• Content

  Power & Renewables: Latest Thinking

  • 29 6月 2017

  Discover our renewable energy and power news at Wood Mackenzie, with deep research and timely, tailored insights that help you make better decisions.

• Opinion

  Plugging the methane leaks

  • 29 10月 2021

  The Biden administration and key members of Congress are in negotiations over legislation that could include a new fee on methane emissions from US oil and gas facilities. If it passes into law, the fee would have a widely varying impact across regions and across companies.

• Opinion

  COP26: The economics of the energy transition

  • 27 10月 2021

  Economics is both a problem and solution for climate change. Our latest COP26 briefing looks at how keeping a 1.5 °C pathway in sight will require rapid reduction in the carbon intensity of economic activity.

• Opinion

  Winners and losers in the energy transition

  • 15 10月 2021

  Moving to net zero emissions would transform the allocation of resource wealth around the world. Policymakers are starting to assess the potential economic impact.

• Opinion

  The significance of low residential solar-plus-storage adoption in New Jersey

  • 04 10月 2021

  Residential battery storage in the US is growing quickly as more customers become familiar with solar-plus-storage options for backup power.

• Opinion

  China, coal and the big crunch

  • 07 10月 2021

  The impact of China’s power crunch is being felt globally. As Beijing’s ‘at all costs’ directive pushes coal and gas prices higher, governments, energy suppliers and customers across Asia and Europe are bracing for a tough winter ahead.

• Opinion

  Walking on hot coal

  • 24 9月 2021

  Thermal coal prices have been hitting record highs in recent months, driven by the same forces that have stoked many other commodity markets this year

• Opinion

  Making Long Duration Energy Storage Viable

  • 12 9月 2021

  In conversation with WoodMac’s Senior Energy Storage Analyst, Vanessa Witte, as part of WoodMac’s recent Power & Renewables Virtual Conference, ESS’s CEO Eric Dresselhuys acknowledged that energy storage has been a big question since the early days of the renewables industry in the United States

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: Why this IPCC climate report is different

  • 30 8月 2021

  The world’s most scrutinized and peer-reviewed document is out: the IPCC report on climate change....

• Opinion

  COP26: Four reasons why solar is vital for the energy transition

  • 30 9月 2021

  Solar's flexibility, cost-competitiveness, job creation and momentum are key reasons it should be a focus of COP26 negotiations.

• Opinion

  COP26: Carbon capture & storage and low-carbon hydrogen

  • 22 9月 2021

  A critical outcome of COP26 will be a global response on carbon pricing and enabling policies, aimed at bridging the gap on high-cost CCS and hydrogen.

• The Edge

  Future energy – geothermal power

  • 16 9月 2021

  Geothermal sits with hydrogen and CCS as a future energy play. Could EGS and AGS geothermal systems support our AET-1.5 and AET-2 projected electricity demand?

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: What emerging climate tech sectors are ready for growth?

  • 03 8月 2021

  After 30 years of R&D and commercial proof, hundreds of billions in institutional dollars are pour...

• Opinion

  Could solar energy power nearly half of the US electric grid by 2050?

  • 20 9月 2021

  We use Lens Power to assess the feasibility of this ambitious target.

• Opinion

  Nordic power markets: at the heart of Europe’s energy transition

  • 31 8月 2021

  Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are leading the way on renewables integration. So, how is the Nordic power mix evolving and what will that mean for power prices in the region?

• Opinion

  US solar PV system costs increase in 2021

  • 02 9月 2021

  Rising metals prices, banned materials and uncertainty around product availability and shipping schedules all contribute to rising solar PV system costs.

• Opinion

  China’s top 5 ‘must haves’ from COP26

  • 02 9月 2021

  With COP26 rapidly approaching, China’s special envoy on climate change, Xie Zhenhua, recently announced that Beijing would release more details of its climate strategy “very soon”. The clock is ticking.

• Editorial

  Solar PV dynamics in Latin America

  • 01 9月 2021

  Latin America will install 11.3 GWdc of solar PV capacity in 2021 for a total of 71.9 GWdc by 2026, driven by commercial and industrial clients in the free market (mainly in Brazil and Chile), as auctions take a less meaningful role for procurement.

• Opinion

  COP26: The global gas industry’s path to a sustainable future

  • 08 9月 2021

  The outcomes of COP26 will be a reality check for gas, providing clarity about a key question for the industry: does the world acknowledge the role of gas as a transition fuel?

• Opinion

  Trade actions and supply chain challenges steal spotlight from strong US solar deployments

  • 14 9月 2021

  US solar prices are on the rise. Our quarterly US Solar Market Insight, created in collaboration with the SEIA, explores the latest developments and the industry response.

• Opinion

  Carbon capture and the future of LNG in Asia

  • 08 9月 2021

  With LNG projects among the most emission-intense assets in the oil and gas sector, many companies are now actively working to lower the carbon intensity of their LNG portfolio.

• Opinion

  Wind turbine replacements to cost Europe €3.9 bn by 2030

  • 17 8月 2021

  Nearly 10,000 wind turbine major components will need replacements or repairs this decade, with the vast majority of this O&M activity focused in Europe.

• Opinion

  A new inflection point for clean energy

  • 12 8月 2021

  In this latest podcast episode from Wood Mackenzie and CohnReznick, we look at the mega trends for clean energy in the corporate world

• Featured

  Why high dividends may not pay off for mining

  • 10 8月 2021

  The major mining houses are awash with cash and rewarding shareholders with eye-wateringly high dividends. Is this setting up the industry to be unable to deliver an accelerated energy transition?

• The Edge

  The Majors’ accelerating tilt to new energy

  • 02 12月 2021

  Big Oil is determined to show it’s part of the solution for climate change. How much has investment in new energy ramped up, where do CCS and hydrogen fit in, and when will spend on low carbon catch up with oil and gas?

• The Edge

  Carbon markets’ COP26 breakthrough

  • 25 11月 2021

  The biggest win at COP26 was Article 6. So, how will the Glasgow Climate Pact change carbon markets? How will carbon offsets interact with carbon pricing regimes in future? And how high could carbon prices go?

• Opinion

  The Interchange Recharged podcast: the future of solar storage

  • 29 11月 2021

  David joins Rebecca Ciez to discuss the US' need for additional solar storage, and the batteries for it: the materials, technology and supply chain.

• Opinion

  What COP26 means for energy and natural resources

  • 01 12月 2021

  Despite a lack of globally aligned policies and projects for carbon reduction, we see COP26 as a qualified success. So, what are the implications?

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: innovation, agreements and earthshots

  • 22 11月 2021

  Ed Crooks joins Melissa Lott and Amy Myers-Jaffe to ask COP26: success or failure? The gang also looks at innovation in CCS, nuclear and hydrogen.

• Opinion

  Redefining the US ‘solar coaster’

  • 14 12月 2021

  Opposing dynamics – from escalating supply chain constraints to the Build Back Better (BBB) Act – could drive the biggest fluctuations in near-term US solar capacity since 2016.