• News Release

  700 million electric vehicles will be on the roads by 2050

  • 08 2月 2021

  Electric vehicle (EV) sales are expected to reach 62 million units per year by 2050, with a total global EV stock of 700 million, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

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  Greentech Media's integration with Wood Mackenzie

  • 12 2月 2021

  Wood Mackenzie acquired Greentech Media in 2016 and in 2019 integrated the GTM research practice into our ever-expanding Power and Renewables research team. Since then we have continued to use greentechmedia.com and GTM Squared as vehicles to present green technology and renewables news. Recognising the strategic importance of the energy transition to Wood Mackenzie, the time has now come for us to fully integrate Greentech Media.

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  Europe needs to change course to hit 2030 emissions target

  • 18 2月 2021

  Europe’s new 2030 emissions target of a 55% reduction over 1990 levels has made it the undisputed global leader in climate ambition. However, with the region still a long way from achieving this rapidly approaching goal, dramatic changes are needed.

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  US winter storm impacts on the polyester value chain

  • 18 2月 2021

  As the US deals with this week’s winter storm, refining and petrochemicals outages could have an impact on the global polyester chain, according to Wood Mackenzie.

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  BMW Group must prioritise full-electric cars to meet 2030 targets

  • 25 2月 2021

  BMW Group – which is comprised of BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce and Zinoro – is targeting 7 million in battery electric vehicle (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) stock by 2030, which would see over 1 million combined sales of these cars globally by the same date. However, Wood Mackenzie projects the company will only meet 61% (4.2 million) of that stock target by 2030.

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  IMO 2030 carbon intensity target can be achieved with adoption of amendments

  • 26 2月 2021

  Wood Mackenzie’s latest report reveals that the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 2030 carbon intensity target can be achieved with the adoption of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) and Energy Efficiency Design Index for existing ships (EEXI) amendments at the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) 76 in June this year.

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  US energy storage market shatters quarterly deployment record

  • 03 3月 2021

  According to Wood Mackenzie and the U.S. Energy Storage Association’s (ESA) latest ‘US Energy Storage Monitor’ report, 2,156 megawatt-hours (MWh) of new energy storage systems were brought online in Q4 2020. This is an increase of 182% from Q3 2020, making Q4 the new record quarter for U.S. storage.

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  U.S. solar industry sets records in 2020, on track to quadruple by 2030

  • 16 3月 2021

  The U.S. solar industry grew 43% and installed a record 19.2 gigawatts (GWdc) of capacity in 2020, according to the ‘U.S. Solar Market Insight 2020 Year-in-Review’ report, released today by Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

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  China’s green ambitions can complement energy security and economic goals

  • 18 3月 2021

  Wood Mackenzie’s latest report reveals that China’s march towards carbon neutrality by 2060 can complement both energy security and economic goals.

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  Texas deep freeze: lingering impacts on US petrochemical industry

  • 19 3月 2021

  Last month’s winter storm paralysed the US petrochemical industry. Operations at US Gulf Coast petrochemical facilities have yet to fully recover one month after freezing temperatures triggered wide-spread power outages and plant shutdowns.

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  Chinese NEV and HEV sales to rise over 15-fold by 2035

  • 23 3月 2021

  Sales of China’s new energy vehicles (NEV) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) combined are expected to rise 15-fold or more by 2035 with their share in total new car sales exceeding 80%, says Wood Mackenzie.

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  Global wind power installations hit record levels in 2020

  • 29 3月 2021

  114 GW of new wind capacity was added globally in 2020, representing an 82% increase year-over-year (YoY), according to new research from Wood Mackenzie. This is the highest global annual installation total on record.

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  Wood Mackenzie’s new multi-factor analysis pin-points advantaged reservoirs

  • 30 3月 2021

  Granular subsurface data is key to understanding advantaged resources

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  Asia’s ambitious biofuels plans thwarted by supply constraints and food security concerns

  • 31 3月 2021

  Asia’s ambitious biofuels blending targets will be a challenge to meet due to supply constraints and food security concerns, says Wood Mackenzie.

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  Carbon neutrality goal forces Chinese aluminium smelters away from captive coal power

  • 19 4月 2021

  China’s march towards carbon neutrality is forcing its aluminium smelters away from using captive coal-fired power, says Wood Mackenzie.

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  Will higher oil prices spell trouble for upstream discipline?

  • 19 4月 2021

  In its rebound from the 2020 downturn, Brent flirted with US$70 per barrel. Higher prices in 2021 mean higher cash flow for producers, perhaps even record-setting highs. Have the good times returned? Global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie believes operators need to be cautious.

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  Americas to lead global energy storage market by 2025

  • 20 4月 2021

  According to new research from Wood Mackenzie, the Americas region will overtake Asia Pacific by 2025 to lead the global storage market, with a total capacity of 371 GWh in 2030. Most of this growth will come from the US.

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  UK accelerates plan to cut carbon emissions

  • 20 4月 2021

  Today's announcement outlining the UK's plan to set a legally binding 78% greenhouse gas emissions reduction target (on 1990 levels) through its Sixth Carbon Budget is another significant milestone on the road to its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.

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  OPEC+ maintains production plan

  • 27 4月 2021

  OPEC+ is, as expected, holding firm to its decision to increase supply, gradually and carefully, over the coming months.

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  Wood Mackenzie appoints Ben Hertz-Shargel as Global Head of Grid Edge

  • 05 5月 2021

  Wood Mackenzie, a leading provider of commercial intelligence for the world's natural resources sector, has appointed Ben Hertz-Shargel to the role of Global Head of Grid Edge

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  Wood Mackenzie boosts its energy transition data analytics by adding Vestas as a Lens Power® Development Partner

  • 12 5月 2021

  Lens® decision intelligence platform pinpoints strategic investment opportunities in utility-scale renewable generation

• News Release

  Europe emerges as global LNG price-setter

  • 27 5月 2021

  Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets were set to tighten over the next five years, driven by a slowdown in global LNG supply growth. But Europe’s market dynamics are turbo-charging the price recovery, with TTF currently trading close to US$9 per million British thermal units (/mmbtu), a level not seen since mid-2018. Following the recent winter spot price spike in Asia, the European market has been sustaining global LNG prices, making the region a battleground for global LNG price formation, new research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie found.

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  Packaging redesign could reduce global plastic demand by 20% by 2050

  • 10 6月 2021

  Plastic packaging redesign, which includes elimination, substitution and reuse approaches, could reduce global plastic packaging demand in 2050 from 190MT to 150MT, according to a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie’s Cross-Polymer Demand Model.

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  Australia’s low-carbon hydrogen trade could be worth up to US$90 billion in 2050

  • 17 6月 2021

  Low-carbon hydrogen could become a US$50 billion to US$90 billion export industry for Australia in 2050, says Wood Mackenzie.

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  Producing green LNG is key for Australia to remain competitive

  • 17 6月 2021

  Australian producers need to be at the forefront of green LNG to remain competitive, says Wood Mackenzie.

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  Wood Mackenzie expands energy transition expertise with acquisition of Roskill

  • 18 6月 2021

  Wood Mackenzie is pleased to announce its acquisition of Roskill, a privately-owned company and leader in metals and materials supply chain intelligence.

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  Asia Pacific renewables generation investments could hit US$1.3 trillion by 2030

  • 22 6月 2021

  Asia Pacific renewables (wind and solar) generation investments could double to US$1.3 trillion over the current decade to 2030 compared to the previous decade (2011 – 2020), says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK).

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  Wood Mackenzie launches first-of-its-kind refinery intelligence tool

  • 21 6月 2021

  Wood Mackenzie is now offering Refinery I/O, a new tool providing daily refinery analytics from proprietary data sets.

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  New global wind power life cycle emissions to reach 55 Mt CO2 from 2020-2050

  • 08 7月 2021

  According to Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK), global wind power life cycle emissions will reach 55 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2) from 2020 to 2050, a result of wind power capacity expanding five-fold to 3.7 terawatts from 2020 to 2050. This is roughly equivalent to four times the US’s total power capacity in 2020.

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  Next commodities supercycle will be driven by global energy transition

  • 15 7月 2021

  Another commodities supercycle is on the horizon, but it will be different from any that have come before. Fossil fuels won’t be in the vanguard and the winners will be the industrial metals needed to electrify society - cobalt, lithium, copper, nickel, and aluminium.