Whyalla leads on consumer power
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.
Nov 06, 2017•26 min
Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
Join Renew Economy founder and editor-in-chief Giles Parkinson and columnist and energy markets expert David Leitch as they discuss the week's main events - politics, solar and storage.
Episodes
How wind, solar and storage will beat coal
Windlab explains why world-first wind plus solar plus storage facility in Queensland will beat coal, and why NEG is so disappointing to industry.
Oct 27, 2017•30 min
The National Energy Guarantee unpacked
Does the fact that it got past the Coalition party room make the National Energy Guarantee good policy?
Oct 22, 2017•33 min
Australia’s peak stupid, China’s peak emissions
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.
Oct 15, 2017•33 min
Will we run out of lithium?
Australian lithium miner Orocobre on the looming shortfall in lithium needed for EVs and batteries, and on the deficiency of Australia’s energy policies.
Oct 10, 2017•28 min
South Australia’s big battery
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.
Oct 01, 2017•30 min
Blockchain and blockheads
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.
Sep 25, 2017•26 min
Liddell and Tomago road trip, and Murdoch fabrications.
A road trip to the Hunter Valley to visit Liddell and Tomago, the Murdoch media’s renewable fabrications, and political stalemates.
Sep 19, 2017•27 min
Turnbull’s mystifying “Captain’s pick” on Liddell
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.
Sep 11, 2017•37 min
AEMO’s big day on baseload
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.
Sep 04, 2017•29 min
Victoria takes lead in renewables
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.
Aug 28, 2017•29 min
Port Augusta’s ground breaking solar tower
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.
Aug 21, 2017•31 min
Turnbull’s Kath and Kim moment on energy
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.
Aug 14, 2017•31 min
Malcolm in an energy muddle
Malcolm Turnbull has summoned the eight biggest energy retailers to Canberra for a summit. What will he tell them? Plus: A 1GW solar plant.
Aug 07, 2017•23 min
Tesla, energy price wars and smart energy
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.
Jul 30, 2017•29 min
Micro-grids, peer-to-peer, and 100% renewables
Greensync’s Phil Blythe joins the Energy Insiders to discuss his award winning Victoria micro-grid project and the future of energy.
Jul 23, 2017•29 min
COAG, Tesla, delusions and Alan Jones
What COAG means, the extraordinary response to the Tesla battery, Malcom Turnbull’s coal delusions and the appallingly ugly Alan Jones.
Jul 16, 2017•25 min
Energy Visions: Mark Butler and Climate Wars
Labor’s mark Butler discussed his new book Climate Wars and his vision for a clean energy future and how to get there.
Jul 10, 2017•26 min
Why networks love Sonnen, and not generators
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.
Jul 06, 2017•29 min
How does a network adapt to a modern grid?
Simon McKenzie from Vector discusses big Australian battery storage tender win, and the future of utilities.
Jul 02, 2017•26 min
Behind Goldwind’s stunning low wind contract
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”.
Jun 26, 2017•33 min
Simon Corbell on Finkel, VRET and storage
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.
Jun 19, 2017•30 min
Finkel Review, the highs and lows
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.
Jun 12, 2017•17 min
Solar’s big play, and Trump’s vandalism
Telstra push into solar to be followed by other corporates, and what Trump’s dumb decision on Paris means for Australia.
Jun 01, 2017•26 min
The plunging cost of battery storage
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.
May 25, 2017•32 min
Australia gets its mojo back
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.
May 19, 2017•20 min
Wind energy’s record low
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.
May 15, 2017•23 min
Wind and solar cancel gas transition
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.
May 05, 2017•20 min
Turnbull's big gas play
Turnbull tries to make gas cheap again; AGL cold coal comfort; the solar boom; and new battery storage tenders.
Apr 27, 2017•20 min
RE Weekly Podcast April 13
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.
Apr 13, 2017•17 min
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