Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
News
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.
Location:
United States
Genres:
News
Description:
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.
Language:
English
Website:
http://reneweconomy.com.au
Episodes
Malcolm Turnbull on hydro, LNP, One Nation and Trump
2/5/2026
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull is pushing for more hydro, but is still pumped up by the hard right and the disappearance of the sensible middle. Plus: Big batteries seize the moment again.
Duration:01:07:25
"We are not all crazy" - the climate and clean energy battle in Trumps's America
2/1/2026
Gina McCarthy, Obama's former EPA chief and Biden's climate czar, on the move to resist and overturn Trump's devastating policies. Plus: News of the week, and a perfect quarter for Australia.
Duration:00:55:19
Our oceans are heating and we are still burning coal
1/21/2026
UNSW Professor Matthew England, the world's leading expert on Southern Ocean modelling, discusses the catastrophic warming of our seas. Plus: Coal power extended in two states, and other news of the week.
Duration:01:11:31
Is the wind drought over?
12/22/2025
We discuss some of the major events of the past year – the dominance of batteries, the emergence of solar-battery hybrids, the hassles for wind and transmission, and the conundrum of EVs.
Duration:00:48:43
A blueprint to quit coal, and go green
12/11/2025
AEMO's Nicola Falcon runs through the draft 2026 Integrated System Plan, and explains why baseload is not essential to keep the lights on. Plus, news of the week.
Duration:00:57:33
No spin needed for renewable gold rush
12/4/2025
Energy systems expert Bruce Miller explains why spinning machines won't be needed in future grid, while regional independent MP Helen Haines says developers should drop the spin and focus on community benefits.
Duration:01:00:15
Origin CEO Frank Calabria's big energy vision
11/30/2025
Frank Calabria, the CEO of Australia's biggest retailer, discusses plans for the country's biggest wind farm, its biggest battery and the biggest coal generator. Plus: News of the week including EPBC and AEMO transition plan.
Duration:01:01:18
Are Labor's environmental laws any good?
11/20/2025
We dissect Labor’s proposed environmental reforms with the help of Ashurst legal expert Jeff Lynn. Plus: News of the week, and is the CIS working?
Duration:01:07:58
Where the bloody hell is our super?
11/13/2025
Australia has more than $4 trillion in retirement savings but little of this finds its way to clean energy. Strategist Jeremy Cooper has an idea to fix this. Plus: The Super battery's not so super moment, and a rush of new projects.
Duration:01:00:01
The future of wind energy
11/6/2025
Vestas vice president Jan Daniel Kaemmer discusses wind industry in Australia, the blockages and the potential. Plus: What to make of the free solar offer.
Duration:01:05:17
Social licence in New England, and a sea of household batteries
10/30/2025
Amber's Chris Thompson talks home batteries and V2G at All Energy, while RE-Alliance's Andrew Bray and Uralla Council's Emily Sims discuss social licence in New England. And the news of the week, including EPBC and Tomago.
Duration:01:12:14
Data centres, batteries, gas and SMRs
10/24/2025
GE Vernova chief commercial officer Pablo Koziner on the latest thinking around data centres, wind energy, gas, SMRs and batteries. Plus: News of the week.
Duration:00:43:55
Fortescue's bold charge to real zero by 2030
10/15/2025
Fortescue CEO Dino Otranto discusses triumphs and challenges in real zero target, including self-lifting turbines, gravity trains, electric haul trucks and the rest. Plus: Queensland and Origin fossil up.
Duration:01:03:08
Managing the backbone of the grid
10/9/2025
Powerlink CEO Paul Simshauser on managing the closure of Queensland's biggest coal generator, the role of transmission as prices double, and batteries vs syncons.
Duration:01:01:17
Chris Bowen on coal, renewables, EVs and UN
10/1/2025
Federal energy and climate minister Chris Bowen on his trip to New York, renewable and emissions targets, and coal closures. Plus: News of the week.
Duration:00:52:24
Australia, China and a big week for V2G
9/26/2025
Anna Skarbek from Climateworks Centre on Australia's emissions mission, and the new China targets, while AGL's Jane Butler talks vehicle to grid. Plus: Wind and battery deals.
Duration:01:09:33
Is Australia’s emissions target good enough?
9/19/2025
CCA’s Matt Kean on why target had to be lowered. Plus: Offshore wind pioneer Andy Evans on Victoria’s delayed auction, and a very big battery tender.
Duration:00:54:03
Time to go "full sail" on decarbonisation
9/11/2025
CSIRO Chief Research Scientist Pep Canadell on why Australia and the world need to aim high, not low, on its 2035 climate targets. Plus: It's getting weird in Queensland.
Duration:01:05:10
"We had to innovate to survive"
9/5/2025
SAPN boss Andrew Bills on the challenges of managing the local network in the world's most advanced renewable grid, and where half of all homes have rooftop solar.
Duration:00:58:45
AGL's struggle with coal
8/28/2025
AGL boss Damien Nicks discusses how the country's biggest coal generator is managing the transition to renewables, storage and electric homes. Plus: When will another wind farm get finance?
Duration:01:01:12