Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast: Recent Episodes
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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.
Karl Braganza, head of research at the BoM, explains El Niño and what it means for Australia. Plus: Peter Hannam joins us to discuss New England, new projects, the future of transmission lines and news of the week.
Much of Australia's energy transition debate has focused on electricity – renewables, transmission, batteries and the grid. But there's another part of the transition that's arguably just as important, and one that receives far less attention: the future of liquid fuels. In this episode, Gilbert + Tobin partners Jamie Guthrie and Ilona Millar are joined by Céline Parle, Sustainable Aviation Fuel Investments, Airbus and Mac Irvine, Chief Financial Officer, Jet Zero Australia, with Giles Parkinson, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Renew Economy, moderating the discussion.They explore the role sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) could play in Australia’s energy transition – from decarbonising aviation and strengthening fuel security to creating a new domestic industry. The discussion considers what it will take to get Australian SAF projects off the ground, including investment, policy support and the demand certainty needed to make projects commercially viable.
CEFC boss Ian Learmonth explains why big wind projects may finally get delivered this year. Plus: Tomago aims for 100 pct renewables, and the big utility profits.
Kane Thornton has moved from the peak renewables body to data centres, now the presumed peak renewable buyer. We discuss Bowen’s new rules, the bigger rooftop solar rebate, and other news.
Goldwind's John Titchen explains why and how all new wind turbines could come with their own battery. Plus: Lily D'Ambrosio resigns, the best of ACES and some new contracts.
Consultant Shane Quinnell on the many hurdles we force renewable projects to jump over – and then wonder why they trip up. Plus, news of the week.
Is Australia on target for a “step change” in energy? AEMO’S head of systems Nicola Falcon on the 2026 ISP and the importance of grid forming inverters. Plus: Renewable tender changes, data centre rules and more electric trucks.
Electric trucks are suddenly big news in Australia. We catch up with NewVolt's Anthony Headlam on its plans for network of large charging stations. Plus: News of the week.
We look at AEMO's Integrated System Plan, plus the latest big battery tender, and the Coalition's determination to destroy everything. Plus: David visits China's State Grid, Xiami and CATL.
AEMC chair Anna Collyer discusses the pricing review, network tariffs, and the right of monopolies to get their money back. Plus: David Leitch joins us from the Silk Road in China.
Jürgen Reinart, the CEO of inverter giant SMA, on why the grid can function without spinning machines, and why it quit the Australian home market. Plus: Is AEMO changing course on VPPs, and other news of the week.
In an exclusive interview, Tesla Energy's Asia Pacific boss Josef Tadich discusses energy abundance (read solar), the role of batteries big and small, hybrids, the EV surge and the arrival of V2G.
Jet Charge founder Tim Washington on the need for more chargers, faster machines, multiple bays and electric trucks. Plus: CIS tender results, electrification and other news of the week.
Power expert Keith Middleton discusses how the growth in data centres, properly regulated, won't break the grid and could be good for the energy transition. Plus: Finally, some financing deals, and other news of the week.
Tim Buckley from Climate and Energy Finance joins to discuss the good, bad and the ugly from the federal budget, how to fix the Capacity Investment Scheme, and other news.
Smart Energy Council's John Grimes on the death of coal power in Australia, panel by panel, home battery by home battery. He joins to discuss what's next. Plus: Twiggy's green grid, W.A.'s renewables rush, and other news.
Ben Hutt, the CEO of battery-swap electric truck company Janus Electric on the switch from diesel. Plus: AEMO's good news on energy transition, and Australia's gas fail.
Federal energy and climate minister Chris Bowen discusses fuel crisis, the renewables target, the problems with wind, EV road tax, electrification, and the upcoming COP31. Plus: ABC's EV fail and first Greens energy minister retires.
BMI's Iola Hughes discusses the extraordinary growth of battery storage, for EVs and the grid, their key role in energy security, and the different chemistries. Plus: Fortescue's fast-tracks path to real zero, finally some big wind, and will Albanese seize the moment?
Large scale wind projects are not getting finance and are not getting built. CEIG's Richie Merzian discusses potential solutions, the looming CGT threat, and what's wrong with the CIS. Plus: Big month for EVs, and Fortescue's plan to eliminate diesel.
How did it come to this? Energy security expert and former deputy chief of the RAAF John Blackburn on how Australia's has done nothing to prepare itself for the current fossil fuel crisis. Plus: EV sales are surging and electric trucks are a thing. Someone tell the transport minister!
A solar farm inspired by Tony Abbott's climate attacks has finally been opened. Mhairi Fraser takes us through the remarkable journey. Plus: Boyne bailout, oil markets, and the EV boom.
David Hochschild, the head of the California Energy Commission, on how the world's fourth biggest economy is moving away from fossil fuels, despite Trump. Plus: News of the week.
The Australian trucking industry is about to experience an electric revolution, with plunging battery prices turning economics on its head. New Energy Transport's Daniel Bleakley explains. Plus: News of the week.
Francis Norman, the head of the Centre of Decommissioning Australia, on the extraordinary task of shutting down and removing oil and gas wells, and the lessons that could be learned for the offshore wind industry.
Lauri Myllyvirta, lead analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, on China’s record solar and wind build, and why clean energy is now driving more than a third of the country’s economic growth.
GridBeyond CEO Michael Phelan on how industrial loads and data centres are being orchestrated by AI and batteries to unlock gigawatts of hidden flexibility for the grid.
Sam Reynolds, the head of Octopus Australia, on why he hopes to build the country's biggest battery, and the emergence of solar-battery hybrids. Plus: AGL and Origin's fossil fuelled profits, with a green tinge.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull is pushing for more hydro, but is still pumped up by the hard right and the disappearance of the sensible middle. Plus: Big batteries seize the moment again.
Gina McCarthy, Obama's former EPA chief and Biden's climate czar, on the move to resist and overturn Trump's devastating policies. Plus: News of the week, and a perfect quarter for Australia.
UNSW Professor Matthew England, the world's leading expert on Southern Ocean modelling, discusses the catastrophic warming of our seas. Plus: Coal power extended in two states, and other news of the week.
We discuss some of the major events of the past year – the dominance of batteries, the emergence of solar-battery hybrids, the hassles for wind and transmission, and the conundrum of EVs.
AEMO's Nicola Falcon runs through the draft 2026 Integrated System Plan, and explains why baseload is not essential to keep the lights on. Plus, news of the week.
Energy systems expert Bruce Miller explains why spinning machines won't be needed in future grid, while regional independent MP Helen Haines says developers should drop the spin and focus on community benefits.
Frank Calabria, the CEO of Australia's biggest retailer, discusses plans for the country's biggest wind farm, its biggest battery and the biggest coal generator. Plus: News of the week including EPBC and AEMO transition plan.
We dissect Labor’s proposed environmental reforms with the help of Ashurst legal expert Jeff Lynn. Plus: News of the week, and is the CIS working?
Australia has more than $4 trillion in retirement savings but little of this finds its way to clean energy. Strategist Jeremy Cooper has an idea to fix this. Plus: The Super battery's not so super moment, and a rush of new projects.
Vestas vice president Jan Daniel Kaemmer discusses wind industry in Australia, the blockages and the potential. Plus: What to make of the free solar offer.
Amber's Chris Thompson talks home batteries and V2G at All Energy, while RE-Alliance's Andrew Bray and Uralla Council's Emily Sims discuss social licence in New England. And the news of the week, including EPBC and Tomago.
GE Vernova chief commercial officer Pablo Koziner on the latest thinking around data centres, wind energy, gas, SMRs and batteries. Plus: News of the week.
Fortescue CEO Dino Otranto discusses triumphs and challenges in real zero target, including self-lifting turbines, gravity trains, electric haul trucks and the rest. Plus: Queensland and Origin fossil up.
Powerlink CEO Paul Simshauser on managing the closure of Queensland's biggest coal generator, the role of transmission as prices double, and batteries vs syncons.
Federal energy and climate minister Chris Bowen on his trip to New York, renewable and emissions targets, and coal closures. Plus: News of the week.
Anna Skarbek from Climateworks Centre on Australia's emissions mission, and the new China targets, while AGL's Jane Butler talks vehicle to grid. Plus: Wind and battery deals.
CCA’s Matt Kean on why target had to be lowered. Plus: Offshore wind pioneer Andy Evans on Victoria’s delayed auction, and a very big battery tender.
CSIRO Chief Research Scientist Pep Canadell on why Australia and the world need to aim high, not low, on its 2035 climate targets. Plus: It's getting weird in Queensland.
SAPN boss Andrew Bills on the challenges of managing the local network in the world's most advanced renewable grid, and where half of all homes have rooftop solar.
AGL boss Damien Nicks discusses how the country's biggest coal generator is managing the transition to renewables, storage and electric homes. Plus: When will another wind farm get finance?
Data centre expert Andrew Walton explains what data centres need, where they might be built, and what will power them. Plus: ESOO, and Checkers the Sheltie.
Hay Shire’s Alison McLean explains how the local community set the rules of engagement to renewable project developers. Plus: Why the big utilities are saying no to wind and solar.
We talk with Tim Nelson and the entire review panel to discuss its recommendations, what comes next and what it does to address market power. Plus: Cheaper batteries!
Nick Carter, the CEO of Akaysha Energy, on the challenges of building the country's biggest battery, its first ever project, and what lies ahead. Plus: A lot more battery news, and Marinus.
Former US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office director Jigar Shah on the opportunities for Australia, Clean Energy Summit digests the supersized CIS, and Kane Thornton breaks from the peloton.
Clean Energy Finance Corp Ian Learmonth on the record commitments in last year, and the need to do a lot more to reach renewable and net zero targets. Plus: News of the week.
Victoria energy minister Lily D'Ambrosio talks about electrification, gas, transmission links, renewable zones, offshore wind and coal closures - and battling vested interests. Plus: News of the week.
Alex Wonhas, head of new battery developer AMPYR, discusses his company's first big project, and why wind struggles will require more big batteries on the grid. Plus: News of the week.
Cameron O'Reilly, the new chair of the Energy Security Corp, discusses plans for Australia's newest green bank. Plus: News of the week.
Pacific Green’s Joel Alexander on getting some of Australia’s biggest batteries to market. Plus: SEC’s Wayne Smith unplugs, and news of the week.
Aviation expert Adam Twidell talks electric planes, what's flying and what is coming. Plus: News of the week.
In an exclusive interview, Tesla Energy boss Josef Tadich discusses the extraordinary progress made since the first big battery at Hornsdale, and why the technology is already there to support Australia's charge towards 100 per cent renewables.
Former regulator Ron Ben David explains why no one wants to go near the gas network "death spiral" - and suggests a solution.
Charles Rattray, the head of Southerly Ten, explains the value of offshore wind as the industry heads towards its first Australian auction. Plus: What do Murray Watt and Anohni and the Johnsons have in common? Nothing, really.
Australian Renewable Energy Agency boss Darren Miller on the path to ultra low cost solar, grid forming inverters, V2G and green hydrogen. Plus: News of the week.
NSW energy minister Penny Sharpe on the challenges in transitioning Australia's biggest coal grid to renewables in 15 years. Plus: News of the week, and new leaders.
Tilt Renewables CEO Anthony Fowler on plans for first giga-scale wind project in NSW, and its first battery projects. Plus: Election washup and NSW grid access rights.
Gas industry veteran Rick Wilkinson from EnergyQuest on the state of play in the market. Plus: Spain's blackout and election day.
The ANU's Jorrit Gosens on China's thirst for green steel and the opportunities for Australia. Plus: News of the week and stranded wind and solar projects.
Zenobe's Gareth Ridge on providing electric trucks as a service, using old batteries and what the grid makes of it all. Plus: News of the week.
Essential Energy COO Luke Jenner on a big leap forward for V2G, courtesy of an electric ute. Plus: LNP blows up renewables target as a coal plant blows up on them, and other news.
One of the world’s biggest energy suppliers has Australia in its sight as it seeks to help electrify the world. Jackie Brown and Aaron Scott explain what technologies are on the menu. This special episode is brought to you by GE Vernova.
Engie's Laura Caspari explains why batteries are paired better with solar than wind, and why data centre load could unlock more renewables. Plus: News of the week.
Ausgrid’s Marc England explains why local networks are preparing their own ISP, and discussed batteries and tariffs. Plus: News of the week.
Quinbrook's David Scaysbrook says the falling cost of solar and battery storage represents a tipping point for the energy industry. Plus: Big battery tender, gas and hydrogen news.
Former US climate envoy Jonathan Pershing discusses Donald Trump’s war on everything, including climate, energy, science and research, and Australia’s energy choices. Plus: Rio Tinto’s stunning choice of solar and batteries to save future of giant smelters.
Battery expert Iola Hughes from Rho Motion on the latest trends, developments and date on grid and EV batteries. Plus: Quinbrook looks to 8-hour storage with big solar battery plans.
Hydrogen Australia’s David Cavanagh looks at the barriers and opportunities for Australia’s green hydrogen industry, and the demand push from local and overseas industry. This special podcast episode is sponsored by Energy Exchange Australia.
Tim Nelson discusses some options being considered by the NEM market review panel, and why his home battery is front of mind. Plus: Big news for pumped hydro and falling storage costs.
Climate 200's Simon Holmes a Court on the upcoming election, the role of independents, lessons from Trump, the nuclear boosters, and why we made the energy transition sound too hard.
New data suggests renewable connections, commitments and commissioning are getting back to where they need to be to meet 2030 targets. CEC's Kane Thornton explains. Plus: AGL and Origin's big bets on batteries.
John Grimes from the Smart Energy Council discusses what's on agenda ahead of federal poll, and as SEC celebrates its 70th anniversary. Plus: Energy news of the week.
WMO’s climate and energy lead Roberta Boscolo on the latest climate report, the 1.55°C average temperature rise and heating oceans. Plus: A wrap of the news in our first podcast of 2025.
In our last episode of the year, federal energy and climate minister Chris Bowen joins us to discuss the CIS, climate targets, EVs, the agenda for 2025, and the Coalition's nuclear plan.
In this episode we take a quick look at the Coalition’s nuclear plan and its costings. Not much of it makes sense. Plus: The other news of the week.
CSIRO’s Paul Graham on the findings of the latest GenCost report, which proves yet again that integrated renewables are by far the lowest cost option, even after responding to all the Coalition complaints about its modelling methods.
Solar researchers held their annual conference in Sydney this week, with the focus on improved efficiency, grid integration, recycling and social equity. Monash University's Roger Dargaville explains. Plus: News of the week.
Energy expert Gabrielle Kuiper on getting the best out of distributed energy resources in the new market design and as coal exits the grid. Plus, news of the week.
The rules of Australia's main electricity grid are constantly changing. Should they be completely rewritten? AEMC commissioner Tim Jordan discusses the state of play. Plus: News of the week.
V2G technology, turning EVs into batteries on wheels, will be big – for drivers, households and the grid. Jon Sibley from enX explains why. Plus: News of the week.
Donald Trump is back. Richie Merzian from the CEIG joins the podcast to discuss the likely impact on climate efforts, COP29, and the outlook in Australia as its big renewable tender is accelerated.
The gas industry says we need more of the fossil fuel to prosper. Jarrod Leak, from the Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity, says that’s not true, and there are alternatives. Plus: News of the week.
Simon Emms from transmission company Electranet explains how the state has moved so quickly towards 100 per cent net renewables, and why so much industry wants to plug in. Plus: All Energy buzzes while gas lobby bleats.
Ric Brazzale from Green Energy Markets discusses what’s happening in key markets for renewables, emissions, efficiency and electrification. Plus, news of the week.
Renewable records continue to tumble, while a big battery helps solve one of the grid's main challenges. Julius Susanto from Ampere Labs joins us to explain. Plus: Lots of big wind stories.
Retiring Hydro Tasmania CEO Ian Brooksbank reflects on the changing nature of grids, the role of hydro, Battery of the Nation and building wind farms in the right place. Plus: Shutting down coal.
Carl Hutchinson, the country manager of Enel X, on the difficulties of getting demand response on Australia’s main grid, despite its obvious benefits. Plus: News of the week.
AEMO chief executive Daniel Westerman explains why Australia is shifting from the old paradigm of "baseload" power, and why he still wants spinning machines. Plus: News of the week.
Matt Kean on being a private citizen, duelling with Barnaby, rent-seeking on Eraring and pathways to net zero.
Climate expert Lesley Hughes on the recent weather extremes and the impact on biodiversity, and people. Plus: News of the week including the first big CIS tender.
ENA chief executive Dominique van den Berg on the hotly contested role that networks can play in distributed resources. Plus, news of the week.
NAB's Andrew Smith on the challenges of raising equity for Australia's renewable energy transition. Plus: News of the week.
VicGrid CEO Alastair Parker has a job some would not envy, managing the planning of transmission lines and renewable zones in the state of Victoria. He joins the podcast to talk about transmission routes, battery storage, the option of going underground, and where things went wrong on social licence. Plus, the news of the week including windfall profits for all the big utilities.
Rebecca Colvin from ANU and John Cole from University of Southern Queensland and their takes on obtaining social licence for energy projects, and the lessons from King Island and CSG. Plus, news of the week.
Andy McCarthy on setting up a solar business in the heart of coal country more than a decade ago, when a 1 kW system cost $8,000. And what the industry can learn from that as it struggles for social licence. Plus: News of the week including high prices and farmers walking away from wind.
Doug Lewin, from the Energy Capital podcast in Texas, explains how a massive storm triggered unprecedented investment in solar and storage in the oil state. Plus: News of the week.
What we learned from Ted O'Brien, Chris Bowen and everyone else at the CEC summit. Plus: Hydrostor's Jon Norman on why advance compressed air storage is beating pumped hydro, and why even nuclear needs lots of storage.
Contractors and developers are struggling with higher costs and projects delays. Matt Rennie joins us to discuss the issue. Plus: News of the week.
John Grimes from the Smart Energy Council on China's robo-taxis, and its lead on battery, EVs, solar and hydrogen. Plus: The ISP, Matt Kean and nuclear.
Evergen’s Ben Hutt on optimising solar, batteries, and the race to electrification. Plus: News of the week and the nuclear fallout.
Energy expert Alex Wonhas on designing the new grid, generation choices and using batteries to boost the network. Plus, news of the week.
Do communities trust developers? Do people believe renewables will do the job? Zen Energy's Paul Sheridan on the surprising results of a new survey. Plus: News of the week.
DNV's Peerapat Vithayasrichare discusses the Asean super grid idea. Plus: Is it time to rethink long term storage needs?
Is the Eraring coal extension a good deal? Plus: Kane Thornton from the Clean Energy Council discusses GenCost, AEMO, CIS, Made in Australia and what the US is up to.
Transgrid CEO Brett Redman on new projects, delays, costs and social licence. Plus: The federal budget and even bigger batteries.
Hysata's Paul Barrett on the electrolyser tech's record fund raising. Plus: Labor's gas strategy, NSW's sky high prices, and Origin hollers a Marshall.
Victoria energy minister Lily D'Ambrosio on the first offshore project studies, the SEC, and getting a fair share of the Capacity Investment Scheme. Plus: Eraring's future and big batteries take centre stage.
Energy minister Chris Bowen discusses the capacity investment scheme, the Eraring closure, social licence, planning approvals, long duration storage, and why the Coalition’s nuclear plan does not stack up.
Bridget McIntosh from EnergyLab on South-east Asia's energy transition and the role being played by Australian experts. Plus: Battery storage gets really big.
China is the dominant force in solar, wind, battery storage and EVs, and the world’s biggest polluter. China expert Lauri Myllyvirta lifts the lid. Plus: Labor’s Made in Australia plan, and lots of storage news.
TS Conductor CEO Jason Huang on reducing line losses for renewables and storage. Plus: All the news of the week.
Can Alice Springs switch off fossil fuels in the middle of the day? Lyndon Frearson from Ekistica on the options and lessons for the NEM. Plus: Eraring and NVES.
Monash Uni’s Yolande Strengers and Kari Dahlgren on one of the big challenges of the energy transition - trust. Plus, all the news of the week in this nuclear free podcast.
Rio Tinto’s Vik Selvaraja on why Australia’s biggest smelters - and biggest single energy consumers - are choosing wind and solar. Plus: Coalition’s nuclear nonsense.
EnergyAustralia CEO Mark Collette on coal as a reserve asset, the uncertainty of Yallourn, the challenge of green hydrogen, and just managing the transition.
GE global wind boss Steve Swift on landmark supply deal with Andrew Forrest. Plus: Rio Tinto plans Australia’s biggest wind farm to power smelters. And Littleproud’s Barnaby moment.
We talk to three industry experts on offshore wind as part of the Locking in the Green Energy Transition podcast series sponsored by Norton Rose Fulbright.
Daan Walter from RMI on the phenomenal growth of battery storage. Plus: Victoria blackouts, Eraring, and the rabble against renewables.
Dylan McConnell discusses the benefits of the Capacity Investment Scheme, its impact on prices and how the market should pay for spilled energy.
Berkeley Earth’s Robert Rohde discusses the latest climate science and whether even 2°C is achievable. Plus: All the renewable and storage news from the first few weeks of 2024.
AEMO’s head of system design Merryn York on the draft 2024 Integrated System Plan. Plus: The big NSW tender, and battery storage everywhere. And a few tips for 2024.
Baringa’s Anne Bailey talks about the Capacity Investment Mechanism and what’s needed to make it work. Plus: AEMO’s 2024 ISP, the COP28 results, and energy ministers and coal plants.
Vic SEC boss Chris Miller on the state-owned corporation’s first big battery play, and what’s next. Plus: All the news of the week.
Kate Muller from Norton Rose Fulbright talks with Habitat’s Ben Irons and colleague Nick Abrahams on the role AI will play in a grid making switch from spinning machines to inverter-based tech.
Brad Hopkins, from AEMO Services, discusses the successful battery storage tender in NSW that could serve as a blueprint for Chris Bowen's massive 32 GW capacity scheme.
Confusing new wind guidelines in NSW as coal state runs short of spinning machines. Plus: Origin battle intensifies as Tesla throws down energy gauntlet
Genex is succeeding where others feared to tread, with a new big battery, the first pumped hydro project in four decades, and massive wind, solar and storage plans. CEO Craig Francis explains how.
Ivor Frischknecht, now head of Sosteneo, talks about the new battery that signals the end of the need for spinning machines, and a clear path to 100 per cent renewables. Plus: All Energy and Joyce.
State energy minister Tom Koutsantonis discusses green hydrogen plan, filling the "gap" on renewables, transmission, storage and prices.
Methane expert Peter Rayner on Australia’s potent climate problem, and a solution. Plus: Origin’s black hole, Genex deals and big battery bids.
We talk to three people in regional Australia dealing with renewable and transmission projects about the issue of social licence. Plus: Brookfield’s big win.
We talk to Caroline Wykamp and Prajit Parameswar from Marinus Link. Plus: Spring renewables surge delivers low prices, new records, and a push for more storage.
Katherine Woodthorpe, from the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, on why Australia should fast-track its net zero ambitions. Plus: The nuclear debate and renewable records.
Jai Thomas, the co-ordinator of energy in Western Australia, on that state’s massive renewable plans, the end of baseload, and the rise of big batteries. Plus: News of the week.
NSW energy minister Penny Sharpe discusses Eraring closure, fast tracking renewables and consumer equity: Plus, Marinus blow out and Queensland green hydrogen plans.
Essential Energy CEO John Cleland says distributed networks can accelerate the switch to renewables. And he discusses cultural change, rooftop solar and EVs.
EnergyAustralia boss Mark Collette on how he will make sure the company’s last coal generator will not get in the way of the renewable transition, and why he went electric.
Tom Geiser from Rondo Energy puts the case for heat batteries and their role in hard to abate sectors. Plus: Coal giants get a taxpayer funded lifeline.
Behavioural scientist John Pickering on the challenges of getting social licence for wind, solar, battery and transmission projects. Plus: What’s big coal up to?
Energy commentator David Roberts on Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, partisan politics and some exciting new technologies. Plus: This week’s major news.
Luke Osborne from Stride Renewables on the happy marriage of farming, solar and battery storage, and why community outreach works.
Anna Skarbek from Cimateworks on why renewables will play central role in getting big industry to net zero. First, the grid. Plus: Big battery boom.
Pollination’s Rob Grant and Balinggarra’s Cissy Gore-Birch on landmark green hydrogen project around Ord River. Plus: To close or not to close coal.
Federal climate and energy minister Chris Bowen defends targets as ambitious and achievable, as he prepares to announce Hunter offshore wind zone and roll out capacity mechanism and fuel efficiency standards.
Kimberley Reid from Monash Uni talks about the temperature records being smashed this past week. Plus: Project delays and a new hydrogen strategy.
BlackRock’s Charlie Reid on the fund manager’s big plans for Australia, and Allegro’s Thomas Nann on the innovative 12-hour flow battery that Origin is trialling.
Alan Finkel on Australia’s potential to emerge as an “electro-state” with its wind and solar resources, and his Powering Up book. Plus: More big battery deals.
We talk to Daniel Burrows from Eku Energy on new Hazelwood battery, the first at a coal generator, and the first to be wholly privately funded. Plus: AGL’s incrementalism and Queensland’s deep storage plunge.
Stephanie Bashir from Nexa Advisory on why setting a firm target of 1.5°C for the electricity grid would help solve regulatory and other blockages to new renewables. Plus: News of the week.
David Hay and Andrew Kingsmill from EnergyCo discuss the infrastructure roadmap towards 100% renewables. Plus: Sun Cable, Callide and more news.
Clean Energy Council’s Christiaan Zuur on the work being done to cut delays and costs for grid connections. Plus: NSW releases roadmap to coal-free grid.
Transmission links are front and centre of the energy debate, but Enphase co-founder Raghu Belur says more focus should be on what is consumed and produced at home.
William Todts, the head of Transport and Environment, on the accelerating EV transition in Europe. Plus: Australia to have a new biggest battery.
Brad Hopkins from AEMO Services discusses the stunning results of the first NSW generation and storage tender, and what it means for the market.
Louis de Sambucy, the head of Neoen in Australia, on why wind, solar and battery projects are getting bigger and more complex.
Former competition czar Rod Sims emerges as chair of Superpower Institute, promoting Australia’s low cost green energy opportunity, and fighting the info war. Plus: Big battery boom.
Dave Jones from Ember Climate on new study that shows fossil fuel generation will finally peak this year. Plus: Macquarie makes its mark on battery market.
Energy Efficiency Council's Rob Murray-Leach on landmark report on new ways of thinking about the grid. Meanwhile, new NSW energy minister worries about lights going out.
Corio CEO Jonathan Cole on big turbines and even bigger offshore wind plans. Plus. Matt Kean and busted coal.
Powerlink’s Paul Simshauser on how the Sunshine state will transform into a renewables powerhouse for the grid. Plus: Safeguards and the IPCC.
Acen Australia CEO Anton Rohner talks solar and storage after opening Australia’s biggest solar farm, and the controversy over Tasmania wind project.
Neara’s Jack Curtis on the new software that reveals how networks have double the capacity to host renewables and storage.
Vast Solar’s Craig Wood on why concentrated solar power can finally have its day in the sun, plus its Port Augusta project and NY listing plans.
Professor Andrew Blakers, one of the team awarded "Nobel prize" of engineering, and how solar will eliminate fossil fuels, and Australian's leading role in that transition.
Sam Crafter dealt with technology skeptics when he led the task force for the Tesla Big Battery. Now he's doing it again as head of South Australia's hydrogen office.
In the final part of our Energy Transformed podcast series we look at Victoria’s ground-breaking path from brown coal to green energy, and the role that the new public utility will play in the transition.Kylie Lane, a partner at Ashurst who specialises in mergers and acquisitions and the energy sector, talks to Lily D’Ambrosio, Victoria’s Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change.
Lithium analyst Rodney Hooper on supply and demand for key battery metal. Plus: Solar has killed coal, but can it kill gas?
Federal Energy and Climate Minister Chris Bowen discusses the stream of new announcements in the last month, and what’s in store for 2023.
AEMO’s head of system design Merryn York on the engineering roadmap to 100 per cent renewables. Plus: The gas price cap debate.
Squadron Energy CEO Eva Hanly discusses Squadron Energy’s surprise $4 billion plus purchase of CWP. Plus: Energy ministers come up with a storage plan.
Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act has big implications for the green energy transition in the US and abroad, delivering ultra low cost wind and solar. Ben Haley from Evolved Energy tells us how and why.
Australia’s carbon capital has a 10-year plan to transition to clean energy. Next Economy’s Amanda Cahill, who helped guide the Gladstone council, explains how and why.
Why Australia might still be facing a carbon border tax in EU. Matthias Buck from Agora Energiewende explains
Brookfield’s head of renewables Luke Edwards discusses the surprise bid for Origin Energy. Plus: Tesla margins deliver wake up call to Toyota.
In another week of fast moving events, we look at Neoen’s new “baseload” wind and battery deal, the relaunch of solar tiles, and an interview with the man behind electric Tuk Tuks for last mile deliveries in Australia.
Danish giant Ørsted is looking for a major play in Australia’s offshore wind industry, as well as onshore wind, solar and Power-to-X. Asia Pacific boss Per Kristensen explains why.
Energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio on Victoria’s ambitious switch to renewables and coal exit. Plus: Labor’s Rewiring the Nation and a multitude of new wind and storage projects.
The Smart Energy Council’s John Grimes shares his views on storage, the treatment of distributed energy, and the remaining policy bollards standing in the way of the switch to renewables.
IRENA's Michael Taylor on wind and solar costs and grid integration. Plus: AGL and the price of energy.
Energy minister Mick de Brenni outlines how Queensland will make the switch from coal to 80 per cent renewables. Plus: Victoria’s storage target, and the latest from AGL.
Davina Rooney from the Green Building Council on low carbon concrete, micrograms, and taking emissions out of the built environment. Plus: Big transition moments for Origin, AGL and Santos, and yet more big hydrogen plays.
More than a decade after the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, carbon is about to be declared a pollutant in Australia. The EPA’s Tony Chappel explains why and what it means.
First climate bill in a decade is passed, Snowy’s leadership, renewable pipelines and Oxford’s Farhad Billimoria on what might work in Australia’s new market design.
Windlab's David Osmond discusses his year long study into wind, solar and storage. Plus ESOO and the market cap.
There have been some big bets placed on shipping green hydrogen and gravity storage. Energy expert Michael Barnard dissects the hype and the hope.
Independent MP Helen Haines on pushing Labor on climate, and taking the lead on community energy.
The Australia Institute’s Richie Merzian on the move to overturn the car lobby’s campaign to protect dirty fuels. Plus: The future of the ESB, and the Climate Change Authority.
A change in governance and a rapid shift to renewables should ensure this is the last energy crisis for Australia, says Simon Corbell, the head of the Clean Energy Investment Group.
BlueFloat’s Carlos Martin discuses his groups 5GW of Australian projects. Plus: Genex bid, climate bill, and Clean Energy Week.
David Scaysbrook from Quinbrook on why battery storage is such a big thing, Coalition failures, and capacity markets.
CSIRO’s Paul Graham discusses latest GenCost report, and its conclusions that even at 90 % share, wind and solar are cheapest and smartest options.
Chris 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.
AEMO lays out roadmap for a rapid transition to renewables, Baringa's Alan Rai joins us to discuss the high points and the lows.
New 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.
All the latest on Australia’s energy crisis, and an interview with offshore wind expert Alastair Dutton.
In 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.
In 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.
Transgrid CEO Brett Redman on transmission needs for zero carbon grid, and social licence. Plus: Latest on the energy crisis.
Josh Stabler from Energy Edge on the reason behind the coal and gas price hikes. Plus: AGL and Origin in the wars.
Greens leader Adam Bandt on coal and gas, Snowy 3.0, Labor’s climate plan, transmission and high prices.
Former CEFC boss and independent candidate Oliver Yates on why Australia could lose its green energy advantage, and his new role at Sentient.
Climate scientist Andy Pitman says net zero needs to be reached by 2035 to have any chance of capping global warming at 2°C.
Climate 200's Simon Holmes à Court on the election campaign, funding, and battling the legacy rules that favour major parties.
Emma Champion and Stefan Ulrich from BNEF discuss what Europe needs to do to move on from Russian gas.
Fortescue 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.
Origin Energy CEO Frank Calabria on the decision to close Eraring, the shift from baseload, and future energy models.
Victoria energy minister Lily D'Ambrosio on state's landmark offshore wind target, prospects for green hydrogen, coal retirements, the AGL play, and local industry.
Snowy Hydro’s Gordon Wymer on the need for more transmission, plus the latest on AGL and offshore wind.
Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes explains why buying AGL will be fastest, cheapest, smartest and safest way to transition from coal to renewables.
Jet Charge's Tim Washington on the major capital raising, and the rollout of EV chargers and vehicle to grid technology.
EnergyAustralia CEO Mark Collette discusses the future of coal, gas, green hydrogen, wind, solar, battery storage and pumped hydro, and how this will fit into his company’s business model.
Tim Buckley from IEEFA on the outlook for the green transition in 2022, the prospects of green hydrogen, and the problem of greenwash.
We have the technology: Kobad Bhavnagri, from BloombergNEF, discusses opportunities in green steel and green aluminium for Australian industry.
Peter Cowling, the head of Vestas in Australia, on the scale and speed, and challenges, of the renewables transition.
AEMO’s Alex Wonhas and Nicola Falcon discuss the draft ISP, the early departure of coal, and managing a renewables grid.
Engie Australia CEO Augustin Honorat on the Hazelwood big battery and other battery and green hydrogen plans
Ben Bolot from ATCO on the role pumped hydro storage could play in a renewables dominated grid in Australia.
Isshu Kikuma from BloombergNEF discusses the energy transition in Japan, and opportunities for offshore wind and green ammonia.
In the 2nd of our Energy Transformed podcast series, we look at the role hydrogen will play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and what we’ve learned from early-stage hydrogen projects.
Simon Corbell says Australia’s green energy transition will be harder, slower and more expensive due to federal government’s lack of leadership.
Paul Denholm from NREL on the progress of wind, solar, and storage, and why the US is fascinated by Australia’s transition.
Mike Cannon-Brookes discusses government policy failure, Sun Cable, the cost of capital, and whether the 1.5°C target can be met.
Gareth Ridge from Zenobe energy on the battery needs for mass electric bus charging. Plus: Rio and Forrest big green manufacturing plans.
Transgrid’s Jesse Steinfeld and Eva Hanly on why a rapid transition to renewables is possible. Plus, Andrew Forrest.
Alinta CEO Jeff Dimery on offshore wind, Pilbara wind, pumped hydro, battery storage, 5-minute settlements and the ESB.
We discuss Sun Cable expansion, Hornsdale's regulatory hit, and social licence for renewables and transmission lines with RE Alliance's Andrew Bray.
In the first of our Energy Transformed podcasts series we take a deep dive into the different roles battery storage can play in the energy market.
Sean McGoldrick, the new head of Tasmania Networks, on the renewables, battery, and hydrogen possibilities for the island state.
Greg Hannan, the head strategy at three Victoria network owners, on why batteries will be hanging from poles, and the need for more storage.
AEMO issues benign reliability outlook as market wrestles with capacity market proposal. Matt Kean, Anna Collyer, and Simon Corbell share their views.
Angus 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.
Tristan Knowles from the Asia Development Bank on the surprisingly quick transition to renewables.
IPCC report falls on deaf ears in Canberra, as AGL scrambles to adapt. We talk to IPCC contributor Martina Linnenluecke.
PowAR chief executive Geoff Dutaillis talks about big wind projects, battery storage, the ESB’s new rules and connection problems.
AEMO boss Daniel Westerman on the path to 100 per cent renewables, and getting connections right.
Monash Uni’s Behrooz Bahrani says new technologies, such as grid forming inverters, are changing the way we can manage the grid.
New AEMO boss makes a splash, a huge new renewable hydrogen plan, and we talk to Monica Nagashima from Influence Map in Japan.
Labor climate and energy spokesman Chris Bowen on his solar stunt, and why Labor will take a policies, not targets pitch to electorate.
“So many opportunities”. Anika Molesworth represents farmers who want action on climate. But Barnaby is back. Plus: Bidding wars in electricity markets.
What are the prospects for green hydrogen in Australia’s mining industry? BHP, Rio, CEFC, and Enel Green Power share their views.
Tobias Geiger from Westwind talks about the challenges of bringing the country’s biggest wind project to market.
Shell Australia CEO Tony Nunan talks about new NSW contract, big batteries, electric vehicles, hydrogen, LNG and carbon capture.
Battery storage investment looks good, but new wind and solar projects are stalled. CEC’s Kane Thornton explains why. Plus: The Callide explosion.
Andrew 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.
The Smart Energy Conference shone a bright light how technologies such as solar, storage, hydrogen and EVs are transforming our economy.
James 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.
Kerry 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.
CarbonTracker’s Kingsmill Bond on his new report showing why wind and solar are already driving the most rapid energy transition the world has seen. Plus: Biden’s stunning climate pledge, Morrison digs in, and the AGL break-up.
Eric Coldham from Star of the South discusses the massive 2GW offshore wind project in Victoria that could be up and running in 2028. Plus: Te gas bauble bursts.
Logan Goldie-Scot, head of clean power research at BloombergNEF, discusses supply chain and price forecasts for battery storage, EVs and green hydrogen. Plus: Not so Kean on Turnbull, and Walcha’s big play.
AGL CEO Brett Redman on the reasons behind the utility’s proposed split, the pace of change with new technologies, and what’s next.
AEMC CEO Benn Barr discussed the controversial new solar tax, and the rule maker’s approach to the re-write of the energy market design. Plus: Batteries vs gas.
AEMO presses the off button for rooftop solar, and can EVs really provide battery storage on wheels for the grid. Laura Jones from ANU’s School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering, gives an update.
We analyse the closure of Yallourn, the response from Angus Taylor, and are joined by The City of Newcastle’s Adam Clarke on how the coal city is transitioning to clean energy.
Greens leader Adam Bandt joins Energy Insiders to discuss his party’s policies, the Coalition’s “deliberate” misinformation program, and the chances of striking a deal with Labor.
Texas blackouts have lessons for Australia. As climate impacts grow, new market reforms are introduced, and more battery storage comes into the grid.
Ausgrid says one-fifth of the NSW storage target could be met with community batteries located in streets in suburbs.
Can AGL survive the rapid energy transition, what does the new CEO mean for Australia’s grid, and more big batteries.
Battery storage and other technologies are likely to take on all the system services once delivered by fossil fuel generators. Stephen Sproul from Hitachi ABB explains how.
The uptake of rooftop solar has defied the expectations of energy utilities, but networks now see it and battery storage as the key to their future. Ausnet’s Alistair Parker explains why.
A new conservative think tank proposes an orderly and faster closure plan for coal generators. Can conservatives really get on board the energy transition?
In a world of ageing coal clunkers and big dreams of renewable energy exports, we speak to Josh Gabbatiss from Carbon Brief about the potential for green hydrogen.
A combination of corporate and state government demand rescued many wind and solar projects in 2020. Chris Briggs explains why.
We talk to UQ’s EV specialist Jake Whitehead about the impact of the proposed electric vehicle road tax, and look at the contest of ideas between NSW and Canberra, and more big battery and green hydrogen announcements.
NSW energy minister Matt Kean explains why the state is fast-tracking plans to transition from coal to renewables. Plus: Australia’s newest big battery, and very big green hydrogen plans.
Tilt Renewables CEO Deion Campbell explains why wind farms are better value than solar right now, and challenges at Dundonnell. Plus: Big renewable visions from NSW and Fortescue.
The head of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Ian Learmonth, expects a “raft” of battery storage deals, but says role of CEFC in new gas generation is “debatable”.
China has set a net zero emissions target, which ultimately means the closure of the biggest coal fleet in the world. China coal expert Ryna Yiyun Cui from the University of Maryland explains how this might be done.
Rick Francis, CEO of network investor Spark Infrastructure, explains why networks are key to the clean energy transition. And it’s not just poles and wires.
In her first interview since announcing her surprise decision to leave AEMO, Audrey Zibelman explains why she took the position with Google’s X, and what’s next for Australia’s clean energy transition.
The new Warradarge wind farm north of Perth will be one of Australia’s best performing, with a capacity factor of around 50%. Bright Energy’s Tom Frood explains why, and we look at the latest network news.
The soon-to-depart Audrey Zibelman and the newly re-appointed Kerry Schott make clear that the clean energy transition in Australia will be rapid.
Tesla’s Battery Day delivered anticipated cost cuts, but the agency to act is highlighted by both Elon Musk and our guest, Zeke Hausfather from The Breakthrough Institute.
The Coalition’s energy week begins with big gas plans and finishes with more support for carbon capture and storage. And we talk to lithium market expert Rod Hooper ahead of Tesla’s Battery Day.
Queensland energy minister Anthony Lynham says the future of Australia is in renewable energy. All the states understand this, the only party that doesn’t is the federal government.
Hydro Tasmania CEO Stephen Davy steps down this week with a prediction that the clean energy transition can happen faster than people think, but will need new market signals.
AEMO’s Alex Wonhas joins Energy Insiders to discuss the new 20-year plan to manage the switch to a renewables dominated grid, and how to connect this new wind and solar capacity.
The West Australia grid is in the midst of an energy transition, but is on its own. AEMO’s Dean Sharafi explains the importance of inertia, and the potential of grid-forming inverters.
Ross Garnaut on his split with Gupta, his Sunshot plan for renewables, and how Australia can still become a clean energy superpower.
W.A. energy minister Bill Johnston and a panel of experts join the Energy Insiders podcast to discuss the conversion of miners to wind and solar, and plans for the state’s main grid.
Australia’s energy transition is accelerating, but energy minister Angus Taylor is doing his best to try and bury the details and the key decisions.
Two NGOs have proposed a new rule change to ensure that all solar households have right to export, and that networks are making the appropriate investment to allow this.
SwitchedIn CEO Andrew Mears joins the Energy Insiders podcast to talk about behind the meter issues, virtual power plants and all things, digital, distributed and democratic.
NSW energy minister Matt Kean says cheap and clean wind, solar and storage can turn the state into an economic superpower. It’s an opportunity too good to miss.
International Council on Clean Transportation chief Drew Kodjak on the need for the world’s car manufacturers to catch up with Tesla, and why Australia should - at the very least - introduce fuel economy standards.
Battery storage company Fluence unveils its latest technology and argues the case for batteries to act as “virtual transmission” and "virtual dams”.
Telstra is back in the market looking for new wind and solar projects to help get it to its 100 per cent renewables target by 2025, as its Belong subsidiary launches new campaign about emissions from mobile data.
Sun Cable CEO David Griffin joins Energy Insiders to discuss the latest update for the $20 billion plan to build the world’s biggest solar farm and biggest battery storage plant in the Northern Territory.
Julien Vincent from Market Forces on the campaign to get banks, investment houses and superannuation funds to switch away from fossil fuels and into new clean technologies.
AEMO’s Alex Wonhas joins Energy Insiders to discuss the operator’s Renewables Integration Study and how to integrate world-leading 75 per cent wind and solar into Australia’s main grid.
Transgrid CEO Paul Italiano discusses new upgrade and the challenge - putting square pegs in round holes - of negotiating Australia’s complex regulatory regime
Bloomberg NEF’s Kobad Bhavnagri on the prospects for a hydrogen economy, and why green hydrogen will easily beat coal hydrogen on costs and emissions.
WA energy minister Bill Johnston joins the Energy Insiders podcast to explain his state’s transition plans. “We can make our own rules,” he says.
ClimateWorks CEO Anna Skarbek on her latest report identifying ways to rapidly decarbonise Australia’s economy. Plus: WA’s ground-breaking distributed energy plan, and falling power prices.
Acciona’s Brett Wickham joins Energy Insiders to discuss his company’s plans for a 1029MW wind farm in Queensland, and the future of storage. Plus: Genex lands contract for pumped hydro.
Is there a better way to respond to Covid-19? Economist Matt Grudnoff on why the government stimulus package should lock in secondary benefits, the type you get from renewables.
New analysis from Carbon Tracker finds governments and investors risk losing $1 trillion through investments in new coal generation, because it can’t compete with wind and solar.
Windlab’s David Osmond looks ate transmission and storage needs for high renewables grid, while ANU’s Bjorn Sturmberg focuses on battery technology.
Australia needs a new market design to cater for shift to high share of renewables. Energy Transition’s Eric Gimon has some suggestions for a market dominated by wind and solar.
Victoria energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio laments “crazy situation” around grid connections and becomes the latest state to “go it alone”, introducing new legislation that will allow Victoria to fast-track transmission investment.
ANU’s Mark Howden explains why we have a climate crisis, not an emergency, and why we shouldn’t expect a “new normal” in climate change. Plus: Putting Coal back in the Coalition.
Vena Energy’s Anil Nangia discusses Wandoan big battery in Queensland, the biggest unsubsidised battery in Australia to date. Plus: Morrison’s climate and energy fail.
AEMO’s head of system design and engineering Alex Wonhas joins our last podcast of 2019 to discuss Australia’s energy transition and the Integrated System Plan.
Network owners were once seen as the villains for over-charging on local networks, but they are pretty happy about being asked to build new links to capture wind and solar resources.
Hydro Tasmania CEO Stephen Davy on plans to become the “battery of the nation”, and to help out Victoria when its brown coal generators stop production.
BloombergNEF founder Michael Liebreich on his horror of Australia’s bushfires, government indifference, and the huge opportunities for Australia in leading the world in “base-cost” renewables.
In a week of “world’s biggest projects”, billionaires Mike Cannon Brookes and Twiggy Forrest back huge project in Northern Territory, while Tesla big battery in South Australia gets an upgrade.
The rising carbon price is starting to have a real impact on coal generation in Europe, with coal output down sharply this year. Analyst Gerard Wynn paints the picture.
Australia's electricity future with leading economist and climate change policy expert Professor Ross Garnaut
CleanCo chair Jacqui Walters discusses plans and strategies as Queensland’s newest generation company prepares to enter the market this week.
CEO Ian Learmonth discusses the Clean Energy Finance Corp’s investment strategy, and which technologies and sectors will be targeted from now.
Oliver Woldring and Jose Zapata from ITP Renewables discuss OpenCem, which allows people to model their own energy transition. Plus: AEMC’s new rules.
ARENA chief executive Darren Miller discusses potential of renewable hydrogen if it can replace the LNG market, and the transition to a decentralised, democratised and consumer-focused grid.
Beijing-based Stian Reklev joins Energy Insiders to provide the view from China on climate, coal and carbon markets, and why progress is slow. Plus, the regulatory problems in Australia.
20 big investors warn that new wind and solar projects won’t go ahead without changes to marginal loss factors process. Group chairman Rob Grant explains why. Plus: Coal in decline, but COAG is back.
Professor Brendan Mackey, a lead IPCC author, with the latest update on climate science.
Nexif founder CEO Matthew Bartley on leasing South Australia’s back up generators, doubling the size of Lincoln Gap wind farm and adding battery storage. Plus, those negative prices.
Susan Kennedy is the former chief of staff to California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Now the two have teamed up to offer artificial intelligence and machine learning to integrated wind, solar and storage.
Transgrid’s Andrew Kingsmill on thinking big and renewable energy zones, and AEMO’s long term modelling to decarbonise the grid.
Alinta CEO Jeff Dimery on record profits, record low prices for wind energy, the economics of battery storage and the early exit of coal generators.
Snowy Hydro’s Gordon Wymer goes into the fine details of the proposed Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme. Plus. The regulator’s power play on wind farms.
The big talking point at Clean Energy Summit was the absence of the Coalition government and the lack of network planning. Meanwhile, Lily D’Ambrosio defends solar rebate.
Nearly two decades after it was first proposed, demand response is to finally become a part of Australia’s electricity market. Craig Memery, from PIAC explains. Plus: Queensland finally delivers.
Eytan Lenko, chair of Beyond Zero Emissions, explains why governments, suppliers, developers, and financiers are getting behind proposals for the world’s biggest solar project in the N.T.
Australia now has half a dozen large batteries operating or nearing completion on the grid. Where to now? We talk to Fluence business development head Jaad Cabbabe.
Rottnest wind turbine stands alone but it’s influence goes far beyond Perth’s holiday playground. It turned Tony Abbott against wind energy. We find out why.
The mining industry is going green - at least in its electricity supply. A special “live” podcast from the Energy and Mines conference in Perth.
We 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.
Former CEFC boss Oliver Yates talks about lessons from his recent Kooyong campaign and why the renewables sector needs to get its messaging right.
Morrison shuffles cards, and sea level expert John Englander explains why oceans are rising more quickly than expected
Is 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.
Peter 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.
Ivan 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.
Power 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.
Fresh 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.
Christian 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.
Mark Butler outlines his plans should Labor win government. Plus, we look at Snowy 2.0 costs and the failed Port Augusta solar tower project.
CWP 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.
We 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.
EnergyAustralia’s Mark Collette explains why wind and solar will replace coal as the “bedrock” of Australia’s electricity grid.
Horizon 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.
Climate Council’s Greg Bourne on why scientists and researchers are so outraged by Coalition givernment’s fake claims on emissions.
Simec 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.
Angelina 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.
Brett 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.
Energy 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.
Energy Insiders returns with an interview with former CEFC boss Oliver Yates, now challenging Josh Frydenberg in the “Menzies” seat of Kooyong, and a wrap of recent events.
Warren Lasher, head of system planning at the ERCOT grid in Texas, joins Energy Insiders to explain how that state is managing the huge influx of renewables - and a final wrap for the year.
An interview with Neoen on the performance of the Tesla big battery at Hornsdale in its first year, and Australia’s $20 billion wind and solar boom.
Mark Butler explains the details of Labor’s energy and climate policy, and how to reach 50% renewables and 45% emission reduction cuts by 2030.
What does Victoria poll result mean for renewables, and has Labor got it right with its new energy plan?
Former ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht joins Energy Insiders to provide some fascinating insights into the politics of energy, and the transition to 100 per cent renewable energy.
We talk to newly appointed Momentum Energy CEO Amy Childs, and look at the Coalition’s ham-fisted intervention in energy markets, and some good news on solar and batteries.
Which Australian companies will go 100 per cent renewable? We talk to the head of RE100, who has been to Australia, while David Leitch let’s fly against the “fair dinkum bullshit” of the latest government energy intervention.
Flow Power is pioneering new retail model delivering renewable energy to big business consumes. We talk to CEO Matthew van der Linden.
Coalswarm is an anti-coal NGO that is using satellite technology to keep track of coal generators across the world. We interview found and director Ted Nace, also the author of Gangs of America.
A special edition of Energy Insiders featuring David Leitch, Nigel Morris, Simon Corbell, and Glen Morelli “live” from the All Energy conference in Melbourne.
Origin’s Greg Jarvis on why renewables are cheaper than coal, why baseload is thing of the past, and why its looking at storage instead.
Simon Holmes à Court from the Energy Transition Hub spends much of his time challenging anti-renewable myths, and those who spread them - including energy minister Angus Taylor.
Interview with Greg Bourne on Climate Council’s report on transport emissions, and Deloitte’s John O’Brien on the overwhelming case for renewables.
SA energy minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan talks about his visit to Angus Taylor, and the South Australia subsidies for battery storage. And we take a look at Victoria’s renewable auction results and the discovery of a new power source in Canberra.
With wind, solar and storage clearly beating fossil fuels on costs, would conservatives seek to stop that investment if it were not also about emissions? Emma Herd, from the IGCC, joins us for a fascinating discussion.
ANU’s Andrew Blakers and GE’s Bill Armstrong on the future of pumped hydro in Australia. Where and when will it be built?
Angus Taylor - who has spent years fighting renewable energy targets and attacking wind farm developments - is now energy minister. We assess.
Victoria energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio talks about the state’s big rooftop solar initiative; David Leitch accuses Rod Sims of stepping over the line; and why price caps could cause bills to rise.
Despite NEG imbroglio, CoAG did some good work on integration of renewables and looking to green hydrogen future. Plus: Interview with NAB’s energy market guru, Andrew Smith.
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.
ACT energy minister Shane Rattenbury on why the ACT won’t be bullied on the NEG; and why Monash Forum is last gasp for its battery storage rollout, and how the ACT’s 100% renewable target is costing little.
Why wind energy is considered the Mercedes of the energy market, and solar the iPhone. And the latest on the NEG.
The South Australia vote, deepening concerns about the NEG; the apparent split between Australia’s two leading energy institutions over policy and market rules, and CUB’s embrace of 100% renewables.
Ausgrid CEO Richard Gross explains why his network wants more solar, and how it plans to incorporate battery storage and electric vehicles.
Mara Bun, the new president of the Australian Conservation Foundation, on Adani, and the focus on environment, energy, and climate for one of Australia’s leading NGOs.
Germany’s sonnen talks market for battery storage, and its plans for manufacturing plant in Australia. Plus: Why the NEG is looking a mess, and Snowy 2.0 needs more wind and solar.
South Australia Premier Jay Weatherill explains why state election must be a referendum on renewables; hails Tesla battery; and applauds new AEMO boss.
Tilt Renewables’ plan to combine wind, solar, battery storage and pumped hydro seems to be a blueprint for the future grid in Australia.
Powershop’s Ed McManus on the retailer’s ground-breaking wind, solar and hydro deals, and why the Tesla big battery, and the even bigger Tesla virtual power plant, is good for consumers.
Electric vehicles are on the front pages of the mainstream media, largely because of all the wrong reasons. Behyad Jafari, the head of the EV Council, joins Energy Insiders to help sort fact from fiction.
Giles Parkinson and David Leitch discuss why there were more highs than lows in 2017, and why that might be repeated in 2018.
AGL chief economist Tim Nelson on renewable and storage replacement options for Liddell, the move beyond base-load, and what will make the NEG work.
AEMO boss Audrey Zibelman discusses NEG and future of energy, saying trying to stop the transition is like trying to stop the internet.
The Tesla big battery, the first big intervention by AEMO due to gas supply issues, and what big energy users really want: lower prices.
The Queensland poll result, the COAG meeting, and an interview with the lead author of the new Finkel report on energy storage.
Renewables and energy efficiency are expected to deliver the bulk of emissions reductions over the next few decades. But how do we get policies that encourage both? Special Edition from the National Energy Efficiency Conference.
A special edition of Energy Insiders for the Disruptive Innovation Festival, focusing on how data and tech can transform the consumer experience of electricity.
California Energy Commissioner Andrew McAllister joins Energy Insiders to explain that state’s approach to high renewables targets, storage, energy efficiency and demand management.
CEFC boss Ian Learmonth joins Energy Insiders to discuss the NEG, the new Lincoln Gap wind farm with battery storage, and what’s next for the CEFC’s growing portfolio.
Why Whyalla’s green steel turns the tables on the fossil fuel industry; why networks suddenly love rooftop solar; and why Garnaut’s down on the NEG.
Windlab explains why world-first wind plus solar plus storage facility in Queensland will beat coal, and why NEG is so disappointing to industry.
Does the fact that it got past the Coalition party room make the National Energy Guarantee good policy?
Australia’s energy debate hit peak stupid last week, and then got even worse. Meanwhile, in China, the world’s biggest polluter may have already reached peak emissions.
Australian lithium miner Orocobre on the looming shortfall in lithium needed for EVs and batteries, and on the deficiency of Australia’s energy policies.
The owner of the so called Tesla big battery is French company Neoen. Its Australian head Franck Woitiez joins Energy Insiders to discuss that project, and other storage projects on the horizon.
Power Ledger’s Jemma Green on how blockchain technology will allow consumers to share solar energy; while David Leitch and Giles Parkinson differ on whether we should ignore Tony Abbott.
A road trip to the Hunter Valley to visit Liddell and Tomago, the Murdoch media’s renewable fabrications, and political stalemates.
New head of AEMO expert advisory committee says Coalition push for Liddell is mystifying, given AEMO and Finkel Review, while analyst David Leitch says it is Venezuela-Style politics.
What will AEMO tell the government about the need for more baseload? And why Turnbull’s meeting with the big retailers was a waste of time.
Victoria delivers on its promised path to 40 per cent renewables, but what is NSW up to? John Grimes, head of the Australian solar council and energy council, joins Energy Insiders to also talk about the back-down on battery storage by Standards Australia, the ongoing rush to large scale solar, and the policy gap in Canberra.
Solar thermal expert Keith Lovegrove joins Energy Insiders to discuss the Port Augusta solar tower project. Will it make money? How will it change energy markets? Plus: Cheap wind, and complaining manufacturers.
Tristan Edis joins the EI team to discuss Turnbull’s Kath and Kim moment; when too much solar is never enough; and Australia’s new energy Czar.
Malcolm Turnbull has summoned the eight biggest energy retailers to Canberra for a summit. What will he tell them? Plus: A 1GW solar plant.
Marija Petkovic, the CEO of Energy Synapse, joins Energy Insiders to discuss the release of the Model 3, the energy price wars, and the smarter way to address energy costs.
Greensync’s Phil Blythe joins the Energy Insiders to discuss his award winning Victoria micro-grid project and the future of energy.
What COAG means, the extraordinary response to the Tesla battery, Malcom Turnbull’s coal delusions and the appallingly ugly Alan Jones.
Labor’s mark Butler discussed his new book Climate Wars and his vision for a clean energy future and how to get there.
ENA boss John Bradley joins the Energy Insiders to discuss Sonnen’s battery launch, rising bills, the push for coal plants and how networks will lower their own costs.
Simon McKenzie from Vector discusses big Australian battery storage tender win, and the future of utilities.
Goldwind CEO John Titchen on record low wind costs, wind/solar hybrids and another big wind farm, the Finkel Review and why Tasmania should get an extra connection to mainland to be the “renewable battery”.
Regular Insiders Giles Parkinson and David Leitch are joined by Simon Corbell to discuss the Finkel Review, Victoria’s renewables target, and the shifts in battery storage.
Can Alan Finkel’s energy blueprint find a political compromise and beat a path to the Paris climate goals? And why a three-notice requirement for closing coal generators might be a bad idea.
Telstra push into solar to be followed by other corporates, and what Trump’s dumb decision on Paris means for Australia.
Energy Insiders are joined by former CEFC boss Oliver Yates to discuss the latest dramatic developments in storage, transmission costs, renewables auctions and the Finkel Review.
Australia jumps up renewable energy ratings; ARENA high fives solar program; AEMO’s demand response ambition; and Kangaroo Island loses one, wins one in battle with network.
Origin’s record low wind PPA, NSW’s new network sale and what it means for consumers, South Australia’s inertia problems, and automous vehicles.
Is doubling of solar tariffs good or bad?; investment boom means RET will be met; AGL admits gas transition won’t happen thanks to battery storage; and much more.
Turnbull tries to make gas cheap again; AGL cold coal comfort; the solar boom; and new battery storage tenders.
In this latest edition of the RenewEconomy Weekly Energy Podcast, RenewEconomy founder and editor Giles Parkinson and columnist and energy markets expert David Leitch look at new rules that may end the outrageous rorting of wholesale markets by the fossil fuel oligopoly.
Giles Parkinson and David Leitch discuss this weeks main events - politics, solar and storage.
Giles Parkinson and David Leitch discuss this weeks main events - politics, solar and storage.
Giles Parkinson and David Leitch discuss this weeks main events - politics, solar and storage.
Giles Parkinson and David Leitch discuss this weeks main events - politics, solar and storage.
Giles Parkinson and David Leitch discuss this weeks main events - politics, solar and storage.
Giles Parkinson and David Leitch discuss this weeks main events - politics, solar and storage.
Giles Parkinson and David Leitch discuss this weeks main events - politics, solar and storage.
Giles Parkinson and David Leitch discuss this weeks main events - politics, solar and storage.
Giles Parkinson and David Leitch discuss this weeks main events - politics, solar and storage.