Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
RenewEconomy
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.
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Sep 3, 2021 • 41min
Do we want to keep coal, or move on?
AEMO issues benign reliability outlook as market wrestles with capacity market proposal. Matt Kean, Anna Collyer, and Simon Corbell share their views.
Aug 27, 2021 • 46min
Taylor’s Coalkeeper subsidy, and lessons from US
Angus Taylor is hell-bent on imposing a coal subsidy on Australia. We talk to S&P renewables analyst Adam Wilson about lessons from the US.
Aug 20, 2021 • 41min
Replacing coal with renewables in south-east Asia
Tristan Knowles from the Asia Development Bank on the surprisingly quick transition to renewables.
Aug 13, 2021 • 46min
Will IPCC overcome Morrison’s prosperity doctrine?
IPCC report falls on deaf ears in Canberra, as AGL scrambles to adapt. We talk to IPCC contributor Martina Linnenluecke.
Aug 3, 2021 • 47min
Can Australia break its wind and solar investment drought?
PowAR chief executive Geoff Dutaillis talks about big wind projects, battery storage, the ESB’s new rules and connection problems.
Jul 29, 2021 • 51min
New AEMO boss Daniel Westerman
AEMO boss Daniel Westerman on the path to 100 per cent renewables, and getting connections right.
Jul 23, 2021 • 42min
How quickly can we got to 100% renewables
Monash Uni’s Behrooz Bahrani says new technologies, such as grid forming inverters, are changing the way we can manage the grid.
Jul 16, 2021 • 46min
AEMO’s 100pct renewables plan, and the view from Japan
New AEMO boss makes a splash, a huge new renewable hydrogen plan, and we talk to Monica Nagashima from Influence Map in Japan.
Jul 9, 2021 • 42min
Batteries accelerating shift to renewables
Alinta’s Gary Bryant on how battery storage is accelerating the shift to renewables.
Jul 2, 2021 • 54min
Chris Bowen on Labor’s policies, not targets climate pitch
Labor climate and energy spokesman Chris Bowen on his solar stunt, and why Labor will take a policies, not targets pitch to electorate.
