• Opinion

  UK energy exports and fracking: aspiration or pipe dream?

  • 23 9月 2022

  The UK has announced plans to become a net energy exporter by 2040. This includes lifting the 2019 ban on hydraulic fracturing in unconventional shale plays in England.

• Opinion

  Inflation Reduction Act propels the global wind outlook

  • 03 10月 2022

  The IRA and other global policy drivers yield a 25.6 GW quarter-on-quarter upgrade to the wind outlook – though Asia Pacific is bucking the trend.

• Opinion

  Making CCUS work in Asia Pacific

  • 03 10月 2022

  What can Asia Pacific governments do to ensure the ramp up in new CCUS projects, which countries are showing the most progress and what role can oil and gas companies play in delivery?

• Opinion

  Banks assess the impact of climate commitments

  • 30 9月 2022

  Lenders can still finance new oil and gas development, but emissions goals mean the balance of their operations is shifting.

• Opinion

  What will REPowerEU and the Inflation Reduction Act mean for hydrogen?

  • 05 10月 2022

  Flagship climate policy in the EU and the US could give hydrogen the jumpstart it needs.

• Opinion

  Can legislation unlock a circular plastics economy?

  • 12 10月 2022

  Clear and robust legislation is vital if the fragmented plastics economy is to find a sustainable pathway – the UN treaty on plastic pollution will play a central role.

• Opinion

  Bottle battle: the fight for recycled plastic supply is on

  • 16 11月 2022

  The textiles and packaging sectors may soon be in fierce competition for limited supplies of recycled PET to meet their sustainability targets

• Opinion

  What would an accelerated energy transition mean for metals and mining?

  • 18 10月 2022

  From soaring Li-ion demand to a cobalt trilemma, and the rare earth winners and losers.

• Opinion

  The grid edge of the future: delivering distributed energy and electrification at scale

  • 18 10月 2022

  From EV charging infrastructure ownership to the future of microgrid technology: a preview of the Grid Edge Innovation Summit 2022.

• Opinion

  US gas exporters target a changing European market

  • 21 10月 2022

  Europe is replacing its lost imports from Russia with LNG. The shift is putting its gas infrastructure under strain.

• Opinion

  How will oil and gas companies get to Scope 3 net zero?

  • 27 10月 2022

  Only ten major oil and gas companies have set Scope 3 net zero ambitions – so far three broad business models for dealing with this complex challenge are emerging.

• Opinion

  Inflation Reduction Act tailwinds – and other tales from the grid edge

  • 26 10月 2022

  Three key trends from the latest grid edge quarterly briefing.

• Opinion

  Offshore wind: policy frameworks decide who wins – but not when

  • 01 11月 2022

  Policymakers cash in, consumers pay out and asset owners look to balance risk with reward as offshore wind power market trends flip.

• Opinion

  From high energy costs to the materials transition: five themes shaping the future of petrochemicals

  • 02 11月 2022

  A recap of the hottest topics of discussion at EPCA 2022

• Opinion

  The power of the PPA: corporate renewable procurement sets a new record in Asia Pacific

  • 08 11月 2022

  As decarbonisation ambitions grow across the Asia Pacific region, soaring fuel and power prices have improved the competitiveness of corporate renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs).

• Opinion

  The US solar industry waits

  • 13 12月 2022

  Before the solar industry can take advantage of the Inflation Reduction Act, it needs government guidance and supply chain relief.

• Opinion

  Headwinds on the upstream energy transition journey

  • 18 4月 2023

  The oil and gas industry has proved its resilience in recent years – but wherever you look there are more costs and more risk. Can it rise to the sustainability challenge?

• Opinion

  The power of the sun: supporting energy security in Puerto Rico

  • 24 4月 2023

  Wood Mackenzie teamed up with Let’s Share the Sun to boost a local community’s access to reliable and affordable power.

• Opinion

  A new era for US residential solar finance

  • 26 4月 2023

  Investment tax credit (ITC) adders and loan market headwinds are shaking up the US residential solar financing landscape.

• Opinion

  Refinery-petrochemical integration disrupts gas-based cracker feedstock advantage

  • 25 4月 2023

  Gas-based feedstocks are the traditional investment driver for steam cracker investments, but with feedstock availability becoming more challenging the economics are under scrutiny.

• Opinion

  Will a supply response help avoid US gas storage containment this summer?

  • 27 4月 2023

  Henry Hub gas prices have fallen as concerns of oversupply rise – a multitude of supply responses may be necessary.

• Opinion

  Energy storage technology: three trends to watch

  • 25 4月 2023

  Energy storage market dynamics are shaping the evolution of battery formats, components and production.

• Opinion

  The Middle East steps on the gas

  • 04 5月 2023

  What’s driving the impressive growth of the gas sector in the Middle East?

• Opinion

  Oil and gas Majors: venture capital strategies for the energy transition

  • 01 5月 2023

  The Majors have focused investment in nine areas of energy transition technology

• Opinion

  Drilling down into the UAE’s exploration renaissance

  • 17 5月 2023

  ADNOC has aggressive decarbonisation targets under a strategy that includes, somewhat counterintuitively, oil and gas growth and a renewed emphasis on licensing and exploration.

• Opinion

  How Colombia could lead Latin America through the energy transition

  • 23 5月 2023

  As investment into zero carbon technology ramps up around the world, Colombia has a range of opportunities to diversify.

• Opinion

  Petrobras kicks off Marlim revitalisation project in Brazil

  • 23 5月 2023

  Market activity is picking up for Petrobras – developments are moving forward quickly, while exploration remains slow.

• Opinion

  US solar: the long and winding road to domestic module procurement

  • 25 5月 2023

  The Inflation Reduction Act delivers a significant demand boost for US solar – but proposed domestic content guidelines pose a challenge for renewable developers.

• Opinion

  What will the 2020 elections mean for US energy?

  • 21 10月 2020

  The 2020 elections bring US energy policy to a fork in the road. Trump offers continuity, with some further easing of regulations on the oil, gas and coal industries. Biden offers a return to the Obama administration’s strategy of using regulation to cut emissions, and more ambitious moves if the Democrats win control of Congress.

• Opinion

  How flexible packaging demand has given BOPP film a boost

  • 27 10月 2020

  Demand for biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) has grown 3.5% per annum over the last five years. But what effect has a year of unprecedented change had on the outlook?