Victoria’s big switch to 95 pct renewables
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.
Oct 21, 2022•44 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
Storage and the future of the grid
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.
Oct 13, 2022•38 min
Cost and scale of renewables
IRENA's Michael Taylor on wind and solar costs and grid integration. Plus: AGL and the price of energy.
Oct 06, 2022•54 min
De Brenni on Queensland flip to renewables
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.
Sep 28, 2022•37 min
How to make buildings green and efficient
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.
Sep 22, 2022•51 min
Australia will soon treat Co2 as a pollutant
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.
Sep 13, 2022•41 min
Climate bill, Snowy and the case for a strategic reserve
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.
Sep 08, 2022•55 min
How much storage is needed for 100% renewables?
Windlab's David Osmond discusses his year long study into wind, solar and storage. Plus ESOO and the market cap.
Sep 01, 2022•42 min
Gravity storage and shipping green hydrogen - hype or hope
There have been some big bets placed on shipping green hydrogen and gravity storage. Energy expert Michael Barnard dissects the hype and the hope.
Aug 26, 2022•52 min
Climate and community independents have their sway
Independent MP Helen Haines on pushing Labor on climate, and taking the lead on community energy.
Aug 15, 2022•49 min
Australia’s dirty fuel scandal
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.
Aug 10, 2022•43 min
Why this should be Australia's last energy crisis
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.
Aug 04, 2022•43 min
Can offshore wind float in Australia
BlueFloat’s Carlos Martin discuses his groups 5GW of Australian projects. Plus: Genex bid, climate bill, and Clean Energy Week.
Jul 25, 2022•43 min
Big solar and even bigger batteries
David Scaysbrook from Quinbrook on why battery storage is such a big thing, Coalition failures, and capacity markets.
Jul 18, 2022•52 min
Wind, solar and storage win transition race
CSIRO’s Paul Graham discusses latest GenCost report, and its conclusions that even at 90 % share, wind and solar are cheapest and smartest options.
Jul 13, 2022•45 min
Federal Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen
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.
Jul 06, 2022•45 min
Australia's rapid transition to renewables
AEMO lays out roadmap for a rapid transition to renewables, Baringa's Alan Rai joins us to discuss the high points and the lows.
Jul 01, 2022•33 min
Smart technologies, flawed markets
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.
Jun 23, 2022•47 min
The energy crisis … and offshore wind
All the latest on Australia’s energy crisis, and an interview with offshore wind expert Alastair Dutton.
Jun 16, 2022•45 min
Energy Transformed Podcast | The Future of Energy Systems: Digital and Data Challenges
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.
Jun 10, 2022•30 min
The Future of Energy Systems: Digital and Data Challenges
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.
Jun 10, 2022•30 min
How to connect all that wind, solar and storage
Transgrid CEO Brett Redman on transmission needs for zero carbon grid, and social licence. Plus: Latest on the energy crisis.
Jun 08, 2022•45 min
Deep dive into Australia’s coal and gas crisis
Josh Stabler from Energy Edge on the reason behind the coal and gas price hikes. Plus: AGL and Origin in the wars.
Jun 03, 2022•51 min
No more coal and gas mines, says Bandt
Greens leader Adam Bandt on coal and gas, Snowy 3.0, Labor’s climate plan, transmission and high prices.
May 27, 2022•44 min
Why Australia risks falling behind on green energy
Former CEFC boss and independent candidate Oliver Yates on why Australia could lose its green energy advantage, and his new role at Sentient.
May 20, 2022•45 min
AGL, MCB and smart inverters
Mike Cannon-Brookes takes on AGL, plus Hitachi’s Stephen Sproul on advanced inverters.
May 09, 2022•55 min
2°C? It’s already nearly too late
Climate scientist Andy Pitman says net zero needs to be reached by 2035 to have any chance of capping global warming at 2°C.
Apr 29, 2022•46 min
The lop-sided battle for climate independents
Climate 200's Simon Holmes à Court on the election campaign, funding, and battling the legacy rules that favour major parties.
Apr 14, 2022•38 min
Can Europe survive without Russia’s gas?
Emma Champion and Stefan Ulrich from BNEF discuss what Europe needs to do to move on from Russian gas.
Apr 07, 2022•58 min
Fortescue’s grand green energy plans
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.
Mar 21, 2022•47 min