• Opinion

  Is the US being left behind in the race to develop new clean energy technologies?

  • 01 4月 2025

  China is pushing ahead with groundbreaking clean energy tech - can the US keep up? The gang do a deep dive into EVs, policy and the future of innovation.

• Opinion

  Asia Pacific power & renewables: 5 things to watch in 2025

  • 23 1月 2025

  Soaring solar and storage bring in the Lunar New Year of the Snake.

• Opinion

  US solar: four things to look for in 2025

  • 16 1月 2025

  Our take on key themes, from installations projections to cell manufacturing capacity, the potential impact of the Trump administration energy agenda and the future of the IRA.

• Opinion

  Energy transition outlook: UK

  • 17 2月 2025

  The UK has a renewed focus on accelerating its energy transition and bold plans to create a clean energy superpower. But net zero by 2050 is not yet on course.

• Opinion

  Investors exert their influence over the energy transition

  • 11 6月 2021

  Oil and gas companies have been coming under mounting pressure from large shareholders to address climate risks, and that pressure has stepped up sharply this year. The world’s six largest investors by assets under management have signed up to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, committing them to supporting the goal of global net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner. In total the signatories to the initiative have $37 trillion under management.

• Opinion

  Energy transition outlook: Middle East

  • 18 2月 2025

  Energy transition progress slows in our latest update – but uncertainty around pace and duration pushes the Middle East to prioritise resiliency.

• Opinion

  Are NOCs rising to the energy transition challenge?

  • 26 4月 2023

  National oil companies are still lagging the Majors on the decarbonisation journey – but a raft of incentives mean the pace is picking up.

• Opinion

  Could energy recovery solve the mounting problem of global waste?

  • 01 5月 2023

  With 70% of global landfill suitable for energy recovery, there is potential for serious growth in waste-to-energy (WtE) industries.

• Opinion

  What’s shaping CCUS project costs?

  • 02 5月 2023

  A better understanding of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) costs is needed before the technology can become a commercial reality on a truly global scale.

• Opinion

  Goldwind captures the top spot for global wind turbine supply

  • 09 5月 2023

  Three different OEMs realised double-digit GW installations in 2022, despite multiple supply chain complications

• Opinion

  Wind turbine technology evolution is diverging quickly between China and the rest of the world

  • 07 2月 2024

  Western OEMs reduce the pace of NPI and focus on product standardisation while Chinese peers continue the frenetic pace of new turbine introduction

• Opinion

  Not made in China: the US$6 trillion cost of shifting the world’s clean-tech manufacturing hub

  • 12 2月 2024

  How can we balance the increased cost of diversifying energy transition critical supply chains against the economic and strategic risk of being wholly reliant on China? Pragmatically, how can the world’s biggest economies work together to achieve a successful energy transition?

• Opinion

  Can Spanish renewables avoid becoming a victim of their own success?

  • 09 11月 2023

  Demand loss is increasing price cannibalisation and curtailment risk, but asset owners are adapting

• Opinion

  The challenges and opportunities in Europe’s oil & gas, CCUS and hydrogen sectors

  • 10 11月 2023

  To accelerate Europe’s energy transition, investors need to leverage opportunities to diversify the region’s energy mix.

• Opinion

  How will China’s expansion affect global solar module supply chains?

  • 13 11月 2023

  Starting in 2024, China will dominate the solar module supply chain with over 80% global capacity, driven by significantly lower costs of modules compared to Europe and the US

• Opinion

  Why are US distributed solar customer acquisition costs still on the rise?

  • 15 11月 2023

  Installers grow weary of investing further in marketing strategies amidst a residential market slowdown

• Opinion

  NYISO Central East Interface set to nearly double transfer limit

  • 16 11月 2023

  How should this news affect your winter trading decisions and congestion expectations?

• Opinion

  Supply shortages and an inflexible market give rise to high power transformer lead times

  • 02 4月 2024

  Transformers are a key component in large-scale renewables projects. However, high lead times and rising manufacturing costs are at risk of causing expensive project delays and preventing power plants from being brought online

• Opinion

  US solar to end the year with 55% more capacity than 2022

  • 07 12月 2023

  Supply chain constraints have alleviated, sparking the largest year of solar installations in the US by far.

• Opinion

  Global solar forecast gets an upgrade

  • 11 12月 2023

  Our latest quarterly global solar PV forecast has seen a 5% upgrade, projecting over 3 TWdc of new solar PV installations between 2023 and 2032

• Opinion

  Which installers and battery vendors top the US distributed solar-plus-storage leaderboard?

  • 12 12月 2023

  As solar-plus-storage gathers momentum, a new leaderboard tracks the competitive landscape.

• Opinion

  COP28 takeaways: why collaboration matters now more than ever

  • 19 12月 2023

  At this year’s COP28, Edinburgh Science and Wood Mackenzie’s discussion ‘Delivering on the promise of climate finance at last’ tackled the importance of climate finance, the role of international collaboration in addressing climate change, and the need to mobilise investments in emerging markets to drive sustainable solutions

• Opinion

  Looking back at a year of European power: 2023 in review

  • 16 1月 2024

  In 2023, Europe's power market stabilized with a milder winter and successful demand reduction measures, while geopolitical events and gas supply restructuring influenced dynamics. Decreased power demand, a drop in commodity prices, and increased renewables contributed to a more resilient market, though challenges persisted with low and negative power prices during abnormal weather periods.

• Opinion

  2023: the year the European renewables bubble burst

  • 25 1月 2024

  What are the reasons for optimism for European clean energy in 2024?

• Opinion

  Russian onshore wind market reaches crossroads

  • 11 3月 2019

  As several onshore wind markets in Eastern European recently began to lose steam, investors and wind turbine manufacturers turned their attention to Russia.

• Opinion

  Could clean energy be the winner in the oil price war?

  • 24 3月 2020

  How will the oil price crash affect the embryonic energy transition efforts of oil and gas companies? Renewable energy economics suddenly look far more attractive.

• Opinion

  Lessons from the first 100 percent battery-electric bus fleet in the US

  • 02 4月 2020

  The Antelope Valley Transit Authority in Southern California plans to be the first public transit agency in the United States to operate a 100 percent battery-electric bus fleet.

• Opinion

  It's time for residential demand response to shine

  • 14 5月 2020

  As distribution load becomes harder to predict due to the pandemic, targeted residential demand response may bring much needed relief

• Opinion

  Electric vehicles: coronavirus wreaks havoc across the supply chain

  • 08 4月 2020

  Global EV sales could see a 43% drop, while battery raw materials markets face major disruption in 2020.

• Opinion

  ‘Life also, world also’ – India extends lockdown

  • 14 4月 2020

  The timing and phasing of India’s gradual release from lockdown, including the restart of selected manufacturing after 20 April, will be critical to the country’s economic stability and the shape of near-term energy demand. Multiple risks remain.