

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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Jun 13, 2018 • 15min
Labor’s Mark Butler on the NEG and electric vehicles
Labor climate and energy spokesman Mark Butler talks to RenewEconomy about two important topics: the proposed National Energy Guarantee and electric vehicles.

Jun 11, 2018 • 40min
NSW coal, solar and Josh’s targets
NSW grid treads fine line, big news in solar(and storage) usher in new era, and Frydenberg explains his emissions targets and where RenewEconomy gets it wrong.

Jun 4, 2018 • 31min
Dispatchable solar: Just add water
Genex executive director Simon Kidston on the world-leading solar and pumped hydro storage plant planned for an old gold mine in north Queensland, and the changing face of generation.

May 28, 2018 • 35min
South Australia charges up for storage
Interviews with the South Australia Liberal government’s energy minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan, and battery storage maker Redflow’s Simon Hackett.

May 23, 2018 • 11min
AEMO chief executive Audrey Zibelman
AEMO chief executive Audrey Zibelman on the summer review, plans for more storage and demand management, and managing the transition to a consumer focused and flexible grid.
This interview was recorded following Zibelman’s address to the South Australian Chamber of Commerce and Mines and Energy at there fringes of the Australian Energy Storage conference in Adelaide.

May 22, 2018 • 32min
Why WA may lead world on micro-grids
Western Australia has an opportunity to lead the world on micro-grid technology, with energy companies hailing solar and battery as the next revolution.
We speak to Jessica Shaw, who is heading a parliamentary inquiry into micro-grids.

May 14, 2018 • 33min
ERM Power CEO Jon Stretch
ERM Power CEO Jon Stretch on the NEG, "solar firming" contracts, his LGC strategy and the shift to renewables.

May 8, 2018 • 32min
The $20 billion Pilbara renewables hub
CWP’s Andrew Dickson is working on a $20 billion wind and solar proposal for the Pilbara, and a remarkable solar taxi project in Africa.

May 1, 2018 • 32min
Blockchain for energy: Good or bad?
In Victoria 200 dairy farms are being invited to join a “virtual” mini grid powered by blockchain technology and their own solar and storage. But what is blockchain? And what are the benefits?

Apr 24, 2018 • 21min
What next for energy policy?
States should be able to iron our the wrinkles in the technical parts of the NEG, but what to do with an emissions reduction target that is “useless and atrocious”.