The rapidly changing grid
Energy expert Alex Wonhas on designing the new grid, generation choices and using batteries to boost the network. Plus, news of the week.
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Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
Join RenewEconomy founder and editor Giles Parkinson and columnist and energy markets expert David Leitch as they discuss the week's main events - politics, solar and storage.
Episodes
Is there a problem with renewables?
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.
Asean super grid, and a question over storage
DNV's Peerapat Vithayasrichare discusses the Asean super grid idea. Plus: Is it time to rethink long term storage needs?
Eraring coal extension and nuclear fantasies
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.
Bigging up the grid
Transgrid CEO Brett Redman on new projects, delays, costs and social licence. Plus: The federal budget and even bigger batteries.
Hydrogen hopeful's big funding win
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's big bet on offshore wind
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.
Chris Bowen explains the green energy plan
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.
The renewable challenge in south-east Asia
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, China, China
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.
Is there a smarter way to transmit power?
TS Conductor CEO Jason Huang on reducing line losses for renewables and storage. Plus: All the news of the week.
Managing solar ducks in the middle of Australia
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.
Would you trust your utility to control your solar?
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.
Australia’s biggest smelters flick switch to wind and solar
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.
The push for coal to play off the bench
EnergyAustralia CEO Mark Collette on coal as a reserve asset, the uncertainty of Yallourn, the challenge of green hydrogen, and just managing the transition.
The boom in wind energy
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.
Podcast special: How to make offshore wind work in Australia
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.
The battery domino effect
Daan Walter from RMI on the phenomenal growth of battery storage. Plus: Victoria blackouts, Eraring, and the rabble against renewables.
Renewable energy barriers and curtailment
Dylan McConnell discusses the benefits of the Capacity Investment Scheme, its impact on prices and how the market should pay for spilled energy.
The climate crisis and the energy transition
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 blueprint for wind, solar and storage
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.
Will Chris Bowen’s capacity scheme actually work?
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.
Victoria’s SEC and its first big battery play
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.
Macquarie marches in to Australian renewables
Macquarie marches in to Australian renewables by RenewEconomy
AI, inverters and a smarter grid
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.
Bowen's capacity scheme, and NSW's "free" batteries
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.
State of confusion
Confusing new wind guidelines in NSW as coal state runs short of spinning machines. Plus: Origin battle intensifies as Tesla throws down energy gauntlet
Wind, solar, batteries and pumps
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.
The end of spinning machines
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.
South Australia's big move into green hydrogen
State energy minister Tom Koutsantonis discusses green hydrogen plan, filling the "gap" on renewables, transmission, storage and prices.