

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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Feb 14, 2019 • 42min
AGL CEO Brett Redman on Australia’s “massive” energy transition
Brett Redman, the head of AGL and operator of Australia’s biggest coal generation fleet says Australia is in the midst of a “massive” energy transition, and explains how he hopes to navigate his way through.

Feb 6, 2019 • 35min
50% renewables: Too much, too soon? Or too slow?
Energy expert Nicky Ison joins the podcast to discuss renewables energy targets, the NSW policy vacuum, the need for more transmission and delivering solar to those who need it.

Jan 29, 2019 • 31min
Oliver Yates takes on Josh Frydenberg
Energy Insiders returns with an interview with former CEFC boss Oliver Yates, now challenging Josh Frydenberg in the “Menzies” seat of Kooyong, and a wrap of recent events.

Dec 16, 2018 • 47min
How Texas managed influx of renewables
Warren Lasher, head of system planning at the ERCOT grid in Texas, joins Energy Insiders to explain how that state is managing the huge influx of renewables - and a final wrap for the year.

Dec 11, 2018 • 39min
Smart Energy and the first year of the Tesla big battery
An interview with Neoen on the performance of the Tesla big battery at Hornsdale in its first year, and Australia’s $20 billion wind and solar boom.

Dec 3, 2018 • 41min
Mark Butler on Labor’s energy and climate policy
Mark Butler explains the details of Labor’s energy and climate policy, and how to reach 50% renewables and 45% emission reduction cuts by 2030.

Nov 28, 2018 • 20min
Victoria’s poll win and Labor’s energy plan
What does Victoria poll result mean for renewables, and has Labor got it right with its new energy plan?

Nov 20, 2018 • 40min
Ivor Frischknecht and the transition to 100% renewables
Former ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht joins Energy Insiders to provide some fascinating insights into the politics of energy, and the transition to 100 per cent renewable energy.

Nov 13, 2018 • 38min
Momentum Energy CEO Amy Childs
We talk to newly appointed Momentum Energy CEO Amy Childs, and look at the Coalition’s ham-fisted intervention in energy markets, and some good news on solar and batteries.

Oct 29, 2018 • 29min
Which Australian companies will go 100 per cent renewable?
Which Australian companies will go 100 per cent renewable? We talk to the head of RE100, who has been to Australia, while David Leitch let’s fly against the “fair dinkum bullshit” of the latest government energy intervention.