• Opinion

  Commodity slowdown in China could be different this time

  • 05 3月 2019

  In today's meeting of the National People’s Congress, China announced slower growth this year, with its gross domestic product (GDP) growth targeted at a range of 6 to 6.5% in 2019.

• Opinion

  Sunrun retains its title as the largest residential solar installer in the US

  • 31 3月 2021

  Residential solar installers endured a tumultuous 2020, heavily influenced by the pandemic. The competitive landscape shifted, and top installers did not recover evenly. How has the leaderboard changed? And will Tesla threaten Sunrun's top spot in 2021?

• Opinion

  How bitcoin mining can support the energy transition

  • 07 4月 2021

  While it's no magic bullet, bitcoin mining has strong potential in both demand response and exploiting stranded capacity in electricity generation.

• Opinion

  Rethinking solar operations with digital technology

  • 08 4月 2021

  Digital tools are transforming the solar industry. Developers are refocusing on building out advanced, integrated software stacks that bring their operations, analytics and customer engagement to the next level.

• Opinion

  China’s war on waste means more than just clean plates

  • 24 3月 2021

  In re-launching the ‘Clean Plate’ campaign in August last year, President Xi Jinping urged all of China to “maintain a sense of crisis about food security”. This is of course an important message in and of itself, given the huge amounts of energy, water and land involved in food production in China.

• Opinion

  Will renewable auctions underpin Europe’s net zero ambitions?

  • 23 3月 2021

  As Europe realigns itself to deliver the increased ambition of 55% emissions reduction targets by 2030, renewables take centre stage. The region’s pipeline of wind and solar developments highlights the essential role that centralised auctions will continue to play. But can they deliver the necessary capacity? And could renewables become a victim of their own success?

• Opinion

  Vaccinations point the way to energy demand recovery

  • 19 3月 2021

  It has been a rough week for crude prices, but as vaccine availability continues to widen, hopes of a sustained pick-up in activity are well founded

• Opinion

  How will the operations and maintenance market adapt to offshore wind’s rapid rise?

  • 22 3月 2021

  Offshore wind operational expenditure is expected to grow 16% annually to €10 billion by 2029. How will changing industry dynamics, such as improved economies of scale and reductions in subsidies, affect the operations and maintenance (O&M) market?

• Opinion

  Six ways the onshore wind O&M market will transform this decade

  • 16 3月 2021

  Global operating capacity for onshore wind is set to surpass one terawatt this decade – and annual operations and maintenance spend will hit US$25 billion. Where will this spend be focused? And how will the O&M market change?

• Opinion

  Four ways US solar broke records in 2020

  • 16 3月 2021

  The US solar industry soldiered through pandemic setbacks to set new records across utility and residential markets in 2020. With tax incentives for renewable energy projects helping to maintain that momentum in 2021 and beyond, the main question is now: what could hold the industry back?

• Opinion

  From federal spending to Texas blackouts: key themes shaping the US grid edge

  • 03 3月 2021

  The growth of distributed energy resources on the grid edge continues to influence many sectors of the energy industry. In recent weeks we’ve seen this play out in everything from the way the federal government is investing in the electricity grid of the future, to the response to blackouts in Texas.

• Opinion

  The Texas energy crisis: its causes and consequences

  • 19 2月 2021

  Freezing conditions in the southern US led to blackouts and a slump in gas production. What can we learn from the crisis?

• Opinion

  Electric vehicle sales are in the fast lane

  • 11 2月 2021

  EV sales shifted up a gear in 2020, surging 38% even while global sales of passenger vehicles fell. Will sales growth continue to outpace ICE vehicles? As we buy more and more EVs, how and where will we charge them? And what will drive the rise in commercial EV adoption? Find out in our look at the road ahead.

• Opinion

  Carbon emissions: a new challenge for US LNG

  • 05 2月 2021

  President Joe Biden adds to the pressure on US gas exporters to consider climate impacts

• Opinion

  A £2.5 trillion transformation: the economic impact of a net-zero North Sea

  • 04 2月 2021

  Low-carbon technologies have the potential to transform the energy industry. They could also have a powerful effect on local economies – as the UK is on a mission to demonstrate.

• Opinion

  What President Biden’s first day means for energy

  • 22 1月 2021

  Blocking the Keystone XL pipeline, rejoining the Paris climate agreement, and a 60-day restriction on drilling permits on federal lands and waters are a statement of intent from the new administration

• Opinion

  2021 – cheerful or fearful?

  • 13 1月 2021

  And after the 12 months we’ve all just experienced, making bold predictions for the year ahead is more fraught than ever: nothing is off the table.

• Opinion

  Asia Pacific’s energy transition conundrum – is net zero possible?

  • 10 8月 2021

  The net zero race is on and Asia Pacific has joined the chase. But the scale of the APAC energy transition challenge is enormous.

• Opinion

  Who will foot the bill for the energy transition in Asia-Pacific?

  • 04 8月 2021

  At Wood Mackenzie's Power and Renewables Conference: APAC, Prashant Khorana led a panel discussion on who might pick up the energy transition tab in the region – and whether, in fact, there is an excess supply of capital.

• Opinion

  Harnessing the sun: how rising solar power demand impacts base metals

  • 09 8月 2021

  Falling production costs and improving efficiency are set to drive up demand for solar power, and that could be good news for base metals like aluminium, copper and zinc.

• Opinion

  Sustaining the onshore wind boom in the Nordics

  • 26 7月 2021

  The onshore wind market in the Nordics is undergoing phenomenal growth. The region’s operational wind turbine fleet will grow by more than 50% in the 2021-2023 period. What's driving the boom?

• Opinion

  The battle over wind, solar and storage

  • 03 8月 2021

  In this podcast episode from CohnReznick Capital: what does the surging M & A activity tell us about the health of renewables?

• Opinion

  Can the plastics industry decarbonise?

  • 26 7月 2021

  The plastics industry’s impact as a carbon emitter is under increasing scrutiny. Substantial emissions reductions are possible but require an holistic, multi-stakeholder approach.

• Opinion

  Can wind power become truly carbon neutral?

  • 08 7月 2021

  Wind is one of the cleanest power technologies, but there’s still potential to cut life cycle emissions.

• Opinion

  Opportunities abound in Asia Pacific’s transforming power markets

  • 01 7月 2021

  Last week we hosted our inaugural Asia Pacific Power & Renewables Conference. This three-day event tackled all aspects of the region’s power markets and their roles in the energy transition.

• Opinion

  Nord Stream 2 nears the finish line

  • 24 6月 2021

  The gas pipeline from Russia to Germany has been acknowledged as a “fait accompli” by the US. The European market will still need more LNG

• Opinion

  Electric vehicles continue to get the green light

  • 28 6月 2021

  In Q1 of 2021, electric vehicle sales rocketed to 550,000 – a 66% increase over the same period last year. This surge has seen our outlook upgraded to 950 million EVs on the road by 2050.

• Opinion

  Alerts send warnings about the future of power

  • 18 6月 2021

  As a heatwave hit the southwest US this week, electricity demand surged, putting strain on the grids in Texas and California. Grid operators issued alerts urging customers to conserve electricity where possible by turning up thermostats and not running appliances in the late afternoon and evening. The measures worked: blackouts were avoided in both states. But the alerts were a reminder of the pressures facing grids in extreme weather conditions, which will increase as their reliance on wind and solar power grows. Demand response programmes and other measures to improve the flexibility of the grid are becoming increasingly important.

• Opinion

  Investors exert their influence over the energy transition

  • 11 6月 2021

  Oil and gas companies have been coming under mounting pressure from large shareholders to address climate risks, and that pressure has stepped up sharply this year. The world’s six largest investors by assets under management have signed up to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, committing them to supporting the goal of global net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner. In total the signatories to the initiative have $37 trillion under management.

• Opinion

  Onshore wind: tackling cost escalation in operations and maintenance

  • 16 6月 2021

  Competitive bidding has become the norm in the onshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) market, pushing price-points down. Meanwhile, operational costs have escalated. How will the industry combat the cost challenge and secure cheaper onshore wind?