• Event

  Gas, LNG & The Future of Energy 2026

  • 02 6月 2026

  Wood Mackenzie's 4th annual Gas, LNG and the Future of Energy from 2-3 June 2026 is where the industry comes together in London to discuss the different market, investment and corporate dynamics shaping it, and the role of gas in supporting the energy transition. #WMGasLNGEvent

• Opinion

  US seasonal power outlooks Summer 2025: hot topics for ERCOT, MISO and PJM

  • 09 6月 2025

  Transmission & reliability improvements, solar growth and rising demand from data centres are key for these power sector RTOs

• Opinion

  The slow recovery after Hurricane Ida

  • 10 9月 2021

  Hurricanes are a fact of life in the Gulf of Mexico, and the energy industry has many decades of experience in managing the risks. But Hurricane Ida has been one of the most disruptive in recent years, and about 1.5 million barrels per day of US oil production is still offline. Increased rainfall and potentially higher wind speeds in future could further complicate the challenge of resilience.

• News Release

  Asia Pacific could become a global leader in the energy transition

  • 21 2月 2024

  Home to half of the world’s population and contributing a third to the global GDP, the Asia Pacific region is expected to maintain a 50% share of global primary energy demand and a 60% share of global carbon emissions until 2050. This trend is unlikely to change without strong policy action and investment. However, the region still has the potential to turn these challenges into opportunities and become a global leader in the energy transition.

• News Release

  Government tenders to drive 102 GW of global renewable capacity in 2024

  • 07 3月 2024

  More than 100 gigawatts (GW) of global renewable energy capacity is expected to be tendered in 2024. With more than 60 GW to be offshore wind, the overall volume is set to grow as the year progresses and will match 2023 levels.

• News Release

  Wood Mackenzie and Let’s Share the Sun donate solar PV and energy storage system to women’s shelter in Puerto Rico

  • 08 3月 2024

  On International Women’s Day, Wood Mackenzie, in partnership Let’s Share the Sun and other third parties, dedicated 51 solar panels and battery storage to a shelter for victims of domestic violence in Puerto Rico. The fully installed 25 kW-DC system will provide a significant portion of the shelter’s power needs.

• News Release

  Record highs for global wind turbine order intake in 2023

  • 18 3月 2024

  Global wind turbine order intake hit new highs in 2023 with 155 gigawatts (GW) procured for the year, an increase of 16 GW from 2022.

• News Release

  US energy storage market breaks installation record in Q4 2023

  • 20 3月 2024

  The US energy storage market shattered previous records for deployment across all segments in the final quarter of 2023, with 4,236 megawatts (MW) installed over the period, a 100% increase from Q3 according to a new report released today.

• News Release

  World heading for a 3°C warming trajectory, as political headwinds slow the energy transition

  • 02 5月 2024

  A five-year delay to the energy transition could see the global average temperature rise to 3°C above pre-industrial levels.

• News Release

  American solar panel manufacturing capacity increases 71% in Q1 2024 as industry reaches 200-gigawatt milestone

  • 06 6月 2024

  A record-setting 11 gigawatts of new solar module manufacturing capacity came online in the United States during Q1 2024, the largest quarter of solar manufacturing growth in American history.

• News Release

  US energy storage market sets Q1 capacity installation record

  • 18 6月 2024

  The U.S. energy storage market set a first-quarter record for capacity installed in Q1 2024, with 1,265 megawatts (MW) deployed across all segments. This marks the highest storage capacity ever installed in a first quarter in the U.S., representing an 84% increase from Q1 2023.

• News Release

  H1 global wind turbine orders hit 91.2 GW, a 23% increase from year-ago levels

  • 16 9月 2024

  H1 global wind turbine orders hit 91.2 GW, a 23% increase from year-ago levels

• News Release

  US Grid-Scale Energy Storage Installations Surge, Setting New Q2 Record

  • 01 10月 2024

  The U.S. energy storage market experienced significant growth in the second quarter, with the grid-scale segment leading the way at 2,773 MW and 9,982 MWh deployed.

• News Release

  Global competitiveness of renewable LCOE continues to accelerate

  • 21 10月 2024

  In 2024, the global landscape for Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE) continues to reflect significant advances in renewable energy technologies, with wind and solar power leading the way, according to the latest LCOE reports from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Increased protectionist measures in US solar market could expand domestic manufacturing, but increase overall costs

  • 22 10月 2024

  New trade tariffs and increased import restrictions in the US solar supply chain would expand domestic manufacturing, but create a more expensive market, potentially slowing down the growing sector, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Republican control will shift US energy policy away from net zero, but sweeping agenda faces roadblocks

  • 18 11月 2024

  Republican control in the US will move energy policy away from net zero targets, but President-elect Trump’s full agenda will face political and market opposition according to Wood Mackenzie analysis.

• News Release

  Proposed US tariffs could increase onshore wind costs by up to 7%, says Wood Mackenzie

  • 11 2月 2025

  New trade tariffs and increased import restrictions in the US onshore wind power sector could lead to higher overall costs, threatening project viability and potentially slowing growth in the industry, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Wood Mackenzie launches Lens Power & Renewables

  • 04 3月 2025

  Wood Mackenzie, the global insight business for renewables, energy, and natural resources, has launched Lens Power & Renewables, a new suite of products with interconnected data, analytics, and insights to navigate the energy transition.

• News Release

  South America to add 160 GW of solar PV capacity by 2034

  • 05 3月 2025

  Wood Mackenzie's latest report on the South American solar PV market reveals that the region will add 160 GWdc of solar capacity between 2025 and 2034, driven by diversification efforts, growing power demand, and favourable system economics. The report "South America Solar PV Market Outlook 2025" provides a comprehensive analysis of the region's solar energy landscape, power sector dynamics, 10-year solar PV installation outlook, and policy impacts across key markets.

• News Release

  Wood Mackenzie donates solar power system to domestic violence shelter in Puerto Rico

  • 06 3月 2025

  To honor the upcoming International Women’s Day, Wood Mackenzie, in partnership with Let’s Share the Sun and other third parties, recently donated 24 solar panels and 2 batteries of storage to a shelter for victims of domestic violence in Puerto Rico. The fully installed 10.8 kW-DC system and 27.2 kWh battery will provide a significant portion of the shelter’s power needs.

• News Release

  Solar adds more new capacity to the grid in 2024 than any energy technology in the past two decades

  • 11 3月 2025

  The United States installed a record-breaking 50 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in 2024, the largest single year of new capacity added to the grid by any energy technology in over two decades. According to the U.S. Solar Market Insight 2024 Year in Review report released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, solar and storage account for 84% of all new electric generating capacity added to the grid last year.

• News Release

  Energy storage’s meteoric rise breaks another record

  • 19 3月 2025

  The U.S. energy storage market set a new record in 2024 with 12.3 gigawatts (GW) of installations across all segments, according to the latest U.S. Energy Storage Monitor report released today by the American Clean Power Association (ACP) and Wood Mackenzie. The report shows a total of 12,314 megawatts (MW) and 37,143 megawatt hours (MWh) deployed, representing increases of 33% and 34% respectively over 2023 numbers.

• News Release

  Key energy takeaways from Canada’s 2025 election

  • 01 5月 2025

  Newly elected Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, has made energy a key initiative of the new government, with goals to expand both conventional and clean energy, but decoupling energy flows away from the US may prove to be a challenge, according to Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Global SMR pipeline surges 42% as data centres drive demand

  • 13 5月 2025

  As energy demand grows, particularly driven by data centres and AI applications, the small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear pipeline surged 42% since last quarter to reach 47 gigawatts (GW), according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Third-party ownership dominates US non-residential solar market, reaching 72% share in 2024

  • 19 5月 2025

  Third-party ownership (TPO) of non-residential projects in the United States increased to 72% market share in 2024, up from 69% in 2023, according to the latest US Commercial Solar Competitive Landscape report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Tariffs to increase costs and slow down development for US power industry

  • 02 6月 2025

  Recent tariff policies in the US are set to increase the cost of power generation technologies, with energy storage seeing the biggest hike due to its dependence on Chinese imports, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Solar inflation reverses as renewable costs in Asia reach all-time low

  • 29 2月 2024

  Plummeting Utility PV solar costs beat coal power to emerge as the cheapest power source in the region

• News Release

  Batteries & renewables to start displacing gas

  • 26 7月 2017

  A joint research report conducted by Wood Mackenzie and GTM Research assessing generation economics concludes that declining renewables and energy storage costs will increasingly squeeze out gas-fired generation in South Australia as early as 2025.

• News Release

  UK car ban will have "massive impact on markets"

  • 26 7月 2017

  We took a closer look at the impact of the UK government’s proposal to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040.

• Comment

  Shenhua and Guodian merger will create world's largest power utility company

  • 06 9月 2017

  On Thursday 3 August China Shenhua and China Guodian Corporation submitted a merger proposal to the State Council. If approved the new company, National Energy Investment Corporation (NEIC), will become the world's largest power utility company (power capacity wise) ahead of EDF and Enel.