• Opinion

  Global economic outlook: GDP growth upgrades, downgrades and sticky inflation

  • 30 5月 2024

  Our latest outlook sees China and India’s forecast upgraded, US services extend its boom, sticky inflation tempering rate cut expectations and a delayed pivot to investment and industry.

• Opinion

  The US solar industry is off to a strong start in the first quarter

  • 06 6月 2024

  The US solar industry is off to a strong start in the first quarter

• Opinion

  Guarantees of Origin: the prices, disruptors and impact of RFNBOs on an evolving market

  • 05 6月 2024

  We look at the short-to mid-term drivers of this rapidly growing market and report on why it is crucial to the decarbonisation agenda

• Opinion

  How to build and optimise the grid of the future

  • 04 6月 2024

  With the inevitable increase in energy demand, this conversation centres around the need for a smarter approach to balancing supply and demand and the necessity of a grid twice the size it is today.

• Opinion

  Demand for solar power and energy storage is only going to increase. What’s the plan for meeting it?

  • 14 6月 2024

  Historic amounts of solar and storage are reshaping the US energy system. On the second day of the Solar & Energy Storage Summit 2024, David Banmiller captures key insights and discussions driving the industry forward.

• Opinion

  The evolution of the solar industry in the US since 2021

  • 18 6月 2024

  We are joined by Vanessa Witte and Kelly Sarber to recap the summit and explore the impact of the most important climate legislation in living memory: the IRA. New tariffs on solar and storage are part of it – what’s the impact been? What are the policy effects on emerging markets?

• Opinion

  Surging power demand raises questions about cost

  • 17 6月 2024

  Generators see big opportunities in the rise of AI. Politicians in the US have concerns about the impact on customers.

• Opinion

  Emboldened and disciplined exploration: results from our Future of Exploration 2024 Survey

  • 29 5月 2024

  This Wood Mackenzie survey takes the pulse of the exploration sector and assesses its key issues and challenges.

• Opinion

  Battery storage begins to play a key role for US grids

  • 24 5月 2024

  California and Texas increasingly rely on battery storage to balance their grids. As solar and wind power continue to grow, other states are likely to follow.

• Opinion

  Debating the future direction of the LNG market

  • 23 5月 2024

  Five takeaways from our LNG Roundtable with Mayer Brown

• Opinion

  How are diversified miners tackling scope 3 emissions?

  • 23 5月 2024

  Assessing corporate approaches to setting targets and addressing indirect emissions in the value chain

• Opinion

  End of an era looms as Chevron seeks UK exit

  • 23 5月 2024

  Clair is the big attraction for would-be buyers

• Opinion

  ADNOC acquires stake in Rovuma LNG from Galp

  • 23 5月 2024

  The transaction supports ADNOC's international gas strategy and the high grading of Galp's upstream portfolio.

• Opinion

  New York Harbor gasoline and ULSD inventories guide markets through a relatively tight 2023

  • 20 5月 2024

  New York Harbor gasoline and ULSD prices: 2023 highlights

• Opinion

  Global upstream: the biggest topics

  • 23 5月 2024

  New regulations are in play, and costs are rising across the sector. Find out how global trends are playing out

• Opinion

  Reducing the emissions from natural gas

  • 13 5月 2024

  Demand for natural gas is growing. So is pressure to reduce its carbon intensity. The industry’s emissions will increasingly come under scrutiny, and measurement and reporting will need to improve.

• Opinion

  What new reforms to capacity accreditation mean for US power markets

  • 07 5月 2024

  Accreditation approaches are evolving rapidly across regions to address challenges including increased deployment of renewables and extreme weather events

• Opinion

  Are EU NECPs missing the mark on REPowerEU targets?

  • 03 5月 2024

  We analyse the redrafted National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) of Member States and examine if their targets are enough to comply with EU ambitions

• Opinion

  Emissions rules for US power pose some difficult questions

  • 06 5月 2024

  New EPA regulations for coal plants hit an industry in decline. Emissions curbs for gas plants would affect a sector that is still growing.

• Opinion

  Jigar Shah returns to the Energy Gang

  • 09 5月 2024

  We welcome back Jigar Shah, the Director of the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office. With a front-row seat to the energy transition, Jigar discusses the office's role in advancing clean energy projects and bridging the gap between R&D and large-scale deployment. Hear about the progress made so far and the future goals, including meeting the increased demand for electricity driven by data centers, AI, new factories and electric vehicles.

• Opinion

  Upstream investment in Africa: what does the future hold as new investment hotspots replace legacy producers?

  • 18 9月 2024

  Upstream investment in Africa has been slower to recover from the pandemic compared to more agile regions with lower costs. Moving forward, we expect investments of around US$40 billion annually, or 8% of global capex, to be the new normal.

• Opinion

  How to address congestion risk in US power markets

  • 02 5月 2024

  Understanding the implications of congestion is crucial for participants in the dynamic energy market

• Opinion

  E-fuels: frequently asked questions

  • 07 5月 2024

  Synthetic e-fuels are part of a range of decarbonisation options being explored for the road, aviation and shipping transport sectors. Where’s the biggest potential? What challenges must be overcome?

• Opinion

  US residential solar: cloudy skies will lead to a market reset in 2024

  • 29 4月 2024

  2023 was a year of fragmentation for the residential solar financing market

• Opinion

  Is there an energy transition?

  • 30 4月 2024

  Are we really transitioning from fossil fuels? Join host Ed Crooks and experts as they debate the pace of change in our latest podcast episode.

• Opinion

  Pressures from investors and governments change the shape of the US tight oil industry

  • 09 4月 2021

  Pioneer’s US$6.4 billion deal for DoublePoint shows how demands for higher returns and lower emissions are driving consolidation among US E&Ps.

• Opinion

  How carbon pricing could reshape upstream oil and gas economics

  • 31 3月 2021

  Few countries currently require oil and gas producers to either pay a carbon tax or participate in an emissions trading scheme (ETS). But that could soon change. Higher carbon charges are not a case of ‘if’ but when, where and how much — raising serious questions for investors.

• Opinion

  2019 in review: 5 trends that shook the petrochemical markets

  • 17 12月 2019

  As 2019 draws to a close, we look at the trends that jolted the industry over the past year.

• Opinion

  Solar technology got cheaper and better in the 2010s. Now what?

  • 18 12月 2019

  No other power-generation technology matched solar’s pace of cost reduction this past decade. The game will change again in the 2020s.

• Opinion

  Qatar’s LNG expansion: a bold move

  • 10 12月 2019

  In this episode of the MENA in Brief podcast, Ian Thom and his expert guests discuss Qatar Petroleum's plans to increase its LNG production capacity. And the gas resources at North Field have been upgraded – essentially doubling the size of what was already the world’s largest gas field.