• News Release

  After hitting new highs in 2023, US lower 48 oil production growth will begin to slow considerably in 2024 and beyond

  • 22 2月 2024

  US Lower 48 oil production growth exceeded expectations in 2023, adding 900,000 barrels per day (b/d) despite inflationary pressures, private consolidation, and declining rig activity. However, the repercussions of these decisions will impact supply moving forward as the region is poised for much lower growth in 2024 and beyond, according to Wood Mackenzie.

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  New regulations to fast-track Brazil FPSO deployment and boost pre-salt oil production

  • 20 6月 2018

  Brazil's new local content regulations could fast-track the deployment of FPSO units, speeding up the pace of pre-salt oil production by more than 21 billion barrels by the mid-2020s, a new report by Wood Mackenzie analysing the impact of new local content rules on production, royalty collection and job creation has found.

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  China leads global wind turbine manufacturers’ market share in 2023

  • 01 5月 2024

  China accounted for 65% of global wind capacity in 2023, which pushed four Chinese wind turbine original equipment manufacturers (OEM) into the top five global rankings, a first for the sector. With a record of 16.3 gigawatts (GW) capacity installed, Goldwind maintained the leading position for the second consecutive year.

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  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.

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  Chinese companies dominate Wood Mackenzie’s solar PV module manufacturer rankings

  • 11 6月 2024

  Nine out of the top 12 manufacturers in Wood Mackenzie’s new global solar PV module manufacturer rankings are Chinese companies.

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  Permian operators cash in ... by thinking inside the box

  • 21 8月 2019

  As the tight oil sector continues to mature, producers are looking for ways to optimise their operations, improving efficiency of both production and costs. It's a battle to win back investor confidence. New research from Wood Mackenzie underscores the fact tight-oil operators are no longer chasing growth at all costs. Development strategies have firmly shifted to focus on scale: drilling sections instead of wells, with compressed paybacks, at the lowest possible cost. Many are favouring a “cube” development strategy, viewing it as the most efficient way to capitalise on cost savings.

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  Project delays and cancellations to dampen US microgrid growth through 2021

  • 16 12月 2019

  Project cancellations and delays connecting planned projects to the electric grid will lead the US microgrid market to contract 17% from its 2018 peak by the end of this year, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

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  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.

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  US storage market continues to grow in Q2 2021

  • 09 9月 2021

  According to Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VSK), and the U.S. Energy Storage Association’s (ESA) latest U.S. Energy Storage Monitor report, 345 megawatts (MW) of new energy storage systems were brought online in the second quarter of 2021.

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  US solar market passes 100 GW milestone

  • 15 6月 2021

  The US solar market surpassed 100 gigawatts (GWdc) of installed electric generating capacity, doubling the size of the industry over the last 3.5 years, according to the US Solar Market Insight Q2 2021 report, released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie.

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  Global wind energy to top 1 TW threshold by the end of 2023

  • 11 4月 2023

  The global wind energy market will pass the one terawatt (TW) threshold for installed capacity by the end of 2023, according to the latest market outlook from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  20K technology to unlock more than 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent in resources in the US Gulf of Mexico

  • 12 8月 2024

  Chevron announced first oil at the Anchor field in the US Gulf of Mexico deepwater, unlocking the potential for a considerable amount of new production.

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  US utilities to face significant challenge as power demand surges for the first time in decades

  • 17 10月 2024

  US power demand has remained essentially flat for the past decade, but this is all about to change as a pending surge in demand growth will be the biggest challenge for utility companies in decades, according to the latest Horizons report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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

  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.

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  Golden Pass LNG project delay to impact global gas markets with removal of new supply, according to Wood Mackenzie

  • 02 8月 2024

  The new six-month delay to the Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC planned start-up in Texas will remove a fair amount of new supply from the market in a period of intense growth, shifting the surge from 2026 to 2027 and impacting both the global and North American gas markets, according to analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

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  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

  ConocoPhillips acquisition of Marathon Oil creates third largest producer in the US Lower 48, says Wood Mackenzie

  • 30 5月 2024

  Addressing ConocoPhillips (COP) acquisition of Marathon Oil (MRO) in an all-stock transaction valued at US$22.5B, Alex Beeker, research director, corporate research for Wood Mackenzie said, “The addition of Marathon further solidifies ConocoPhillips in a league of its own, with few true peers. For ConocoPhillips, this is a diversified and balanced move across multiple geographies.”

• 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

  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

  Offshore wind sector doubled down on tangible opportunities in 2023

  • 31 1月 2024

  Despite supply chain headwinds and price pressures, the global offshore wind sector saw significant growth in its mature pipeline, as late-stage pipeline mergers & acquisitions, turbine orders, and project financial investment decisions (FIDs) saw record activity in 2023. This has boosted the sector’s momentum into 2024.

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  US grid-scale energy storage market beats Q2 record

  • 14 9月 2022

  The U.S. energy storage market set a new record in the second quarter of 2022, with grid-scale installations totalling 2,608 megawatt hours (MWh) – the highest installed capacity for any Q2 on record, according to a new report released today.

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  New US solar contract capacity sees record growth in Q2

  • 28 9月 2022

  Boosted by recent legislation, the U.S. recorded 10 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale solar capacity contracts in Q2, up 201% from Q1 for the largest quarter-over-quarter growth on record according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK).

• News Release

  Market searches for new Henry Hub ceiling price as supply/demand response remains unusually muted

  • 22 4月 2022

  The recent run up in natural gas prices - hitting its highest at Henry Hub since 2008 - is a result of more muted market balancing mechanisms than in the past, say analysts from Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK).

• News Release

  US commercial solar project acquisitions see dramatic price variation over 2018-2021

  • 08 6月 2022

  US commercial solar project acquisitions continue to attract investor attention as interest in ESG investing grows. Today’s buyers and sellers of commercial solar projects are contending with the opposing dynamics of higher interest rates and increasing power prices. These findings come from the Commercial Solar PV Project Acquisition Trends report released today by Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK), and Open Energy Group (OEG), a technology-driven marketplace for renewable energy asset sales and project finance.

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  Wood Mackenzie and Ball Corporation introduce new tool that tracks global LNG liquefaction train statuses in near real-time

  • 13 7月 2022

  Wood Mackenzie, Inc. a Verisk business (NASDAQ:VRSK), and Ball Corporation (NYSE: BALL) today announced the launch of Global LNG Liquefaction Monitoring – the first product arising from their strategic agreement to accelerate the development of advanced analytics for energy markets.

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  US community solar sector market forecast to grow 7 GWdc by 2027

  • 02 8月 2022

  The US community solar market will continue to grow over the next five years, with at least 7 gigawatts direct current (GWdc) of community solar expected to come online in existing markets between 2022-2027.