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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Dec 17, 2017 • 32min
Moving beyond base-load
AGL chief economist Tim Nelson on renewable and storage replacement options for Liddell, the move beyond base-load, and what will make the NEG work.

Dec 11, 2017 • 31min
Audrey Zibelman on the future of energy
AEMO boss Audrey Zibelman discusses NEG and future of energy, saying trying to stop the transition is like trying to stop the internet.

Dec 6, 2017 • 33min
Tesla big battery, and what gas price fall?
The Tesla big battery, the first big intervention by AEMO due to gas supply issues, and what big energy users really want: lower prices.

Nov 27, 2017 • 30min
The future of storage
The Queensland poll result, the COAG meeting, and an interview with the lead author of the new Finkel report on energy storage.

Nov 24, 2017 • 36min
Renewables and efficiency: How they work together
Renewables and energy efficiency are expected to deliver the bulk of emissions reductions over the next few decades. But how do we get policies that encourage both? Special Edition from the National Energy Efficiency Conference.

Nov 21, 2017 • 32min
Energy Insiders Special Edition: Disruptive Innovation Festival
A special edition of Energy Insiders for the Disruptive Innovation Festival, focusing on how data and tech can transform the consumer experience of electricity.

Nov 16, 2017 • 32min
California Leading
California Energy Commissioner Andrew McAllister joins Energy Insiders to explain that state’s approach to high renewables targets, storage, energy efficiency and demand management.

Nov 13, 2017 • 32min
CEFC on NEG, battery storage and returns
CEFC boss Ian Learmonth joins Energy Insiders to discuss the NEG, the new Lincoln Gap wind farm with battery storage, and what’s next for the CEFC’s growing portfolio.

Nov 6, 2017 • 26min
Whyalla leads on consumer power
Why Whyalla’s green steel turns the tables on the fossil fuel industry; why networks suddenly love rooftop solar; and why Garnaut’s down on the NEG.

Oct 27, 2017 • 30min
How wind, solar and storage will beat coal
Windlab explains why world-first wind plus solar plus storage facility in Queensland will beat coal, and why NEG is so disappointing to industry.


