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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Jul 11, 2019 • 36min
Where to now for battery storage?
Australia now has half a dozen large batteries operating or nearing completion on the grid. Where to now? We talk to Fluence business development head Jaad Cabbabe.
Jun 25, 2019 • 16min
An audience with the Rottnest wind turbine
Rottnest wind turbine stands alone but it’s influence goes far beyond Perth’s holiday playground. It turned Tony Abbott against wind energy. We find out why.
Jun 21, 2019 • 54min
Mining industry turns to wind, solar, batteries and hydrogen
The mining industry is going green - at least in its electricity supply. A special “live” podcast from the Energy and Mines conference in Perth.
Jun 13, 2019 • 49min
The good and bad from Australia’s big grid
We look at the generator report card on how the grid is dealing with the present and shaping for the future. Plus: Lights out at Loy Yang A unit, while AGL looks to the future with telcos.
Jun 7, 2019 • 41min
Oliver Yates and what the public doesn't know
Former CEFC boss Oliver Yates talks about lessons from his recent Kooyong campaign and why the renewables sector needs to get its messaging right.
May 28, 2019 • 42min
Energy Insiders: Shuffling jokers as sea levels rise
Morrison shuffles cards, and sea level expert John Englander explains why oceans are rising more quickly than expected
May 21, 2019 • 31min
What’s the future for renewables in Australia?
Is Australia’s clean energy transition about to come to a crashing halt, or just hit a pause as the Coalition turns focus to coal? Clean Energy Council’s Kane Thornton discusses Morrison’s big win.
May 15, 2019 • 31min
Australia goes to the polls
Peter Lewis from Essential Media on the likely outcomes in Saturday’s federal election, the role of climate and energy policy and the rise of the independents.
May 10, 2019 • 36min
Australia’s place in the global solar market
Ivan Higuearas, the international head of Gransolar, discusses why Australia is a global solar hot-spot, if we get the rules and policies right, and some interesting ideas about battery storage.
May 2, 2019 • 39min
Have regulators gone too far on "system strength”?
Power systems expert Bruce Miller questions why new wind and solar plants are required to install synchronous condensers, and questions other regulatory thinking about frequency and voltage.
