Energy Unplugged by Aurora EP.165 Dr Alan Finkel, Chair of the Low Emissions Technology Investment Advisory Council
In this Energy Unplugged episode, we discuss the transition to a future in which the role of electricity is scaled up in the global energy mix, powered by low-emission solutions. We’re pleased to be joined by Alan Finkel, Chair of the Low Emissions Technology Investment Advisory Council and James Ha, our Research Lead for Australia, in conversation with Hugo Batten, our Managing Director for APAC & California.
Alan is, among many things, a neuroscientist, engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He was Australia’s Chief Scientist from 2016 to 2020, during which time he led the National Electricity Market Review and developed Australia’s first National Hydrogen Strategy. The ideas presented in his latest book, titled “Powering Up: Unleashing the Clean Energy Supply Chain”, are the focus of today’s discussion.
Main topics include the following:
• Supply chain bottlenecks, and what the government can do to mitigate this and other risks
• Australia’s opportunities to become an export superpower for electrostates
• Industrial policy and appropriate basket of policies to help countries transition towards electrostates