• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: The European energy crisis – a failure of policy?

  • 29 7月 2022

  Host Ed Crooks is joined by regular contributor Amy Myers Jaffe from the Climate Policy Lab at Tufts University, and a new voice on the Energy Gang, Vicky Bailey, founder of Anderson Stratton Enterprises.

• Opinion

  The Interchange Recharged podcast: how wave power can supplement wind and solar

  • 22 7月 2022

  The energy transition is a machine with hundreds of moving parts. We are joined by Jan Skjoldhammer, from NoviOcean. NoviOcean has developed a wave energy converter which it says can deliver lower energy costs and supplement the solar grid.

• Opinion

  Global power markets outlook: the energy transition gathers pace

  • 22 7月 2022

  Sustained high prices accelerate the shift to renewables, but issues and obstacles vary by region.

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: the present and future of California’s electricity grid

  • 01 7月 2022

  The Energy Gang welcomes Elliot Mainzer, the President and CEO of the California Independent System Operator. Regular Melissa Lott also joins Ed Crooks to examine the current state of the power grid in California and how it’s faring in the energy transition.

• Opinion

  The Interchange Recharged podcast: green tech investments, greenwashing and SPACS

  • 24 6月 2022

  We are joined by Matthew Nordan of Azolla Ventures to discuss the current investor appetite for green tech, how the sector deals with greenwashing and whether SPACS are still an effective tool.

• Opinion

  Can recycling fill the battery raw material supply gap?

  • 23 6月 2022

  Battery recycling will play a key role in meeting energy transition demand – but it is beset by challenges.

• Opinion

  Horizons Live: Sea Change

  • 15 6月 2022

  Watch on demand as we answer your questions about how competitors can profitably seize the opportunities in the offshore wind sector, and determine what capabilities and competencies they need to improve their chances of success.

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: The changing future of ESG investing

  • 17 6月 2022

  This week Ed is joined by Emily Chasan and Shanu Matthew to discuss the changing landscape of ESG investing, Mike Cannon-Brookes' bid to take over legacy gas provider AGL and President Biden’s Defense Production Act.

• Opinion

  A new route to commercialisation for floating wind

  • 30 6月 2022

  Floating wind’s virtually unlimited potential has from its inception made it a strong vision. Seven years ago, Wood Mackenzie wrote, the “next step is to prove that floating foundations are economically feasible” and go commercial. This is still the challenge for floating wind, and we can conclude that commercialisation is not a step; it is a leap.

• Opinion

  The Interchange Recharged podcast: Live at the Solar Energy and Storage Summit – Day two

  • 09 6月 2022

  Wood Mackenzie’s Solar Energy and Storage Summit is on now, and we’re bringing you all the action from three days of talks right here on The Interchange: Recharged. We are live in San Diego, bringing you highlights from each day of the conference.

• Opinion

  The Interchange Recharged podcast: Live at the Solar Energy and Storage Summit – Day three

  • 13 6月 2022

  Across three days of talks on solar and storage, we were live in San Diego, bringing you highlights from each day of the conference.

• Opinion

  The Interchange Recharged podcast: Live at the Solar Energy and Storage Summit – Day one

  • 08 6月 2022

  Wood Mackenzie’s Solar Energy and Storage Summit is on now, and we’re bringing you all the action from three days of talks right here on The Interchange: Recharged. We are live in San Diego, bringing you highlights from each day of the conference.

• Opinion

  From grey and brown to green and blue: low-carbon hydrogen in refining

  • 09 6月 2022

  The refining industry is under pressure to decarbonise. Low-carbon (green or blue) hydrogen could play an important and cost-effective role in helping refiners reduce their carbon footprint to help meet net zero carbon emissions targets in many countries.

• Opinion

  Anticircumvention investigation paralyses US solar

  • 08 6月 2022

  Shipments of equipment from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam have virtually stopped. Development activity has stalled for most of the industry. What are the impacts of the anticircumvention investigation on each segment of the industry?

• Opinion

  Solar raw materials: a challenge to Europe’s net zero ambitions?

  • 30 5月 2022

  Europe must find a way to navigate high raw materials costs while rapidly scaling up solar deployment.

• Opinion

  European power and renewables: navigating the perfect storm

  • 12 5月 2022

  Highlights from Wood Mackenzie’s Power & Renewables Conference: Europe.

• Opinion

  Anti-dumping threat throws US solar industry into turmoil

  • 06 5月 2022

  Biden administration’s climate and energy strategy faces a conflict between supporting US manufacturing in low-carbon technologies and encouraging the fastest possible deployment of renewable energy.

• Opinion

  Can the US make the switch to electric heavy-duty trucks?

  • 11 5月 2022

  The transition to heavy-duty vehicle electrification could be accelerating.

• Opinion

  Low-carbon hydrogen: defining the path to commercial scalability

  • 16 5月 2022

  Highlights from our inaugural Low-Carbon Hydrogen Conference.

• Opinion

  The Interchange Recharged podcast: The future of lithium extraction

  • 13 5月 2022

  We are joined by Zachary Sadow, CEO and co-founder of KMX technologies, to discuss a sustainable method of lithium extraction and the policy and government action KMX needs to help the progress of its business.

• Opinion

  Stellar growth for global energy storage

  • 09 5月 2022

  Demand for energy storage will expand nearly nine-fold over the next decade, supported by the rise of renewables.

• Opinion

  The Interchange Recharged podcast: redefining energy storage

  • 29 4月 2022

  We speak with Freyr Battery CEO and co-founder Tom Jensen on constructing one of the largest battery cell production facilities in Europe, Freyr’s technology, roadblocks to furthering battery storage initiatives and more.

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: why a low carbon life is within reach

  • 22 4月 2022

  The gang focuses on solutions and recent positive findings from the IPCC report. They discuss how energy poverty is a large issue today, and explore the dangers of how addressing climate change could make things worse.

• Opinion

  Quantifying battery raw material demand

  • 12 4月 2022

  Accelerating electric vehicle sales continue to dominate battery raw material demand – while stationary energy storage applications are growing fast.

• Opinion

  Is the end of high US solar system prices in sight?

  • 13 4月 2022

  System prices remain high as supply chain constraints and policy uncertainties create a high-risk environment for US solar PV development.

• Opinion

  US utility-scale solar: will policy power a rebound?

  • 19 4月 2022

  Total forecasted buildout of US utility-scale solar is expected to reach 172 GW by 2027 – if the climate provisions in the Build Back Better Act are passed later this year.

• Opinion

  Competition heats up for the top three US residential solar installers

  • 29 3月 2022

  Impressive growth and market consolidation amid the top five US solar players could threaten Sunrun’s dominance in 2022.

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: The IPCC climate report uncovered

  • 25 3月 2022

  The gang explores how major US companies may be required to report climate risks and emissions, Canada's new emissions reduction plan and the new IPCC report.

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: 2021 top 5 stories re-broadcast

  • 11 3月 2022

  The gang are taking a break this week. Instead of a new episode we’re rebroadcasting our special edition live episode where the team discusses the top 5 energy-related stories of 2021.

• Opinion

  China’s net-zero target could dent Russia’s export ambition

  • 03 3月 2022

  China is also committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2060. Could Russia’s ambition to rotate the direction of its energy exports through 180 degrees flounder on China’s decarbonisation?