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09.03.20 Grid Edge 3

Wood Mackenzie expects more private equity players will enter the market – especially those with experience in infrastructure and oil & gas.

These Days, Everyone Wants to Own a Microgrid

The range of investors in U.S. microgrids runs from utilities to private equity and continues to diversify, Wood Mackenzie research shows.

by Isaac Maze-Rothstein

08.27.20 6

Proposed non-wires alternatives are still often deemed either more expensive or less reliable than the conventional reinforcement option.

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Where Are All the Non-Wires Alternatives?

Only a fraction of identified NWA opportunities ever move beyond the proposal stage.

by Francesco Menonna and Chloe Holden

08.26.20 1

COVID-19 will not have serious implications for the inverter industry.

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WoodMac: Solar Inverter Market Reached Record Highs in 2019

A new report highlights the stepdown of the ITC and the rise of the inverter replacement market in Europe.

by Lindsay Cherry

08.20.20 Energy Storage 14

Energy storage developers will increasingly demand batteries different from those used in electric vehicles.

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WoodMac: A New Battery Chemistry Will Lead the Stationary Energy Storage Market by 2030

Lithium-iron-phosphate batteries will rapidly rise in popularity as the market begins differentiating between EVs and stationary storage.

by Mitalee Gupta

07.26.20 PODCASTS

Biden’s Trillion-Dollar Climate Ambitions

On this week’s episode of The Energy Gang: Biden supercharges his clean-energy infrastructure dreams.

by Stephen Lacey

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08.13.20 Solar 3

Loans accounted for more than half of the U.S. solar financing market last year.

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Loans Still Lead the Rooftop Solar Finance Market, But Volumes Set to Tumble This Year

While consumers have largely kept up with payments so far, default rates for U.S. solar loans are in the spotlight, according to Wood Mackenzie.

by Bryan White

08.11.20 Grid Edge 18

Many trucks are parked for more than six hours a day, which means they could rely on Level 2 chargers.

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WoodMac: 54,000 Electric Trucks on US Roads by 2025

That’s a 27-fold increase over today’s fleet, and the expansion of charging infrastructure will be nearly as dramatic.

by Kelly McCoy

08.10.20 Solar 1

COVID-19 may hit commercial solar harder than any other market segment in the U.S.

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WoodMac: US Sitting on 145GW of Unused Commercial Solar Potential

Wood Mackenzie tapped Station A’s building-level data for a new C&I solar market analysis. The upshot: huge unused potential.

by Michelle Davis

08.03.20 Solar 6

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WoodMac: Large-Scale Solar Holds Cost Edge Despite ITC Stepdown, Coronavirus Impacts

Corporate demand and state mandates are driving utility solar installations, but voluntary procurements based on pure economics continue to dominate.

by Colin Smith

07.29.20 Solar 24

Tesla’s new pricing offer is about 20 percent lower than the industry average.

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Questioning Tesla’s New Record-Low Residential Solar Pricing

Can Elon Musk’s company slash solar soft costs without hurting customers? WoodMac analysts investigate.

by Molly Cox and Austin Perea

07.28.20 Grid Edge 0

Stimulus packages in Europe and China boosted subsidies for EVs and charging infrastructure.

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WoodMac: V-Shaped Recovery for Distributed Energy Resources in 2021

The pandemic has dented the DER market, but some segments — including electric vehicles and grid modernization — may benefit in the long run.

by Francesco Menonna

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