Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
345 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsJoin 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.
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Smarter grid means a cleaner grid
April 06, 2023 01:40 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MBEnergy 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.
How big will offshore wind be?
March 27, 2023 03:55 - 47 minutes - 64.6 MBCorio CEO Jonathan Cole on big turbines and even bigger offshore wind plans. Plus. Matt Kean and busted coal.
Moving wind and solar through time and space
March 23, 2023 02:54 - 56 minutes - 77.5 MBPowerlink’s Paul Simshauser on how the Sunshine state will transform into a renewables powerhouse for the grid. Plus: Safeguards and the IPCC.
What price solar and storage?
March 17, 2023 03:47 - 46 minutes - 63.6 MBAcen Australia CEO Anton Rohner talks solar and storage after opening Australia’s biggest solar farm, and the controversy over Tasmania wind project.
Game changer for networks and renewables
February 27, 2023 03:37 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MBNeara’s Jack Curtis on the new software that reveals how networks have double the capacity to host renewables and storage.
Will concentrated solar finally have its day in the sun?
February 17, 2023 04:00 - 43 minutes - 60 MBVast 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.
The Australian solar heroes bringing down coal and gas
February 10, 2023 01:24 - 51 minutes - 71.3 MBProfessor 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.
Does a green hydrogen power plant stack up?
February 03, 2023 01:39 - 52 minutes - 72 MBSam 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.
Energy Transformed: Amping up - Victoria's energy transition; a crucial 12 months ahead
January 31, 2023 21:42 - 52 minutes - 96.4 MBIn 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.
Do we have enough lithium?
January 27, 2023 02:22 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBLithium analyst Rodney Hooper on supply and demand for key battery metal. Plus: Solar has killed coal, but can it kill gas?
Chris Bowen on gas, batteries, EVs, wind and targets
December 20, 2022 04:16 - 51 minutes - 93.6 MBFederal Energy and Climate Minister Chris Bowen discusses the stream of new announcements in the last month, and what’s in store for 2023.
The road to 100 per cent renewables
December 15, 2022 03:10 - 1 hour - 113 MBAEMO’s head of system design Merryn York on the engineering roadmap to 100 per cent renewables. Plus: The gas price cap debate.
Andrew Forrest’s big Australian power play
December 09, 2022 02:17 - 42 minutes - 77.2 MBSquadron Energy CEO Eva Hanly discusses Squadron Energy’s surprise $4 billion plus purchase of CWP. Plus: Energy ministers come up with a storage plan.
Biden’s tax-driven push for ultra low cost wind and solar
December 02, 2022 01:05 - 55 minutes - 102 MBJoe 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 transition plan
November 25, 2022 03:42 - 47 minutes - 86.3 MBAustralia’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.
“Fit for 55”: EU climate package could tax Australia
November 18, 2022 02:16 - 50 minutes - 92.7 MBWhy Australia might still be facing a carbon border tax in EU. Matthias Buck from Agora Energiewende explains
Brookfield’s $20 billion green energy plans
November 11, 2022 01:40 - 35 minutes - 64.6 MBBrookfield’s head of renewables Luke Edwards discusses the surprise bid for Origin Energy. Plus: Tesla margins deliver wake up call to Toyota.
Solar tiles and electric Tuk Tuks
November 04, 2022 05:09 - 43 minutes - 79.2 MBIn 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.
Ørsted’s big power play in Australia
October 27, 2022 23:17 - 45 minutes - 83.5 MBDanish 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.
Victoria’s big switch to 95 pct renewables
October 21, 2022 00:32 - 43 minutes - 79.9 MBEnergy 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.
Storage and the future of the grid
October 13, 2022 22:10 - 37 minutes - 68.7 MBThe 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.
Cost and scale of renewables
October 06, 2022 21:27 - 53 minutes - 98.3 MBIRENA's Michael Taylor on wind and solar costs and grid integration. Plus: AGL and the price of energy.
De Brenni on Queensland flip to renewables
September 28, 2022 20:01 - 36 minutes - 67.6 MBEnergy 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.
How to make buildings green and efficient
September 22, 2022 15:24 - 51 minutes - 94.1 MBDavina 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.
Australia will soon treat Co2 as a pollutant
September 13, 2022 18:06 - 41 minutes - 75.3 MBMore 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.
Climate bill, Snowy and the case for a strategic reserve
September 08, 2022 19:12 - 54 minutes - 100 MBFirst 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.
How much storage is needed for 100% renewables?
September 01, 2022 20:47 - 42 minutes - 77.7 MBWindlab's David Osmond discusses his year long study into wind, solar and storage. Plus ESOO and the market cap.
Gravity storage and shipping green hydrogen - hype or hope
August 26, 2022 00:37 - 52 minutes - 95.7 MBThere have been some big bets placed on shipping green hydrogen and gravity storage. Energy expert Michael Barnard dissects the hype and the hope.
Climate and community independents have their sway
August 15, 2022 20:08 - 49 minutes - 90.4 MBIndependent MP Helen Haines on pushing Labor on climate, and taking the lead on community energy.
Australia’s dirty fuel scandal
August 10, 2022 21:16 - 42 minutes - 77.9 MBThe 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.
Why this should be Australia's last energy crisis
August 04, 2022 03:43 - 42 minutes - 78.2 MBA 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.
Can offshore wind float in Australia
July 25, 2022 01:54 - 42 minutes - 78 MBBlueFloat’s Carlos Martin discuses his groups 5GW of Australian projects. Plus: Genex bid, climate bill, and Clean Energy Week.
Big solar and even bigger batteries
July 18, 2022 00:52 - 52 minutes - 96.1 MBDavid Scaysbrook from Quinbrook on why battery storage is such a big thing, Coalition failures, and capacity markets.
Wind, solar and storage win transition race
July 13, 2022 04:08 - 44 minutes - 81.8 MBCSIRO’s Paul Graham discusses latest GenCost report, and its conclusions that even at 90 % share, wind and solar are cheapest and smartest options.
Federal Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen
July 06, 2022 02:51 - 44 minutes - 82.3 MBChris 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.
Australia's rapid transition to renewables
July 01, 2022 05:17 - 33 minutes - 45.6 MBAEMO lays out roadmap for a rapid transition to renewables, Baringa's Alan Rai joins us to discuss the high points and the lows.
Smart technologies, flawed markets
June 23, 2022 03:40 - 46 minutes - 85.8 MBNew 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.
The energy crisis … and offshore wind
June 16, 2022 04:58 - 45 minutes - 82.5 MBAll the latest on Australia’s energy crisis, and an interview with offshore wind expert Alastair Dutton.
Energy Transformed Podcast | The Future of Energy Systems: Digital and Data Challenges
June 10, 2022 04:48 - 30 minutes - 55.8 MBIn 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.
The Future of Energy Systems: Digital and Data Challenges
June 10, 2022 04:45 - 30 minutes - 55.8 MBIn 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.
How to connect all that wind, solar and storage
June 08, 2022 01:54 - 45 minutes - 83.2 MBTransgrid CEO Brett Redman on transmission needs for zero carbon grid, and social licence. Plus: Latest on the energy crisis.
Deep dive into Australia’s coal and gas crisis
June 03, 2022 01:44 - 51 minutes - 93.4 MBJosh Stabler from Energy Edge on the reason behind the coal and gas price hikes. Plus: AGL and Origin in the wars.
No more coal and gas mines, says Bandt
May 27, 2022 05:31 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBGreens leader Adam Bandt on coal and gas, Snowy 3.0, Labor’s climate plan, transmission and high prices.
Why Australia risks falling behind on green energy
May 20, 2022 04:34 - 44 minutes - 82.2 MBFormer CEFC boss and independent candidate Oliver Yates on why Australia could lose its green energy advantage, and his new role at Sentient.
AGL, MCB and smart inverters
May 09, 2022 03:24 - 54 minutes - 99.8 MBMike Cannon-Brookes takes on AGL, plus Hitachi’s Stephen Sproul on advanced inverters.
2°C? It’s already nearly too late
April 29, 2022 05:29 - 45 minutes - 83.9 MBClimate scientist Andy Pitman says net zero needs to be reached by 2035 to have any chance of capping global warming at 2°C.
The lop-sided battle for climate independents
April 14, 2022 02:58 - 37 minutes - 68.9 MBClimate 200's Simon Holmes à Court on the election campaign, funding, and battling the legacy rules that favour major parties.
Can Europe survive without Russia’s gas?
April 07, 2022 05:16 - 57 minutes - 105 MBEmma Champion and Stefan Ulrich from BNEF discuss what Europe needs to do to move on from Russian gas.
Fortescue’s grand green energy plans
March 21, 2022 03:54 - 47 minutes - 86.7 MBFortescue 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’s big shift from baseload
March 16, 2022 01:49 - 50 minutes - 93.1 MBOrigin Energy CEO Frank Calabria on the decision to close Eraring, the shift from baseload, and future energy models.