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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Mining industry turns to wind, solar, batteries and hydrogen
21/06/2019 Duration: 54minThe mining industry is going green - at least in its electricity supply. A special “live” podcast from the Energy and Mines conference in Perth.
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The good and bad from Australia’s big grid
13/06/2019 Duration: 48minWe look at the generator report card on how the grid is dealing with the present and shaping for the future. Plus: Lights out at Loy Yang A unit, while AGL looks to the future with telcos.
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Oliver Yates and what the public doesn't know
07/06/2019 Duration: 40minFormer CEFC boss Oliver Yates talks about lessons from his recent Kooyong campaign and why the renewables sector needs to get its messaging right.
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Energy Insiders: Shuffling jokers as sea levels rise
28/05/2019 Duration: 41minMorrison shuffles cards, and sea level expert John Englander explains why oceans are rising more quickly than expected
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What’s the future for renewables in Australia?
21/05/2019 Duration: 30minIs Australia’s clean energy transition about to come to a crashing halt, or just hit a pause as the Coalition turns focus to coal? Clean Energy Council’s Kane Thornton discusses Morrison’s big win.
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Australia goes to the polls
15/05/2019 Duration: 31minPeter Lewis from Essential Media on the likely outcomes in Saturday’s federal election, the role of climate and energy policy and the rise of the independents.
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Australia’s place in the global solar market
10/05/2019 Duration: 35minIvan Higuearas, the international head of Gransolar, discusses why Australia is a global solar hot-spot, if we get the rules and policies right, and some interesting ideas about battery storage.
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Have regulators gone too far on "system strength”?
02/05/2019 Duration: 39minPower systems expert Bruce Miller questions why new wind and solar plants are required to install synchronous condensers, and questions other regulatory thinking about frequency and voltage.
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Renew Estate’s very big storage play
24/04/2019 Duration: 37minFresh from its landmark deal on the Bomen solar farm, Renew Estate has filed a development application for a huge solar farm and battery in NSW.
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How to electrify the world with renewables
17/04/2019 Duration: 38minChristian Breyer from LUT University discusses the newly released study that shows if Paris targets are to be met, everything needs to be electrified and powered by renewables.
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Butler says Labor will move quickly on climate and energy
11/04/2019 Duration: 29minMark Butler outlines his plans should Labor win government. Plus, we look at Snowy 2.0 costs and the failed Port Augusta solar tower project.
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Pilbara wind and solar will be cheapest power in Asia
05/04/2019 Duration: 34minCWP Renewables chair Alex Hewitt to discuss the need to accelerate policy, the wind, solar and battery project in NSW, and the giant Pilbara wind and solar plans.
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Coalition’s coal reality check, and Shell’s big electric plans
27/03/2019 Duration: 39minWe look at the outcomes of the NSW election and the federal Coaliton’s shortlist, and we are joined by Brian Davis, the head of Shell’s new energy solutions business.
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EnergyAustralia explains why wind and solar will be “bedrock" of Australia’s grid
20/03/2019 Duration: 48minEnergyAustralia’s Mark Collette explains why wind and solar will replace coal as the “bedrock” of Australia’s electricity grid.
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Why pulling down polls and wires is a good idea
14/03/2019 Duration: 45minHorizon Power’s Mark Paterson explains why replacing poles and wires with solar and batteries is a world first, and a great idea. Plus: The RBA intervenes on climate, and Snowy’s modelling.
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Coalition’s fake news on climate and energy
06/03/2019 Duration: 35minClimate Council’s Greg Bourne on why scientists and researchers are so outraged by Coalition givernment’s fake claims on emissions.
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Simec Energy and ScoMo’s big hydro pump
27/02/2019 Duration: 41minSimec Energy’s Marc Barrington on the Gupta company’s plans for clean energy, the PUB battery at Port Augusta, and trying to make sense of the Coalition energy policy.
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100 per cent renewables: Is California dreaming?
20/02/2019 Duration: 35minAngelina Galiteva, vice chair of the California Independent System Operator, talks about that state’s 100 per cent renewable energy target, and how it will get there.
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AGL CEO Brett Redman on Australia’s “massive” energy transition
14/02/2019 Duration: 41minBrett Redman, the head of AGL and operator of Australia’s biggest coal generation fleet says Australia is in the midst of a “massive” energy transition, and explains how he hopes to navigate his way through.
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50% renewables: Too much, too soon? Or too slow?
06/02/2019 Duration: 35minEnergy expert Nicky Ison joins the podcast to discuss renewables energy targets, the NSW policy vacuum, the need for more transmission and delivering solar to those who need it.