Lens Solar
Gain trusted, end-to-end data on the global solar market, including insights into the solar module supply chain and PV technology
Lens Solar
Gain trusted, end-to-end data on the global solar market, including insights into the solar module supply chain and PV technology
Best-in-class visibility into the entire solar supply chain
Solar remains the forefront renewable technology in the global energy mix as power demand rises across regions. However, policy uncertainty, protectionist measures and interconnection and transmission bottlenecks will undoubtedly impact annual growth trends.
Grow and succeed in the evolving global solar market with Lens Solar. One of the best sources for data, analytics and insight on solar development, market dynamics and grid integration, use Lens Solar to find the biggest opportunities.
Lens Solar
Interconnected market intelligence to support long-term planning, strategy and investment due diligence.
42,000
solar generation projects
10-year
outlooks for global installations
2 TW
of mapped solar projects in all development phases
631 GW
of operating assets
200
countries with asset coverage
120,000+
competitive bid events providing visibility into 1000+ renewable energy projects
Features and workflows
Navigate solar energy market uncertainty by leveraging our industry-leading solar research, data, and insights.
Key features of Wood Mackenzie's Lens Solar:
- A holistic view of the evolving solar energy landscape, with fully interconnected research and analytics that spans solar market outlooks, economics, players and competitive dynamics and supply chain and technology themes
- Industry-leading proprietary solar data to assess opportunities and plan your next successful venture
- Timely market reports and insights delivered throughout the year to keep agile and highly responsive to the fast-moving energy landscape
- Direct access to our analysts to stay ahead of market trends and dynamics. Delivering a quick turnaround on requests and queries, consider us an extension of your team.
- A powerful API feed providing access to both real-time market data feeds and underlying forecast data to create customised solutions
Lens Wind includes the following capabilities:
Solar market forecasts
- Quarterly 10-year outlooks
- Regional reports that dive deep into policy and forecasts
- US-focused content that explores the dynamics of utility and distributed solar
Solar asset details
- Access to over 2 TW of mapped solar projects in all development phases
- Solar asset transaction databases that monitor solar project sales
- Asset ownership rankings that detail the largest global solar owners
Solar technology trends
- Special reports that dive deep into the changing dynamics of solar energy density and emerging technologies in modules, inverters, and trackers
- Solar reports covering the growing adoption of floating solar and other technologies
Solar operations and maintenance (O&M) trends
- Reports providing O&M costs to benchmark spending
- An annual solar O&M services leaderboard ranking the largest companies
Cost forecasting
- Interactive cost models with 10-year granular component-level forecasts
- LCOE forecasts detailing long-term cost-competitiveness
Supply chain insights
- Quarterly PV Pulse with the most in-depth analysis of the solar supply chain, including capacity and production for modules and upstream components
- Market share analysis of modules, trackers, inverters and installers
Lens Solar lets you:
- Target the massive solar fleet for business development with Lens Solar asset details, including details on asset ownership, location and generation details of operating solar assets
- Focus on the key areas of solar energy market growth utilising our quarterly solar market outlook update that segments the solar market by utility, residential, commercial and industrial
- Benchmark the leading solar supply chain companies, with annual market share reports that highlight the leading suppliers of modules, inverters, trackers and installers
- Examine details on the US solar market, including distributed solar, community solar and state-level analysis to best identify growth areas
- Analyse cost forecasts built upon a proprietary dataset of over US$8.5 trillion of direct spend data and industry-leading foresight on price development on underlying commodities and raw materials
- Utilise levelised cost of energy (LCOE) forecasts to understand the future competitive landscape of renewable power generation and inform business development and supplier negotiations
- Monitor the latest trends in offtake and tenders with proprietary databases that track all global solar PPAs, renewable energy tenders and integrated resource plans
- Benchmark the leading solar asset owners with annual reports focusing on the largest global and regional solar asset owners
- Refine your O&M strategy with annual reports that highlight competitive dynamics in the solar O&M sector
- Identify the top solar O&M companies with the annual solar O&M leaderboard, which ranks the largest global providers of solar O&M and asset management
- Track the latest developments in the solar supply chain with the PV Pulse, a monthly dataset that tracks global supply, demand and pricing for polysilicon, wafers, cells and modules
- Identify trade policies and the cost impact of tariffs with the PV Pulse’s deep analysis of global trade dynamics, including import and export activity
Why choose Lens Solar?
Backed by 50 years of providing trusted energy advice, we offer the world’s most rigorous data, analytics and expert advisory solutions across the power industry.
Our solution delivers:
- Reliable, accurate cost trends driven by market dynamics, commodity insights, and technology trends
- Industry-leading solar market demand outlooks
- Unique perspective into the complex global solar supply chain
- Unparalleled insight into the operations and maintenance sector
- Renowned and respected expertise across the globe, yielding impactful perspectives on policy, demand, development opportunities, technology trends, market reforms, grid integration, supply chain constraints and risk
Frequently asked questions
Here you’ll find answers to the most common questions you may have on Lens Solar. If you have any other questions, contact us.
Yes. Our US Solar Market Insight® is a quarterly publication from Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). Each quarter, we collect granular data from nearly 200 utilities, state agencies, installers and manufacturers. This data provides the backbone of the US Solar Market Insight report, in which we identify and analyse trends in solar demand, manufacturing and pricing by state and market segment over the next five to ten years.
Yes, Lens Solar coverage spans globally, unlocking a multitude of growth and investment opportunities.
Absolutely! You get direct access to our expert analysts located around the world, who have developed unrivalled knowledge of the sector and region they cover.
Their strong, established relationships with industry contacts take our solar research to a more detailed level, where we can ask the right questions to get to the answers that matter. And they are always available to share their unique perspective with you.
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Contact an expert
Consult our team of analysts to gain impactful insights and inform your strategic decisions across the solar value chain. Our experts provide actionable intelligence to help you navigate the complexities of the solar energy sector and stay ahead of industry trends.
