
Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
Join Renew Economy founder and editor-in-chief Giles Parkinson and columnist and energy markets expert David Leitch as they discuss the week's main events - politics, solar and storage.
Latest episodes

Feb 17, 2022 • 40min
EVs and the grid
Jet Charge's Tim Washington on the major capital raising, and the rollout of EV chargers and vehicle to grid technology.

Feb 9, 2022 • 47min
EnergyAustralia and the end of coal
EnergyAustralia CEO Mark Collette discusses the future of coal, gas, green hydrogen, wind, solar, battery storage and pumped hydro, and how this will fit into his company’s business model.

Feb 4, 2022 • 40min
Green transition and greenwash
Tim Buckley from IEEFA on the outlook for the green transition in 2022, the prospects of green hydrogen, and the problem of greenwash.

Dec 21, 2021 • 46min
Future of green steel and green aluminium
We have the technology: Kobad Bhavnagri, from BloombergNEF, discusses opportunities in green steel and green aluminium for Australian industry.

Dec 16, 2021 • 44min
Vestas head winds up on transition
Peter Cowling, the head of Vestas in Australia, on the scale and speed, and challenges, of the renewables transition.

Dec 10, 2021 • 47min
Say goodbye to coal
AEMO’s Alex Wonhas and Nicola Falcon discuss the draft ISP, the early departure of coal, and managing a renewables grid.

Dec 2, 2021 • 42min
Hazelwood transition from dirty coal plant to big battery
Engie Australia CEO Augustin Honorat on the Hazelwood big battery and other battery and green hydrogen plans

Nov 25, 2021 • 40min
The case for pumped hydro
Ben Bolot from ATCO on the role pumped hydro storage could play in a renewables dominated grid in Australia.

Nov 17, 2021 • 46min
The green energy transition as seen from Japan
Isshu Kikuma from BloombergNEF discusses the energy transition in Japan, and opportunities for offshore wind and green ammonia.

Nov 16, 2021 • 40min
Energy Transformed: How close is the green economy?
In the 2nd of our Energy Transformed podcast series, we look at the role hydrogen will play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and what we’ve learned from early-stage hydrogen projects.