufacturing and crypto demands could impact US power markets

Wood Mackenzie's Stress Test

• 01 9月 2019

What if the energy transition accelerates? What if electric vehicle battery technology stalls? In Wood Mackenzie's Stress Test, we challenge Wood Mackenzie’s most experienced researchers to defend their big ideas. How will their predictions hold up to some highly possible and some very leftfield what-if scenarios? Listen to Wood Mackenzie’s Stress Test to find out.

Crude For Thought

• 11 12月 2018

Join our experts for a sometimes unconventional perspective on unconventionals and upstream as a whole.

Webinar | Regional vs. Northern Sands: is the Permian proppant debate over?(2)

• 27 8月 2019

Please join our premier US Lower 48 research team's webinar to hear our take on this long-standing industry debate on Regional vs. Northern Sands. Our latest analysis will put the Permian proppant debate to a standing still.

Offshore wind at a pivotal moment

• 24 10月 2023

Supply chain bottlenecks and rising interest rates threaten the viability of offshore wind projects. The policy response will be critical.

Trump and Biden seek the middle ground on energy

• 11 9月 2020

The two contenders for the US presidency have fundamentally different views on energy, but have been seeking to win over swing voters

A power-up for US renewables

• 10 12月 2021

Passage of the Build Back Better Act is by no means certain, but if it passes, it could have a dramatic effect on the US solar industry, supercharging its growth.

Buoyant LNG market a sign of the coming recovery

• 11 12月 2020

A strong rise in prices in Asia and record US exports show how demand for LNG is bouncing back. Other markets are set to follow

US anger at OPEC+ production cut

• 11 10月 2022

The decision provoked some anger in the US. But the actual production cut is smaller than the headlines imply, and is coming as global demand for oil is faltering.

New rules and frameworks in global carbon policies

• 15 4月 2024

Read on for developments in carbon policy coming out of the US, UK and EU

The US tight oil industry grows up

• 23 6月 2023

As the E&P sector embraces capital discipline and stability through the cycle, the US may be losing its role as a swing producer

North America Power Solutions

Get a visual representation of major constraint patterns, congestion risks, and historic impact analysis.

The politics of fracking

• 16 10月 2020

Joe Biden is clear that he would not try to ban hydraulic fracturing. But a row over it highlights the challenge facing his energy strategy

The shrinking scale of greenfield oil and gas projects: slowing growth prospects outside the L48 bubble

• 26 1月 2017

Despite the uptick in numbers, investment in greenfield conventional projects is stuck at a low ebb.

Avoiding pand-ammonia: how to kick-start a global low-carbon ammonia industry

• 17 11月 2022

Ammonia shapes modern life in every way imaginable. As the basis for all nitrogen fertilisers, industrial ammonia has truly changed the world.

Concho Resources buys RSP Permian in Largest Permian Deal Ever

• 28 3月 2018

Andy McConn, research analyst at Wood Mackenzie, shares his thoughts following Concho Resources announced acquisition of RSP Permian Inc. in an $8 billion all-share deal, the largest purely Permian deal ever.

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

• 27 7月 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?

BP buys BHP's L48 assets in 'transformative' $10.5bn deal

• 27 7月 2018

BP has bought BHP Billiton's US Lower 48 assets in a $10.5 billion deal. Wood Mackenzie believes the deal will be transformative for BP.

Market implications of Chinese tariffs on US LNG

• 03 8月 2018

Today China announced retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion worth of American imports, in response to the Trump administration's latest trade threats. The list included a 25% tariff on LNG.

Private equity's future in US Gulf of Mexico deepwater

• 19 9月 2018

With many Independents and Majors chasing onshore shale and white hot Brazil and Mexico, the US Gulf of Mexico, once the coveted jewel of the oil industry, has become a lower investment priority in recent years. This has opened the space for private equity-backed companies who have stepped up to the plate, turned pennies into dollars and shown they have what it takes to compete.

Permian producers hedge their bets against pipeline delays

• 11 9月 2018

Permian producers increased their 2020 oil-basis hedge positions by 431% during Q2. Such a sharp rise suggests producers perceive a higher risk that key pipeline projects fail to start up by 2019 target dates, according Wood Mackenzie's latest analysis of oil and gas activity.

Transocean’s $2.7bn Ocean Rig deal ‘a winner’

• 03 9月 2018

Rig provider Transocean is set to merge with Ocean Rig in a $2.7 billion deal, a move Wood Mackenzie says is a winning one for the rig market.

US energy dominance faces long-term challenges

• 17 4月 2025

While the United States currently dominates global oil and gas production, it faces significant challenges to maintaining the same level of leadership in the coming decades, according to the latest Horizons report from Wood Mackenzie.

North American net energy-related emissions to fall 20% by 2030, according to Wood Mackenzie

• 03 3月 2025

According to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie, 2030 net energy-related emissions from the North American power sector are set to fall by 20% compared to 2024 levels. The "Energy Transition Outlook 2024-25: Americas" report shows that in Wood Mackenzie’s base case outlook, main drivers of this activity in North America will be lower emissions from the power sector, which are set to decline 24% by 2030, and the acceleration of transport electrification.

US V2X installed capacity to double to 40 MW in 2025

• 27 3月 2025

The vehicle-to-everything market (V2X) is expanding, with installed capacity expected to double to 40 megawatts (MW) in 2025, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie. According to the report “Power from the people: The state of the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) market” this expansion will be driven largely by school bus electrification programs. School buses provide significant downtime combined with their reliable duty cycles and large batteries.

Data center pipeline capacity exceeds 92 GW by end of 2024, says Wood Mackenzie

• 13 3月 2025

The pipeline capacity for US data centers with development activity since 2023 exceeded 92 gigawatts (GW) at the end of 2024, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie. The adoption of artificial intelligence is fueling massive capacity expansion for data centers and competition for power. According to the report “US data center pipeline” from Wood Mackenzie, monthly pipeline additions reached 7 GW in the fourth quarter of 2024.

US wind market installations hit a decade low

• 08 4月 2025

The U.S. wind market continued a downward trend in 2024, with 5.2 gigawatts (GW) of total installations, the lowest in 10 years, according to the U.S. Wind Energy Monitor report released by Wood Mackenzie. The report shows that 3.9 GW of onshore builds came online last year, along with 1.3 GW of onshore repowers and 101 megawatts (MW) of installed offshore capacity.