Let’s not forget climate science
Professor Brendan Mackey, a lead IPCC author, with the latest update on climate science.
Sep 12, 2019•40 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
It’s all about dispatchability
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.
Sep 06, 2019•39 min
Humans are too slow for wind, solar and batteries
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.
Aug 29, 2019•35 min
On the road to a decarbonised grid
Transgrid’s Andrew Kingsmill on thinking big and renewable energy zones, and AEMO’s long term modelling to decarbonise the grid.
Aug 21, 2019•34 min
Alinta’s vision of a rapid transition to clean energy
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.
Aug 12, 2019•36 min
Snowy Hydro in the spotlight
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.
Aug 09, 2019•37 min
Coalition’s revenge on RET, Labor’s solar stumble
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.
Aug 01, 2019•31 min
Does demand response spell the end for dirty peakers?
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.
Jul 26, 2019•34 min
Behind Northern Territory’s 10GW solar plans
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.
Jul 17, 2019•37 min
Where to now for battery storage?
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.
Jul 11, 2019•36 min
An audience with the Rottnest wind turbine
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.
Jun 25, 2019•16 min
Mining industry turns to wind, solar, batteries and hydrogen
The mining industry is going green - at least in its electricity supply. A special “live” podcast from the Energy and Mines conference in Perth.
Jun 21, 2019•54 min
The good and bad from Australia’s big grid
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.
Jun 13, 2019•49 min
Oliver Yates and what the public doesn't know
Former CEFC boss Oliver Yates talks about lessons from his recent Kooyong campaign and why the renewables sector needs to get its messaging right.
Jun 07, 2019•41 min
Energy Insiders: Shuffling jokers as sea levels rise
Morrison shuffles cards, and sea level expert John Englander explains why oceans are rising more quickly than expected
May 28, 2019•42 min
What’s the future for renewables in Australia?
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.
May 21, 2019•31 min
Australia goes to the polls
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.
May 15, 2019•31 min
Australia’s place in the global solar market
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.
May 10, 2019•36 min
Have regulators gone too far on "system strength”?
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.
May 02, 2019•39 min
Renew Estate’s very big storage play
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.
Apr 24, 2019•38 min
How to electrify the world with renewables
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.
Apr 17, 2019•38 min
Butler says Labor will move quickly on climate and energy
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.
Apr 11, 2019•29 min
Pilbara wind and solar will be cheapest power in Asia
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.
Apr 05, 2019•34 min
Coalition’s coal reality check, and Shell’s big electric 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.
Mar 27, 2019•39 min
EnergyAustralia explains why wind and solar will be “bedrock" of Australia’s grid
EnergyAustralia’s Mark Collette explains why wind and solar will replace coal as the “bedrock” of Australia’s electricity grid.
Mar 20, 2019•49 min
Why pulling down polls and wires is a good idea
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.
Mar 14, 2019•46 min
Coalition’s fake news on climate and energy
Climate Council’s Greg Bourne on why scientists and researchers are so outraged by Coalition givernment’s fake claims on emissions.
Mar 06, 2019•35 min
Simec Energy and ScoMo’s big hydro pump
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.
Feb 27, 2019•41 min
100 per cent renewables: Is California dreaming?
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.
Feb 20, 2019•35 min
AGL CEO Brett Redman on Australia’s “massive” energy transition
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.
Feb 14, 2019•42 min
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