Home energy storage booms in the US

• 15 4月 2024

Residential solar in the US suffered two damaging blows last year: higher interest rates and changes to net metering rules in California. The upside has been a boom in sales of solar systems with battery storage attached.

Why floating solar has an important role to play in the energy transition

• 08 6月 2021

We estimate that the global floating solar (FPV) market will reach 1.6 GWdc in 2021 – more than double the total installed capacity in 2020. So, what are the benefits of FPV? And what role will it play in achieving net zero ambitions?

What are the implications of the attacks on Saudi oil facilities?

• 30 9月 2019

In this episode of the Middle East and North Africa In Brief podcast, Ian Thom, Stewart Williams, Tor Soltvedt and Norman Valentine discuss the attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities in September.

Will lower gas prices spark switching in Europe and Asia?

• 20 3月 2023

In 2022, record high prices forced many European and Asian companies to switch from gas to alternative cheaper fuels, or reduce output. The market will seek a new balance this year

What a second wave of lockdowns would mean for Asia’s oil and gas markets

• 18 8月 2020

Bold assumptions, but not unrealistic. But what would happen with a second wave of prolonged, nationwide lockdowns? What would this mean for economic activity? How will oil and gas supply and prices be affected? Will Asia’s demand-led recovery be blown off course?

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Webinar | PJM Spring Outlook: Interconnection queue changes and transmission challenges

• 02 3月 2023

Webinar | PJM Spring Outlook: Interconnection queue changes and transmission challenges

Tight oil M&A: after Anadarko, remember small deals too

• 15 7月 2019

Tight oil M&A is all about arbitrage. Private equity-backed operators have a lot to prove. The US shale M&A landscape is perking up in lower price ranges.

Webinar | Carbon offsets: How to realise value in the net zero transition

• 06 6月 2024

North America Natural Gas Winter Market Outlook

• 06 11月 2024

Webinar | Making the connection: meeting the electric T&D supply chain challenge

• 15 10月 2024

This webinar will dive deep into the electric T&D supply chain challenge, examining the underlying drivers of demand, supply constraints and future trends.

Webinar | Developing a winning IRA strategy: how to navigate uncertainty and maximize benefits from the IRA

• 30 10月 2024

Two years on from the introduction of the IRA, join us to discuss how developers, manufacturers, and EPCs (engineering, procurement and construction companies) are maximising project success and making the most of benefits provided by this landmark bill.

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Part 3: unlocking the value of refinery-petrochemicals integration

• 08 11月 2023

We are at an unprecedented point in time where the entire commodity petrochemicals industry is in a downturn. Where do we expect chemical margins to end up this year and what can producers do to tide through the downturn?

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How Europe breaks its dependence on Russia

• 12 5月 2022

Germany is on the front line of the energy security crisis and has a radical plan to break its dependence on Russian gas, oil and coal. What can other countries learn from Germany's pivot?

Why US solar tariffs (almost) worked – and why they don’t now

• 20 7月 2020

Despite early success, Section 201 solar tariffs on imported cells and modules could now limit market growth.

Why Brent isn’t reacting to escalating geopolitical risk

• 08 2月 2024

Today’s geopolitical temperature is close to boiling point. So why haven’t oil prices leapt in response, as we’ve seen in the past?

Metals and Mining Briefing | Capturing value from carbon taxes

• 08 7月 2021

Join us on Thursday 8th July for a discussion with Wood Mackenzie’s senior metals and mining experts to understand how carbon taxes and stakeholder pressure are reshaping the metals and mining investment environment.

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.

Is offshore wind the answer to Japan's declining nuclear power?

• 14 2月 2019

The outlook for Japan's offshore wind sector is looking positive as the country’s capacity is projected to reach upwards of 4 gigawatts (GW) in 2028, a 62-fold increase from last year, new research from Wood Mackenzie indicates.

Packaging redesign could reduce global plastic demand by 20% by 2050

• 10 6月 2021

Plastic packaging redesign, which includes elimination, substitution and reuse approaches, could reduce global plastic packaging demand in 2050 from 190MT to 150MT, according to a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie’s Cross-Polymer Demand Model.

Brazil gas market reform unlocks investment across value chain

• 06 8月 2019

Brazil’s natural gas market reforms have taken a major step forward, with plans in place which are set to open up opportunities across the gas value chain, and boost investment in the country’s pre-salt.

Global top 10 solar PV inverter vendors account for 82% of market share

• 08 7月 2022

Global top 10 solar photovoltaic (PV) inverter vendors shored up 82% of market share in 2021, increasing by 2 percentage points compared to 2020, says Wood Mackenzie.

Progress on opex, but will it stick?

• 30 9月 2016

The dramatic fall in oil prices has forced the industry to look hard at capex plans and the efficiency of operating assets and functions, with significant downward pressure on rates.

Polypropylene

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Global nickel outlook: a pendulum of uncertainty

• 24 3月 2017

Since 1 January 2017, the nickel price has swung wildly on sentiment alone. Facing a relaxed export ban in Indonesia and potential mine closures in The Philippines, a great deal of uncertainty surrounds the market, which feeds China’s nickel pig iron (NPI) production and thus, the market for stainless steel.

Re-inventing the North West Shelf

• 08 9月 2020

With declining production from the joint venture’s fields, the NWS may be forced to reduce exports unless new gas is secured.

How will the Asia Pacific upstream sector emerge from the crisis?

• 17 6月 2020

Clearly, economic and oil price recovery remains at risk. How much upstream capital will NOCs, Majors, IOCs and regional players allocate to Asia Pacific in this environment?

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