Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
News
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.
Location:
United States
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News
Description:
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.
Language:
English
Website:
http://reneweconomy.com.au
Episodes
Chris Bowen explains the green energy plan
4/26/2024
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.
Duration:00:52:40
The renewable challenge in south-east Asia
4/19/2024
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.
Duration:00:50:34
China, China, China
4/12/2024
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.
Duration:00:59:25
Is there a smarter way to transmit power?
4/4/2024
TS Conductor CEO Jason Huang on reducing line losses for renewables and storage. Plus: All the news of the week.
Duration:00:41:30
Managing solar ducks in the middle of Australia
3/27/2024
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.
Duration:01:02:54
Would you trust your utility to control your solar?
3/20/2024
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.
Duration:00:54:20
Australia’s biggest smelters flick switch to wind and solar
3/13/2024
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.
Duration:00:50:41
The push for coal to play off the bench
2/29/2024
EnergyAustralia CEO Mark Collette on coal as a reserve asset, the uncertainty of Yallourn, the challenge of green hydrogen, and just managing the transition.
Duration:00:50:30
The boom in wind energy
2/21/2024
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.
Duration:00:53:20
Podcast special: How to make offshore wind work in Australia
2/19/2024
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.
Duration:01:07:37
The battery domino effect
2/13/2024
Daan Walter from RMI on the phenomenal growth of battery storage. Plus: Victoria blackouts, Eraring, and the rabble against renewables.
Duration:01:04:04
Renewable energy barriers and curtailment
2/6/2024
Dylan McConnell discusses the benefits of the Capacity Investment Scheme, its impact on prices and how the market should pay for spilled energy.
Duration:00:39:26
The climate crisis and the energy transition
1/23/2024
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.
Duration:00:53:02
AEMO’s blueprint for wind, solar and storage
12/19/2023
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.
Duration:01:00:12
Will Chris Bowen’s capacity scheme actually work?
12/14/2023
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.
Duration:00:45:38
Victoria’s SEC and its first big battery play
12/7/2023
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.
Duration:00:46:14
Macquarie marches in to Australian renewables
11/30/2023
Macquarie marches in to Australian renewables by RenewEconomy
Duration:00:56:24
AI, inverters and a smarter grid
11/28/2023
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.
Duration:00:46:58
Bowen's capacity scheme, and NSW's "free" batteries
11/23/2023
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.
Duration:00:46:54
State of confusion
11/16/2023
Confusing new wind guidelines in NSW as coal state runs short of spinning machines. Plus: Origin battle intensifies as Tesla throws down energy gauntlet
Duration:00:32:04