North America Power Service

Dedicated regional coverage, long-term fundamental forecasts, short-term base case forecasts, assumptions and projections, and long-term topical scenario analyses. Regions covered include: ERCOT, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast and WECC.

Enlit Europe 2023

• 03 August 2022

Meet our team at this year's Enlit Europe 2023, taking place in Paris, France | 28-30 November

US government backs new nuclear investment

• 07 November 2025

The US bets big on nuclear with an $80 billion Westinghouse deal - can this new wave of reactors deliver where past projects stumbled?

Offshore wind: long-term promise after short-term decline

• 04 February 2021

Annual installs dropped 29% in 2020, but FIDs for new capacity hit an all-time high and a record number of alliances were formed. With the scale of ambition increasing, what will 2021 bring?

Can recycling fill the battery raw material supply gap?

• 23 June 2022

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

UK can lead world in net zero energy technologies – but investment is critical

• 16 September 2020

Wood Mackenzie today delivered a comprehensive roadmap for the North Sea’s future to the OGTC, setting out the critical technologies needed to deliver an integrated net zero energy system on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), positioning the UK as a world-leader in the move to a low carbon world.

Meeting energy demand requires long-term solutions

• 29 January 2025

Discover how the US clean energy industry is navigating record growth, grid challenges and policy uncertainty. Sylvia Leyva Martinez and Sandhya Ganapathy, CEO of EDP Renewables North America, explore renewable energy demand, PPAs, energy security and the impact of the IRA on clean energy's future.

India commissions first east coast LNG terminal

• 07 March 2019

India's first east coast regas project, Ennore LNG terminal, was commissioned yesterday by Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL). Wood Mackenzie's senior analyst Kaushik Chatterjee shares the significance of this project and how this marks the beginning of India doubling its regas capacity to 56.5 million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) by 2025.

Europe’s power market transition and the role of energy storage

• 08 July 2025

Our experts present the opportunities gained from the expanding role of storage assets in a recent webinar

The coming geothermal age

• 08 May 2025

Next-generation technology aiming to transform the sector.

Lens Data Center and Data Campus Map

• 23 June 2025

Discover how data center demand is reshaping electricity markets. Use Lens Power & Renewables to visualize large electricity loads, analyse infrastructure impacts, and identify optimal locations for future power plants and grid upgrades.

US offshore wind powers up

• 23 June 2020

The US offshore wind industry is set to power up over the coming decade. New research from Wood Mackenzie shows that as the sector ramps up from near-zero today, it could deliver as much as 25 gigawatts (GW) in 2029, capturing almost half of the US market for new wind power installations.

The US puts up the barriers to Chinese products

• 20 May 2024

China takes only a tiny share of the US markets for EVs, solar modules and steel. The Biden administration is signaling that it intends to keep it that way.

Global lithium-ion battery capacity to rise five-fold by 2030

• 22 March 2022

Global cumulative lithium-ion battery capacity could rise over five-fold to 5,500 gigawatt-hour (GWh) between 2021 and 2030, says Wood Mackenzie.

Batteries with Chinese characteristics

• 10 February 2021

At present, China accounts for almost 75% of global lithium-ion battery manufacturing capacity and this share is set to increase through the short term with its build-out of new facilities.

Tesla Solar Roof deployments miss expectations

• 30 March 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.

What technology is winning the global energy storage race?

• 26 November 2019

What is winning the global energy storage race? Lithium-ion is the clear winner, but it has one major drawback. Rory McCarthy, senior analyst, energy storage, looks at lithium-ion's role in the energy transition.

Greentech Media's integration with Wood Mackenzie

• 12 February 2021

Wood Mackenzie acquired Greentech Media in 2016 and in 2019 integrated the GTM research practice into our ever-expanding Power and Renewables research team. Since then we have continued to use greentechmedia.com and GTM Squared as vehicles to present green technology and renewables news. Recognising the strategic importance of the energy transition to Wood Mackenzie, the time has now come for us to fully integrate Greentech Media.

Horizons Live: Staying power

• 18 August 2025

Coal power drops from 33% of global electricity in 2025 to just 6% by 2050 in base forecasts. Our Horizons Live panel explores how alternative pathways could extend coal use longer

Lens platform: Lens Carbon

• 04 October 2022

Source-to-sink evaluation of the carbon value chain.

Two very different paths to achieve net zero

• 18 November 2022

The world is still working out how to get into a 1.5 °C pathway and COP27 is an important stepping stone.

Permitting reform and the politics of building the grid

• 24 October 2025

Why does building the U.S. grid take so long and can reform finally speed it up? Energy Gang dives into the politics and policy of permitting reform

Look beyond bid price and lease fees to win in trillion-dollar offshore wind sector

• 18 May 2022

Cumulative global capex spend in the offshore wind sector is expected to hit US$1 trillion by 2031, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie. However, investors will no longer only be competing on price alone.

Low-carbon tech: is geothermal close to a breakthrough?

• 25 January 2024

Is geothermal tech on the brink of a breakthrough? Explore the potential of next-gen geothermal in The Edge's latest article.

Gas prices are rising and the demand for renewable energy is growing

• 11 September 2025

Inside look at how solar industry leaders are navigating policy chaos while demand for clean energy soars to unprecedented levels

Portugal's world record-breaking solar PV auction

• 12 August 2019

Portugal is now the country with the world’s lowest-cost solar PV contract. The lowest tariff awarded in the country’s first solar PV auction – held in July 2019 – was just €14.76/MWh, or US$16.54/MWh at today’s exchange rates. This narrowly beats the recent US$16.95/MWh contract awarded in Brazil.

How are businesses rethinking energy and sustainability?

• 11 November 2025

With COP30 underway, leading companies reveal how they’re balancing soaring energy demand with bold sustainability action

Energy and the ‘big beautiful bill’

• 06 June 2025

Dive into the high-stakes world of energy policy and its role in the US-China AI race, featuring insights from top experts at the ACORE Finance Forum in New York

Our top takeaways from the Solar & Energy Storage Summit 2024

• 01 July 2024

Analyst highlights from our annual conference

Hydrogen: the outlook to 2050

• 08 July 2025

Drawing from our strategic planning outlook, we offer five key things to know about how the market will develop for this versatile gas