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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Join RenewEconomy founder and editor Giles Parkinson and One Step Off The Grid editor Sophie Vorrath, discussing the ins & outs of the solar industry and what it means for consumers.
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Chris Bowen explains the green energy plan
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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.By RenewEconomy
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The renewable challenge in south-east Asia
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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.By RenewEconomy
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Australia falls out of global top 10 solar countries. Plus: GridBeyond's Michael Phelan on the rise of VPPs; and battery rebates.By Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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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.By RenewEconomy
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Is there a smarter way to transmit power?
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TS Conductor CEO Jason Huang on reducing line losses for renewables and storage. Plus: All the news of the week.By RenewEconomy
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Arena boss Darren Miller on the Solar Sunshot, and why Australia needs a stake in the supply chain. Plus: Households lead renewables charge, and the growth of solar balconies.By Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Managing solar ducks in the middle of Australia
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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.By RenewEconomy
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Would you trust your utility to control your solar?
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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.By RenewEconomy
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Heat pump demand red hot, batteries just warming up
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Solar Victoria CEO Stan Krpan talks rebate milestones, red hot heat pump demand and home battery uptake. Plus rooftop solar crackdowns and a battery business in trouble.By Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Australia’s biggest smelters flick switch to wind and solar
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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.By RenewEconomy
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EnergyAustralia CEO Mark Collette on coal as a reserve asset, the uncertainty of Yallourn, the challenge of green hydrogen, and just managing the transition.By RenewEconomy
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Nexa’s Stephanie Bashir on how to reshape grid around consumer energy as solar tariffs cut and PV sets new records.By Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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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.By RenewEconomy
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Podcast special: How to make offshore wind work in Australia
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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.By RenewEconomy
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Daan Walter from RMI on the phenomenal growth of battery storage. Plus: Victoria blackouts, Eraring, and the rabble against renewables.By RenewEconomy
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Renewable energy barriers and curtailment
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Dylan McConnell discusses the benefits of the Capacity Investment Scheme, its impact on prices and how the market should pay for spilled energy.By RenewEconomy
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The climate crisis and the energy transition
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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.By RenewEconomy
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As conservative media and politicians pit farmers against renewables, we talk to a sheep grazier who is building Tasmania's first large-scale solar project.By Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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AEMO’s blueprint for wind, solar and storage
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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.By RenewEconomy
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Will Chris Bowen’s capacity scheme actually work?
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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.By RenewEconomy
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Victoria’s SEC and its first big battery play
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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.By RenewEconomy
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Macquarie marches in to Australian renewables
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Macquarie marches in to Australian renewables by RenewEconomyBy RenewEconomy
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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.By RenewEconomy
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Bowen's capacity scheme, and NSW's "free" batteries
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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.By RenewEconomy
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The fight for fairer rooftop PV – and cheaper home batteries
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Heidi Douglas talks through Solar Citizens’ list of policy asks for the upcoming energy ministers’ meeting. Could we get discounted batteries for Christmas?By Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Confusing new wind guidelines in NSW as coal state runs short of spinning machines. Plus: Origin battle intensifies as Tesla throws down energy gauntletBy RenewEconomy
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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.By RenewEconomy
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SunDrive's hot pursuit of Australian-made PV
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Wyatt Roy on SunDrive's progress towards make cheaper, more sustainable solar – right here in Australia. Plus: Will 2023 be a record year of rooftop installs?By Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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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.By RenewEconomy
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South Australia's big move into green hydrogen
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State energy minister Tom Koutsantonis discusses green hydrogen plan, filling the "gap" on renewables, transmission, storage and prices.By RenewEconomy
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Methane expert Peter Rayner on Australia’s potent climate problem, and a solution. Plus: Origin’s black hole, Genex deals and big battery bids.By RenewEconomy
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We talk to three people in regional Australia dealing with renewable and transmission projects about the issue of social licence. Plus: Brookfield’s big win.By RenewEconomy
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How Beon Energy has left a lasting legacy and set a new benchmark for meaningful engagement with Indigenous communities. Plus, AEMO's solar switch-off push.By Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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We talk to Caroline Wykamp and Prajit Parameswar from Marinus Link. Plus: Spring renewables surge delivers low prices, new records, and a push for more storage.By RenewEconomy
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Amber’s Tim Barson on how home batteries are turning into a money spinner. Plus: Rooftop solar shattering records across the grid.By Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Katherine Woodthorpe, from the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, on why Australia should fast-track its net zero ambitions. Plus: The nuclear debate and renewable records.By RenewEconomy
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The end of baseload in world’s biggest standalone grid
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Jai Thomas, the co-ordinator of energy in Western Australia, on that state’s massive renewable plans, the end of baseload, and the rise of big batteries. Plus: News of the week.By RenewEconomy
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Australia’s CPV and low cost storage breakthrough
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We talk with RayGen’s Richard Payne at the newly opened solar and storage plant in Carwarp. Plus: Consumer power to fill coal gap.By Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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NSW energy minister Penny Sharpe discusses Eraring closure, fast tracking renewables and consumer equity: Plus, Marinus blow out and Queensland green hydrogen plans.By RenewEconomy
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Essential Energy CEO John Cleland says distributed networks can accelerate the switch to renewables. And he discusses cultural change, rooftop solar and EVs.By RenewEconomy
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EnergyAustralia boss Mark Collette on how he will make sure the company’s last coal generator will not get in the way of the renewable transition, and why he went electric.By RenewEconomy
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Tom Geiser from Rondo Energy puts the case for heat batteries and their role in hard to abate sectors. Plus: Coal giants get a taxpayer funded lifeline.By RenewEconomy
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We talk to early adopter and self confessed “energy nerd” Andrew Wilson about the key lessons he has learned from four years with home solar and storage.By Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Behavioural scientist John Pickering on the challenges of getting social licence for wind, solar, battery and transmission projects. Plus: What’s big coal up to?By RenewEconomy
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We talk to Peter Leeson about the rise and rise of his Australian made Volt solar tile, which is being installed on rooftops in every state in Australia – and setting records overseas.By Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Energy commentator David Roberts on Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, partisan politics and some exciting new technologies. Plus: This week’s major news.By RenewEconomy
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Australia's biggest agri-solar and battery project
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Luke Osborne from Stride Renewables on the happy marriage of farming, solar and battery storage, and why community outreach works.By RenewEconomy
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Anna Skarbek from Cimateworks on why renewables will play central role in getting big industry to net zero. First, the grid. Plus: Big battery boom.By RenewEconomy
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Can Australia become a global solar manufacturer?
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Australia excels in solar R&D and uptake – but can it become a major supplier of panels? We ask APVI's Muriel Watt. Plus: solar strife in the regions and a new home battery scheme.By Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Landmark green hydrogen deal with traditional landowners
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Pollination’s Rob Grant and Balinggarra’s Cissy Gore-Birch on landmark green hydrogen project around Ord River. Plus: To close or not to close coal.By RenewEconomy
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