Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
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.
Latest episodes
Mar 27, 2024 • 1h 3min
Managing solar ducks in the middle of Australia
Can Alice Springs switch off fossil fuels in the middle of the day? Lyndon Frearson from Ekistica on the options and lessons for the NEM. Plus: Eraring and NVES.
Mar 20, 2024 • 54min
Would you trust your utility to control your solar?
Monash Uni experts discuss trust in energy transition, power pricing factors, empowering residents with solar, community engagement, household energy habits, navigating transition challenges, and microgrid initiatives in bushfire-prone towns.
Mar 13, 2024 • 51min
Australia’s biggest smelters flick switch to wind and solar
Rio Tinto’s Vik Selvaraja on why Australia’s biggest smelters - and biggest single energy consumers - are choosing wind and solar. Plus: Coalition’s nuclear nonsense.
Feb 29, 2024 • 51min
The push for coal to play off the bench
EnergyAustralia CEO Mark Collette discusses coal as a reserve asset, the uncertainty of Yallourn, challenges of green hydrogen, and managing the transition to renewables. Topics include the inauguration of a gas-fired power station, the competitive edge of batteries in the energy market, the closure of the Eraring Power Generator, analysis of the Victorian energy market, challenges faced by traditional power companies in transitioning to renewables, and political debates surrounding renewables.
Feb 22, 2024 • 53min
The boom in wind energy
GE global wind boss Steve Swift on landmark supply deal with Andrew Forrest. Plus: Rio Tinto plans Australia’s biggest wind farm to power smelters. And Littleproud’s Barnaby moment.
Feb 20, 2024 • 1h 8min
Podcast special: How to make offshore wind work in Australia
We talk to three industry experts on offshore wind as part of the Locking in the Green Energy Transition podcast series sponsored by Norton Rose Fulbright.
Feb 14, 2024 • 1h 4min
The battery domino effect
Daan Walter from RMI on the phenomenal growth of battery storage. Plus: Victoria blackouts, Eraring, and the rabble against renewables.
Feb 7, 2024 • 39min
Renewable energy barriers and curtailment
Dylan McConnell discusses the benefits of the Capacity Investment Scheme, its impact on prices and how the market should pay for spilled energy.
Jan 24, 2024 • 53min
The climate crisis and the energy transition
Berkeley Earth’s Robert Rohde discusses the latest climate science and whether even 2°C is achievable. Plus: All the renewable and storage news from the first few weeks of 2024.
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Dec 20, 2023 • 1h
AEMO’s blueprint for wind, solar and storage
Merryn York, Head of system design at AEMO's, discusses the 2024 Integrated System Plan and transitioning away from coal generation. They also explore coordinating consumer energy resources, incorporating new policies into the ISP, transmission progress in New South Wales, longer-duration batteries in storage tenders, the hype and realistic uses of hydrogen, and renewable energy costs and bold predictions for the future.
