Energy Insiders - A Reneweconomy Podcast

The remarkable predictions of the Energy Security Board - death to wind, solar and big batteries. Plus, fear and loathing at CEC Summit and an interview with Vestas CEO Peter Cowling.

Kane Thornton on the CEC’s qualified support for the NEG, and the new connection hurdles threatening major wind and solar projects in Victoria, Queensland and NSW.

The straw-man arguments for the NEG drawn up by the Energy Security Board, compounds a disappointing ACCC report. Is there an agenda afoot? Of course there is.

AEMO chief executive Audrey Zibelman discusses he newly released Integrated System Plan, and why we can have a cheaper, reliable grid with more renewables.

NSW Labor says no to new coal, but may support government ownership of new wind and solar plants as it aims for high renewables share.

What future do EVs have in Australia? We talk to independent Senator Tim Storer, who is to chair Australia’s first parliamentary inquiry into the technology.

Tassie Hydro is putting together a plan to become the “clean energy battery of the nation”. But how does it stack up?

The latest version of the NEG is raising fears that while it might continue to be useless, at least for cutting emissions, it may not be benign. Dylan McConnell from the Climate and Energy College shares his concerns.

Labor climate and energy spokesman Mark Butler talks to RenewEconomy about two important topics: the proposed National Energy Guarantee and electric vehicles.

NSW grid treads fine line, big news in solar(and storage) usher in new era, and Frydenberg explains his emissions targets and where RenewEconomy gets it wrong.

Genex executive director Simon Kidston on the world-leading solar and pumped hydro storage plant planned for an old gold mine in north Queensland, and the changing face of generation.

Interviews with the South Australia Liberal government’s energy minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan, and battery storage maker Redflow’s Simon Hackett.

AEMO chief executive Audrey Zibelman on the summer review, plans for more storage and demand management, and managing the transition to a consumer focused and flexible grid. This interview was recorded following Zibelman’s address to the South Australian Chamber of Commerce and Mines and Energy at there fringes of the Australian Energy Storage conference in Adelaide.

Western Australia has an opportunity to lead the world on micro-grid technology, with energy companies hailing solar and battery as the next revolution. We speak to Jessica Shaw, who is heading a parliamentary inquiry into micro-grids.

ERM Power CEO Jon Stretch on the NEG, "solar firming" contracts, his LGC strategy and the shift to renewables.

CWP’s Andrew Dickson is working on a $20 billion wind and solar proposal for the Pilbara, and a remarkable solar taxi project in Africa.

In Victoria 200 dairy farms are being invited to join a “virtual” mini grid powered by blockchain technology and their own solar and storage. But what is blockchain? And what are the benefits?

States should be able to iron our the wrinkles in the technical parts of the NEG, but what to do with an emissions reduction target that is “useless and atrocious”.

The National Energy Guarantee has been re-designed. What does this mean? Plus: Three interviews from last week’s smart energy conference.

Paul Denholm, from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado, explains how storage is changing the game in the world’s biggest electricity grid.