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  Acciona in Nordex takeover bid

  • 08 10月 2019

  Acciona will launch a 100% takeover of German manufacturer Nordex after increasing its majority share in the turbine maker to 36.27%.

• News Release

  Unplanned solar plant repairs to cost industry $16 billion over next 6 years

  • 08 10月 2019

  Annual solar plant operations and maintenance (O&M) costs will grow from nearly $4.5 billion in 2019 to just over $9 billion in 2024. This increase is due to future demand growth and current installed capacity. Unplanned repairs alone can cost owners up to $3,000/MW/year, based on an average-sized solar power system of 50MW, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Balance-of-systems costs for US non-residential storage to drop

  • 24 10月 2019

  Non-residential storage system costs will fall by 27% in the US over the next five years, according to new research from natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Vietnam becomes Southeast Asia’s hottest solar PV market

  • 01 11月 2019

  Vietnam is now the leader in Southeast Asia’s solar photovoltaic (PV) market with the largest installed capacity in the region.

• News Release

  Renewable electricity to deliver on Europe’s 2030 climate-energy goals

  • 07 11月 2019

  If European member states deliver their individual National Energy and Climate Plans, renewables will account for around 53% of power supply in 2030. Europe is on track to hit this target, although the performance of individual countries will vary, according to analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

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  Europe and North America will have over 1 million workplace EV chargers by 2025

  • 06 11月 2019

  The North America and Europe workplace EV charging markets could surpass a combined 500,000 charger units in 2022 and reach over 1.25 million by 2025, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Europe to spearhead renewable energy cost reductions for offshore wind through 2028

  • 18 11月 2019

  Europe’s levelised cost of energy (LCOE) for bottom-fixed offshore wind will fall from an average of $133/MWh in 2019 to $51/MWh in 2028, according to new research by Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Asia Pacific’s decarbonisation bill to hit US$3.5 trillion in 2040

  • 12 11月 2019

  Recent research by Wood Mackenzie indicates that Asia Pacific’s decarbonisation bill could hit US$3.5 trillion by 2040. This includes investments in solar, wind, hydrogen, nuclear, and hydro power, collectively referred to as zero-carbon energy between now and 2040, under Wood Mackenzie’s accelerated transition scenario.

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  Volkswagen to become world’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer by 2028

  • 14 1月 2020

  Volkswagen has pledged to become carbon-neutral by 2050. Included in its roadmap for reaching this target is a plan to manufacture 22 million electric vehicles by 2028. Wood Mackenzie expects the company to miss this target. However, according to Wood Mackenzie's analysis, VW will hit 14 million EVs by 2028 - making it the world's largest EV manufacturer by the end of the decade.

• News Release

  Will renewables displace conventional fuels in Asia’s growth markets in the 2020s?

  • 05 2月 2020

  In a new report, Wood Mackenzie highlights trends that will shape Asia Pacific’s power and renewables markets this decade.

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  Global onshore wind industry to reach maturity in 2020s

  • 05 2月 2020

  Solar power has emerged as the biggest threat to onshore wind's dominance in the decarbonisation battle. However, the tools available to the wind sector to combat this challenge are diminishing, according to Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Can offshore wind sustain double-digit growth?

  • 06 2月 2020

  According to Wood Mackenzie figures, offshore wind will constitute 25% of total wind demand in 2028 - up from 10% in 2019 - and will narrow the gap with offshore upstream oil and gas in terms of capital expenditure deployment.

• News Release

  Global battery electric vehicle sales to surge in 2020s

  • 10 2月 2020

  The second half of the 2010s saw the rebirth of the battery electric vehicle (BEV).

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  French major Total to take 50% stake in Adani solar unit

  • 07 2月 2020

  Speaking after French major Total announced it planned to buy a 50% stake in Indian company Adani Green Energy’s solar unit, Tom Heggarty, principal analyst with Wood Mackenzie’s Energy Transition Practice, said: “Total has been extremely active in the power and renewables M&A market as it seeks to diversify its activities and grow its exposure to the zero-carbon power sector."

• News Release

  Brazil’s consumers ‘pay price’ for power costs problems

  • 12 2月 2020

  New research from global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie indicates the fuel pricing mechanism used by Brazil’s Energy Planning Agency (EPE) in the country’s power auctions does not align with the New Gas Market programme – and Brazilian electricity consumers may pay the price for this.

• News Release

  US storage market sets power capacity record with Q4 2019 deployments

  • 10 3月 2020

  The United States energy storage sector set a power capacity record in Q4 2019, deploying 186.4 megawatts (MW) and 364.2 megawatt-hours (MWh) of storage.

• Webinar

  2020 Wood Mackenzie Japan and Korea Power & Renewables Webinar Series

  • 09 6月 2020

  To help you better understand the trends that are shaping Asia Pacific’s power and renewables markets in the 2020s, Wood Mackenzie is delighted to invite you to our upcoming webinar series in June 2020.

• News Release

  Coronavirus restrictions set to hit US utility-scale solar projects

  • 01 4月 2020

  The coronavirus pandemic is likely to have a material impact on utility-scale solar installations in the US this year, and perhaps even into 2021. In its Coronavirus: US Solar PV Supply Chain and Utility-Scale Market Risk report, Wood Mackenzie says that, in a best-case scenario, the market could see up to four weeks of supply delays affecting a few hundred MWs of modules and inverters. This, combined with construction disruptions, could translate into as much as 2 GWdc of project development delays in 2020.

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  Webinar | Gas and power market updates

  • 09 4月 2020

  Covid-19 pandemic and plunge in oil price: what do they mean for APAC gas and power markets? 新冠疫情大流行和油价暴跌会如何影响亚太天然气和电力市场？

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  Global wind power capacity to grow by 112% over next 10 years

  • 26 3月 2020

  Global wind power capacity additions are expected to sit at an annual average of 77GW from 2020 to 2029, according to Wood Mackenzie.

• Webinar

  Webinar: Will coronavirus accelerate or decelerate the energy transition?

  • 15 4月 2020

  Join Wood Mackenzie for its new webinar series, Connecting Conversations. Twice a month, we will bring together a panel of experts to discuss energy’s most pressing questions.

• News Release

  Industry leaders to speak at Wood Mackenzie’s Grid Edge Innovation Summit 2022

  • 10 11月 2022

  Join executives from Shell Recharge Solutions, Exelon, BMW, and General Motors, as event looks at current trends, challenges and drivers shaping the grid edge

• News Release

  Solar PV to overtake onshore wind in Latin America from 2023

  • 16 11月 2022

  Solar PV will become the most cost-competitive technology in Latin America from 2023, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest research report, ‘Latin America levelized cost of electricity (LCOE)’ which examines the power technology and generation landscape across the region to 2050. Solar will also displace onshore wind, currently the most attractive renewable energy source in Brazil, by 2025.

• News Release

  Power facilities to potentially use 100 Mt of low-carbon ammonia as feedstock by 2050

  • 17 11月 2022

  As one of the most-used petrochemicals in the world, ammonia offers a bevy of decarbonization and energy market opportunities, including the potential to provide 100 million tonnes (Mt) into the power sector by 2050 in a high-case scenario. However, without strong policy support, low-carbon ammonia may remain an untapped market, according to “Avoiding Pand-Ammonia” a new report from Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  US microgrid market develops at rapid pace, with capacity reaching 10 GW in 2022

  • 06 2月 2023

  The US microgrid market reached 10 gigawatts (GW) in the third quarter of 2022, with more than 7 GW in operation and the rest in planning or construction stages, according to latest analysis from Wood Mackenzie’s Grid Edge Service.

• Webinar

  Webinar | Advanced insights for strategic renewable asset management and development

  • 01 3月 2023

  Watch webinar replay with Thomson Reuters Document Intelligence.

• News Release

  Public EV charging market in North America on track for rapid growth

  • 22 3月 2023

  As electric vehicle (EV) adoption continues to rise, the market for public charging networks in North America is forecast to grow rapidly by 2050, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest ‘Commercial landscape of EV charging networks in North America’ report.

• Webinar

  Navigating US energy tax credits and incentives in a changing policy landscape

  • 12 4月 2023

  In this webinar replay, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati join Wood Mackenzie to discuss the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act on the current and future landscape of US energy tax credits and incentives.

• News Release

  Policy-driven supply constraints cause steep drop in solar installations in 2022

  • 09 3月 2023

  According to the U.S. Solar Market Insight 2022 Year in Review released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, utility-scale installations fell by 31% year-over-year to 11.8 GW, the sector’s lowest total since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  Tesla Solar Roof deployments miss expectations

  • 30 3月 2023

  Since the launch of the Tesla Solar Roof (“Solar Roof”) in 2016, Wood Mackenzie estimates that approximately 3,000 Solar Roofs have been installed nationwide, with a total capacity of nearly 30 megawatts direct current (MWdc), missing Tesla’s stated goal of 1,000 installations per week.