Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast

Tesla big battery, and what gas price fall?

December 06, 2017 03:16 - 33 minutes - 45.3 MB

The Tesla big battery, the first big intervention by AEMO due to gas supply issues, and what big energy users really want: lower prices.

The future of storage

November 27, 2017 00:30 - 30 minutes - 41.3 MB

The Queensland poll result, the COAG meeting, and an interview with the lead author of the new Finkel report on energy storage.

Renewables and efficiency: How they work together

November 24, 2017 00:06 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MB

Renewables and energy efficiency are expected to deliver the bulk of emissions reductions over the next few decades. But how do we get policies that encourage both? Special Edition from the National Energy Efficiency Conference.

Energy Insiders Special Edition: Disruptive Innovation Festival

November 21, 2017 00:37 - 32 minutes - 44 MB

A special edition of Energy Insiders for the Disruptive Innovation Festival, focusing on how data and tech can transform the consumer experience of electricity.

California Leading

November 16, 2017 21:52 - 31 minutes - 43.5 MB

California Energy Commissioner Andrew McAllister joins Energy Insiders to explain that state’s approach to high renewables targets, storage, energy efficiency and demand management.

CEFC on NEG, battery storage and returns

November 13, 2017 00:59 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MB

CEFC boss Ian Learmonth joins Energy Insiders to discuss the NEG, the new Lincoln Gap wind farm with battery storage, and what’s next for the CEFC’s growing portfolio.

Whyalla leads on consumer power

November 06, 2017 21:43 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MB

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.

How wind, solar and storage will beat coal

October 27, 2017 00:41 - 30 minutes - 41.3 MB

Windlab explains why world-first wind plus solar plus storage facility in Queensland will beat coal, and why NEG is so disappointing to industry.

The National Energy Guarantee unpacked

October 22, 2017 23:23 - 33 minutes - 45.8 MB

Does the fact that it got past the Coalition party room make the National Energy Guarantee good policy?

Australia’s peak stupid, China’s peak emissions

October 15, 2017 23:33 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MB

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.

Will we run out of lithium?

October 10, 2017 01:03 - 27 minutes - 38.4 MB

Australian lithium miner Orocobre on the looming shortfall in lithium needed for EVs and batteries, and on the deficiency of Australia’s energy policies.

South Australia’s big battery

October 01, 2017 22:41 - 30 minutes - 41.7 MB

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.

Blockchain and blockheads

September 25, 2017 00:06 - 25 minutes - 35.2 MB

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.

Liddell and Tomago road trip, and Murdoch fabrications.

September 19, 2017 23:25 - 26 minutes - 36.4 MB

A road trip to the Hunter Valley to visit Liddell and Tomago, the Murdoch media’s renewable fabrications, and political stalemates.

Turnbull’s mystifying “Captain’s pick” on Liddell

September 11, 2017 02:09 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MB

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.

AEMO’s big day on baseload

September 04, 2017 00:37 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MB

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.

Victoria takes lead in renewables

August 28, 2017 00:18 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MB

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.

Port Augusta’s ground breaking solar tower

August 21, 2017 05:50 - 31 minutes - 42.6 MB

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.

Turnbull’s Kath and Kim moment on energy

August 14, 2017 00:18 - 30 minutes - 42 MB

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.

Malcolm in an energy muddle

August 07, 2017 02:19 - 23 minutes - 32.2 MB

Malcolm Turnbull has summoned the eight biggest energy retailers to Canberra for a summit. What will he tell them? Plus: A 1GW solar plant.

Tesla, energy price wars and smart energy

July 30, 2017 23:46 - 29 minutes - 40 MB

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.

Micro-grids, peer-to-peer, and 100% renewables

July 23, 2017 21:40 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MB

Greensync’s Phil Blythe joins the Energy Insiders to discuss his award winning Victoria micro-grid project and the future of energy.

COAG, Tesla, delusions and Alan Jones

July 16, 2017 20:59 - 24 minutes - 34.1 MB

What COAG means, the extraordinary response to the Tesla battery, Malcom Turnbull’s coal delusions and the appallingly ugly Alan Jones.

Energy Visions: Mark Butler and Climate Wars

July 10, 2017 23:50 - 25 minutes - 35 MB

Labor’s mark Butler discussed his new book Climate Wars and his vision for a clean energy future and how to get there.

Why networks love Sonnen, and not generators

July 06, 2017 20:31 - 29 minutes - 39.8 MB

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.

How does a network adapt to a modern grid?

July 02, 2017 21:13 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MB

Simon McKenzie from Vector discusses big Australian battery storage tender win, and the future of utilities.

Behind Goldwind’s stunning low wind contract

June 26, 2017 00:00 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MB

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”.

Simon Corbell on Finkel, VRET and storage

June 19, 2017 00:31 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MB

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.

Finkel Review, the highs and lows

June 12, 2017 01:56 - 17 minutes - 23.9 MB

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.

Solar’s big play, and Trump’s vandalism

June 01, 2017 22:44 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MB

Telstra push into solar to be followed by other corporates, and what Trump’s dumb decision on Paris means for Australia.

The plunging cost of battery storage

May 25, 2017 23:41 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MB

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.

Australia gets its mojo back

May 19, 2017 00:31 - 19 minutes - 27.3 MB

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.

Wind energy’s record low

May 15, 2017 03:39 - 23 minutes - 31.9 MB

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.

Wind and solar cancel gas transition

May 05, 2017 02:13 - 19 minutes - 27.5 MB

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.

Turnbull's big gas play

April 27, 2017 23:43 - 19 minutes - 27.4 MB

Turnbull tries to make gas cheap again; AGL cold coal comfort; the solar boom; and new battery storage tenders.

RE Weekly Podcast April 13

April 13, 2017 02:35 - 17 minutes - 23.5 MB

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.

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