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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.

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United States

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News

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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.

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English


Episodes
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Macquarie marches in to Australian renewables

11/30/2023
Macquarie marches in to Australian renewables by RenewEconomy

Duration:00:56:24

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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

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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

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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

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Wind, solar, batteries and pumps

11/9/2023
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.

Duration:00:38:46

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The end of spinning machines

10/30/2023
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.

Duration:00:50:23