Synopsis
Join RenewEconomy founder and editor Giles Parkinson and columnist and energy markets expert David Leitch as they discuss the week's main events - politics, solar and storage.
Episodes
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Pole position: Networks want more battery storage
10/09/2021 Duration: 40minGreg Hannan, the head strategy at three Victoria network owners, on why batteries will be hanging from poles, and the need for more storage.
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Do we want to keep coal, or move on?
03/09/2021 Duration: 40minAEMO issues benign reliability outlook as market wrestles with capacity market proposal. Matt Kean, Anna Collyer, and Simon Corbell share their views.
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Taylor’s Coalkeeper subsidy, and lessons from US
27/08/2021 Duration: 45minAngus Taylor is hell-bent on imposing a coal subsidy on Australia. We talk to S&P renewables analyst Adam Wilson about lessons from the US.
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Replacing coal with renewables in south-east Asia
20/08/2021 Duration: 40minTristan Knowles from the Asia Development Bank on the surprisingly quick transition to renewables.
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Will IPCC overcome Morrison’s prosperity doctrine?
13/08/2021 Duration: 45minIPCC report falls on deaf ears in Canberra, as AGL scrambles to adapt. We talk to IPCC contributor Martina Linnenluecke.
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Can Australia break its wind and solar investment drought?
03/08/2021 Duration: 47minPowAR chief executive Geoff Dutaillis talks about big wind projects, battery storage, the ESB’s new rules and connection problems.
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New AEMO boss Daniel Westerman
29/07/2021 Duration: 50minAEMO boss Daniel Westerman on the path to 100 per cent renewables, and getting connections right.
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How quickly can we got to 100% renewables
23/07/2021 Duration: 41minMonash Uni’s Behrooz Bahrani says new technologies, such as grid forming inverters, are changing the way we can manage the grid.
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AEMO’s 100pct renewables plan, and the view from Japan
16/07/2021 Duration: 46minNew AEMO boss makes a splash, a huge new renewable hydrogen plan, and we talk to Monica Nagashima from Influence Map in Japan.
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Batteries accelerating shift to renewables
09/07/2021 Duration: 42minAlinta’s Gary Bryant on how battery storage is accelerating the shift to renewables.
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Chris Bowen on Labor’s policies, not targets climate pitch
02/07/2021 Duration: 54minLabor climate and energy spokesman Chris Bowen on his solar stunt, and why Labor will take a policies, not targets pitch to electorate.
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Why farmers want action on climate
25/06/2021 Duration: 45min“So many opportunities”. Anika Molesworth represents farmers who want action on climate. But Barnaby is back. Plus: Bidding wars in electricity markets.
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Green hydrogen in mines
17/06/2021 Duration: 46minWhat are the prospects for green hydrogen in Australia’s mining industry? BHP, Rio, CEFC, and Enel Green Power share their views.
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Australia’s biggest wind farm takes shape
11/06/2021 Duration: 41minTobias Geiger from Westwind talks about the challenges of bringing the country’s biggest wind project to market.
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Shell Australia’s big power play
03/06/2021 Duration: 43minShell Australia CEO Tony Nunan talks about new NSW contract, big batteries, electric vehicles, hydrogen, LNG and carbon capture.
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A new wind and solar investment drought
28/05/2021 Duration: 36minBattery storage investment looks good, but new wind and solar projects are stalled. CEC’s Kane Thornton explains why. Plus: The Callide explosion.
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Why green ammonia could be Australia’s next big export
21/05/2021 Duration: 43minAndrew Dickson from CWP explains why Australia’s biggest wind and solar project - 26GW - will likely focus on green ammonia. Plus: Taylor’s fossil fuel frenzy.
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Changing the world with solar, batteries and EVs
14/05/2021 Duration: 32minThe Smart Energy Conference shone a bright light how technologies such as solar, storage, hydrogen and EVs are transforming our economy.
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Why inverters are key to a renewables grid
07/05/2021 Duration: 40minJames Sturch from SolarEdge joins Energy Insiders to discuss the latest inverter standards, what they mean for the household and the grid, and why they are key to the energy transition.
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Kerry Schott on the post-2025 market reform
29/04/2021 Duration: 46minKerry Schott joins Energy Insiders to discuss the proposed options for the energy market reform, and why coal generators are not viable, and may need support.