• 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.

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  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.”

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  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.

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  Industry leaders to speak at Wood Mackenzie’s Solar & Energy Storage Summit 2023

  • 09 5月 2023

  The solar and energy storage industries in North America continue to be catapulted forward by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the transition to a clean energy future.

• News Release

  North American gas market to expand by 25 percent over the next decade, despite headwinds

  • 17 5月 2023

  Near-term gas market expansion continues to be driven by global demand for US LNG exports, which will largely be supplied through continued growth in Permian associated gas and Haynesville production, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.

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  Nuclear needs to be cost competitive with alternative power generation to enable net zero

  • 18 5月 2023

  Despite policy support and market growth, the biggest economic hurdle to the uptake of the latest nuclear and small modular reactors (SMRs) is cost, according to Wood Mackenzie report.

• News Release

  US solar market registers best first quarter in industry history as supply chains stabilize and Inflation Reduction Act takes hold

  • 08 6月 2023

  The US solar industry installed 6.1 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity and had its best first quarter in history, according to the US Solar Market Insight Q2 2023 report released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie.

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  Cumulative US community solar capacity expected to break 6 GW in 2023, despite interconnection and siting headwinds

  • 08 8月 2023

  US community solar installations declined by 6% year-over-year in 2022 and 13% in Q1 of 2023. This was primarily driven by the supply chain uncertainty of the past year as well as interconnection and siting issues hindering growth in key state markets such as Massachusetts and Maine, according to the latest report released by Wood Mackenzie in collaboration with the Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA).

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  Solar installations in 2023 expected to exceed 30 GW for the first time in history

  • 07 9月 2023

  The U.S. solar industry expects to add a record 32 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in 2023, a 52% increase from 2022, according to the US Solar Market Insight Q3 2023 report released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie.

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  China leads global renewables race with record-breaking 230 GW installations in 2023

  • 28 11月 2023

  Currently on target to reach a record-breaking 230 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar installations this year, China leads the global renewables market. This is more than double the number of US and Europe installations combined.

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  US energy storage installations set new record in Q3 2023

  • 13 12月 2023

  The U.S. storage market hit a new high in Q3 2023, installing the most capacity in a quarter to date with 7,322 megawatt hours (MWh) becoming operational in the third quarter of 2023.

• News Release

  Competition increases in the residential solar-plus-storage battery market

  • 12 12月 2023

  As the residential solar-plus-storage market continues to grow, competition has increased amongst battery vendors, with new manufacturers gaining market share in recent years, according to a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie

• 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).

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  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).

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  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.

• News Release

  Half of traditional super basins are future-fit and they have three things in common

  • 21 7月 2022

  Energy super basins of the future must fulfill three key criteria - abundant resources, access to low-cost renewables and hub-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) opportunities, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Solar prices continue to rise but Build Back Better Act will boost installs 31% through 2026

  • 14 12月 2021

  For the second quarter in a row, trade policy uncertainty and supply chain constraints are driving solar price increases across all market segments, according to the US Solar Market Insight report released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK).

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  US solar prices on the rise

  • 14 9月 2021

  Despite the addition of 5.7 gigawatts (GWdc) of solar capacity in Q2 2021, supply chain constraints are leading to price increases across every solar market segment, according to the U.S. Solar Market Insight report released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK).

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  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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  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.

• News Release

  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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  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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  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.

• News Release

  Five consequences of a Biden administration for US energy

  • 07 11月 2020

  Joe Biden offered American voters a radically different vision of energy policy from President Donald Trump, focused on addressing the threat of climate change. He will enter the White House with a goal of setting the US on course for net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and will take the US back into the Paris climate agreement.

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  Utilities drive Q2 growth in US as pandemic causes drop in rooftop solar installations

  • 10 9月 2020

  The US solar market installed 3.5 gigawatts (GW) of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Q2 2020, a drop of 6% from Q1 installations. At the same time, utility-scale solar remained resilient despite the Covid-19 pandemic, representing 71% of all new solar capacity brought online in Q2.