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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John Grimes from the Smart Energy Council on China's robo-taxis, and its lead on battery, EVs, solar and hydrogen. Plus: The ISP, Matt Kean and nuclear.By RenewEconomy
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Evergen’s Ben Hutt on optimising solar, batteries, and the race to electrification. Plus: News of the week and the nuclear fallout.By RenewEconomy
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How millions of batteries can deliver billions in savings
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Clean Energy Council's Con Hristodoulidis on the huge, universal value of home battery storage – and why education will be crucial to unlocking it. Plus: Rooftop solar has a big month, with a small twist.By Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Energy expert Alex Wonhas on designing the new grid, generation choices and using batteries to boost the network. Plus, news of the week.By RenewEconomy
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Do communities trust developers? Do people believe renewables will do the job? Zen Energy's Paul Sheridan on the surprising results of a new survey. Plus: News of the week.By RenewEconomy
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Asean super grid, and a question over storage
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DNV's Peerapat Vithayasrichare discusses the Asean super grid idea. Plus: Is it time to rethink long term storage needs?By RenewEconomy
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Redback revival, battery rebates and solar tax
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Redback CEO Adrian Knack on surviving and thriving in the home battery business. Plus: A boost for batteries and a tax on solar.By Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Eraring coal extension and nuclear fantasies
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Is the Eraring coal extension a good deal? Plus: Kane Thornton from the Clean Energy Council discusses GenCost, AEMO, CIS, Made in Australia and what the US is up to.By RenewEconomy
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Transgrid CEO Brett Redman on new projects, delays, costs and social licence. Plus: The federal budget and even bigger batteries.By RenewEconomy
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Hysata's Paul Barrett on the electrolyser tech's record fund raising. Plus: Labor's gas strategy, NSW's sky high prices, and Origin hollers a Marshall.By RenewEconomy
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Peter Steele from Goodbye Gas on how his company is helping households to go all-electric. Plus: Mixed messages from the top.By Solar Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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Victoria energy minister Lily D'Ambrosio on the first offshore project studies, the SEC, and getting a fair share of the Capacity Investment Scheme. Plus: Eraring's future and big batteries take centre stage.By RenewEconomy
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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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