How to stop America’s outdated grid holding back the deployment of clean energy

• 17 9月 2024

Delays in transmission expansion are costing US$2.5 billion annually. Ed Crooks and experts Amy Myers-Jaffe and Christina Hayes explore why building new lines is so tough and debate key legislation like the Manchin-Barrasso Bill.

Keeping the LNG bandwagon rolling

• 12 9月 2024

The LNG industry is on a roll. But the pace of future growth can’t be taken for granted. Ahead of next week’s Gastech conference in Houston, we identify three structural challenges that must be addressed to keep the LNG bandwagon rolling.

Multi-client study: making the connection: meeting the electric T&D supply chain challenge

• 25 9月 2024

Meeting the electric T&D supply chain challenge

Taking the pulse of the global LNG industry

• 26 9月 2024

The WoodMac team were out in force at last week’s Gastech 2024 in Houston, the gas and LNG industry’s leading conference. Here are our collective high-level takeaways.

Unlocking value with I-ROX innovative milling technology

• 26 9月 2024

How Wood Mackenzie helped I-ROX size its market opportunity and quantify its commercial value proposition.

Climate Week NYC special: What is the role that the oil and gas industry should play in the energy transition? Does it have one?

• 24 9月 2024

Can the oil and gas industry really play a role in achieving net zero? Or do we need to rethink its place in the energy transition? Join the debate with Ed Crooks and guests Bjorn Otto Sverdrup and Gernot Wagner in this first Climate Week episode.

Metals & Mining Cost Services

Explore the cost structure of global commodity supply chains, as well as operating and capital costs associated with mining production.

Can America build new energy projects faster? Should it?

• 20 8月 2024

Proposed permitting reforms could accelerate both renewable energy projects and new fossil fuel infrastructure. Is that a good deal for the climate? Ed Crooks is joined by Melissa Lott and Emily Grubert to unpack what the proposal could mean for the future of energy in America.

Green hydrogen may be less clean than we think

• 13 8月 2024

Steve Hamburg, Chief Scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund discusses a recent study which reviews whether the energy industry is miscalculating the true impacts of deploying hydrogen.

Maritime Data Services

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LFG-to-RNG production to more than double by 2030, but project success depends on location and scale

• 12 8月 2024

Landfill gas remains the most popular feedstock option for renewable gas production (LFG-to-RNG), but project pre-tax breakeven prices can range, with success relying heavily on location and scale, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie.

CO2 utilisation potential as key global decarbonization tool limited by current economics

• 26 8月 2024

Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) is a crucial element in global decarbonisation, but current economics limit CO2 utilisation deployment as high costs and insufficient subsidies hinder the market, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.

Is the industry taking the wrong approach to Scope 3 emissions reporting?

• 27 8月 2024

We are joined by Jenny Ahlen, Managing Director at the We Mean Business Coalition. Jenny directs the strategy, coordination, and execution of their net zero programs and campaigns; these include a focus on improving the way scope 3 emissions are approached.

Innovative financing is needed to mobilise clean energy capital in developing countries. What could it look like?

• 10 9月 2024

By 2030, nearly a billion people could still lack energy access. How can we change that? Listen to Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO of Sustainable Energy for All, on The Interchange Recharged as she discusses innovative financing models for a just energy transition.

Webinar | Investing in Africa's energy transition

• 25 9月 2024

Join Wood Mackenzie as we explore investing opportunities in Africa's energy transition

Biden exit shakes up US presidential race

• 23 7月 2024

The election in November will have significant consequences for US energy. Uncertainty is already affecting some sectors

Increasing subsidies for anthropogenic carbon capture destined for CCS-EOR to levels for CCS-Storage would lower global emissions

• 26 7月 2024

Captured CO2 for enhanced oil recovery (CCS-EOR) has fallen out of favor in recent years and been supplanted by captured CO2 to dedicated sequestration (CCS-Storage), however, a new analysis shows that CCS-EOR will often deliver lower emissions and better support the energy transition, according to a series of reports from Wood Mackenzie.

Renewable propane is scaling up, but how far can we take it?

• 30 7月 2024

Joined by Mike Stivala, CEO of Suburban Propane Partners, to explore the future of renewable propane. Learn about the benefits, production challenges and the sector’s future.

Lower 48 well costs expected to decline 10% in 2024

• 29 7月 2024

After peaking in 2023, Lower 48 well costs are expected to decline 10% in 2024 and 1% in 2025, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.

The extraordinary comeback of concentrating solar power

• 06 8月 2024

Melissa Lott, Amy Myers-Jaffe and Dr. Matt Bauer discuss the resurgence of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP).

US community solar market to break 14 GWdc of cumulative capacity by 2029

• 08 8月 2024

7.3 gigawatts direct current (GWdc) of total new community solar installations are expected to come online in existing state markets by 2029 in the US, according to the latest report released by Wood Mackenzie in collaboration with the Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA). Cumulative national community solar installations will break 14 GWdc by 2029.

American competitiveness in the energy sector: the DOE’s ARPA-E department is focusing on advanced nuclear

• 17 7月 2024

On this week’s episode of the Interchange Recharged, Jenifer Shafer of ARPA-E, and David Brown from Wood Mackenzie discuss how the US can lead in advanced nuclear energy. Learn about the Biden administration’s US$900 million investment in small modular reactors and what’s needed to make it a success.

National Oil Company international M&A spend hits 20-year low

• 17 7月 2024

While the mergers and acquisitions market has been recently supercharged by international oil companies (IOCs), national oil companies (NOCs) have sat on the sidelines, with international spending down significantly from highs a decade ago, according to recent analysis from Wood Mackenzie.

Are voters turning their backs on the EU’s 2030 climate objectives?

• 10 7月 2024

European voters just threw a spanner in the works of the EU’s 2030 decarbonisation targets. Last month’s European parliamentary elections saw a dramatic shift in power to nationalist and populist parties, which tapped into, among other issues, voter scepticism over the pace and sheer cost of the energy transition. We look at the impact of the elections on tackling climate change.

South America to see onshore wind capacity double in the next 10 years

• 09 7月 2024

South America’s cumulative onshore wind capacity will double to 79 GW in the next 10 years as developers install 40 GW of new capacity by 2033.

Solar and wind uptake to reach 5.4 TWac from 2024 to 2033

• 08 7月 2024

From 2024 to 2033, developers will bring more than 5.4 terawatts (TWac) of new solar and wind capacity online, increasing the cumulative global total to 8 TWac, as the world endeavours to electrify economies and meet decarbonisation targets.

Day 1: The Energy Gang at the Reuters Global Energy Transition Conference 2024

• 26 6月 2024

The Reuters Global Energy Transition 2024 Conference in New York has kicked off, and The Energy Gang is there to capture the important discussions. Day one insights include public-private partnerships, cutting-edge technologies and key debates on the energy transition.

Global CCUS investment requires US$ 196B through 2034, according to Wood Mackenzie

• 26 6月 2024

By 2034, global carbon capture capacity will reach 440 Mtpa and storage capacity will reach 664 Mtpa, requiring US$ 196 billion in total investment, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie.

Out with lithium and nickel, in with salt and bricks?

• 02 7月 2024

Join us as we delve into the world of energy storage and heat delivery technologies for homes and industrial buildings. Listen to discussions with experts from the University of Sheffield, Rondo and Kyoto as they explore innovative solutions for storing energy.

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?