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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Wind, solar and storage win transition race
13/07/2022 Duration: 44minCSIRO’s Paul Graham discusses latest GenCost report, and its conclusions that even at 90 % share, wind and solar are cheapest and smartest options.
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Federal Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen
06/07/2022 Duration: 44minChris Bowen discusses the energy crisis and the speed of the energy transition, capacity market design, emissions targets, EVs, and actually going to see wind and solar farms.
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Australia's rapid transition to renewables
01/07/2022 Duration: 33minAEMO lays out roadmap for a rapid transition to renewables, Baringa's Alan Rai joins us to discuss the high points and the lows.
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Smart technologies, flawed markets
23/06/2022 Duration: 46minNew deal for solar and batteries and the collapse of Enova highlight the good and bad of Australia’s energy transition. We speak to Evergen’s Ben Hutt and Enova founding chair Alison Crook.
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The energy crisis … and offshore wind
16/06/2022 Duration: 45minAll the latest on Australia’s energy crisis, and an interview with offshore wind expert Alastair Dutton.
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Energy Transformed Podcast | The Future of Energy Systems: Digital and Data Challenges
10/06/2022 Duration: 30minIn the third of our Energy Transformed podcast series we look at the data and digitization challenges that are emerging from the transformation of our energy markets, and whether our current laws are fit for purpose. Noriko Wynn, in-house Futurist at Aurecon, and Emma Butler, Partner in Ashurst’s digital transaction practice, join Paul Curnow, Partner and global co-head of Ashurst’s energy practice.
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The Future of Energy Systems: Digital and Data Challenges
10/06/2022 Duration: 30minIn the third of our Energy Transformed podcast series we look at the data and digitization challenges that are emerging from the transformation of our energy markets, and whether our current laws are fit for purpose. Noriko Wynn, in-house Futurist at Aurecon, and Emma Butler, Partner in Ashurst’s digital transaction practice, join Paul Curnow, Partner and global co-head of Ashurst’s energy practice.
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How to connect all that wind, solar and storage
08/06/2022 Duration: 45minTransgrid CEO Brett Redman on transmission needs for zero carbon grid, and social licence. Plus: Latest on the energy crisis.
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Deep dive into Australia’s coal and gas crisis
03/06/2022 Duration: 51minJosh Stabler from Energy Edge on the reason behind the coal and gas price hikes. Plus: AGL and Origin in the wars.
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No more coal and gas mines, says Bandt
27/05/2022 Duration: 43minGreens leader Adam Bandt on coal and gas, Snowy 3.0, Labor’s climate plan, transmission and high prices.
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Why Australia risks falling behind on green energy
20/05/2022 Duration: 44minFormer CEFC boss and independent candidate Oliver Yates on why Australia could lose its green energy advantage, and his new role at Sentient.
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AGL, MCB and smart inverters
09/05/2022 Duration: 54minMike Cannon-Brookes takes on AGL, plus Hitachi’s Stephen Sproul on advanced inverters.
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2°C? It’s already nearly too late
29/04/2022 Duration: 45minClimate scientist Andy Pitman says net zero needs to be reached by 2035 to have any chance of capping global warming at 2°C.
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The lop-sided battle for climate independents
14/04/2022 Duration: 37minClimate 200's Simon Holmes à Court on the election campaign, funding, and battling the legacy rules that favour major parties.
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Can Europe survive without Russia’s gas?
07/04/2022 Duration: 57minEmma Champion and Stefan Ulrich from BNEF discuss what Europe needs to do to move on from Russian gas.
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Fortescue’s grand green energy plans
21/03/2022 Duration: 47minFortescue Future Industries CEO Julie Shuttleworth on the company’s myriad green energy plans and its ambition to produce 15 million tonnes of green hydrogen a year by 2030.
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Origin’s big shift from baseload
16/03/2022 Duration: 50minOrigin Energy CEO Frank Calabria on the decision to close Eraring, the shift from baseload, and future energy models.
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Victoria's big offshore wind plans
11/03/2022 Duration: 28minVictoria energy minister Lily D'Ambrosio on state's landmark offshore wind target, prospects for green hydrogen, coal retirements, the AGL play, and local industry.
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Snowy Hydro and the missing links
08/03/2022 Duration: 56minSnowy Hydro’s Gordon Wymer on the need for more transmission, plus the latest on AGL and offshore wind.
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Mike Cannon-Brookes and closing coal
24/02/2022 Duration: 40minTech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes explains why buying AGL will be fastest, cheapest, smartest and safest way to transition from coal to renewables.