Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast

Australia’s energy transition is accelerating, but energy minister Angus Taylor is doing his best to try and bury the details and the key decisions.

Two NGOs have proposed a new rule change to ensure that all solar households have right to export, and that networks are making the appropriate investment to allow this.

SwitchedIn CEO Andrew Mears joins the Energy Insiders podcast to talk about behind the meter issues, virtual power plants and all things, digital, distributed and democratic.

NSW energy minister Matt Kean says cheap and clean wind, solar and storage can turn the state into an economic superpower. It’s an opportunity too good to miss.

International Council on Clean Transportation chief Drew Kodjak on the need for the world’s car manufacturers to catch up with Tesla, and why Australia should - at the very least - introduce fuel economy standards.

Battery storage company Fluence unveils its latest technology and argues the case for batteries to act as “virtual transmission” and "virtual dams”.

Telstra is back in the market looking for new wind and solar projects to help get it to its 100 per cent renewables target by 2025, as its Belong subsidiary launches new campaign about emissions from mobile data.

Sun Cable CEO David Griffin joins Energy Insiders to discuss the latest update for the $20 billion plan to build the world’s biggest solar farm and biggest battery storage plant in the Northern Territory.

Julien Vincent from Market Forces on the campaign to get banks, investment houses and superannuation funds to switch away from fossil fuels and into new clean technologies.

AEMO’s Alex Wonhas joins Energy Insiders to discuss the operator’s Renewables Integration Study and how to integrate world-leading 75 per cent wind and solar into Australia’s main grid.

Transgrid CEO Paul Italiano discusses new upgrade and the challenge - putting square pegs in round holes - of negotiating Australia’s complex regulatory regime

Bloomberg NEF’s Kobad Bhavnagri on the prospects for a hydrogen economy, and why green hydrogen will easily beat coal hydrogen on costs and emissions.

WA energy minister Bill Johnston joins the Energy Insiders podcast to explain his state’s transition plans. “We can make our own rules,” he says.

ClimateWorks CEO Anna Skarbek on her latest report identifying ways to rapidly decarbonise Australia’s economy. Plus: WA’s ground-breaking distributed energy plan, and falling power prices.

Acciona’s Brett Wickham joins Energy Insiders to discuss his company’s plans for a 1029MW wind farm in Queensland, and the future of storage. Plus: Genex lands contract for pumped hydro.

Is there a better way to respond to Covid-19? Economist Matt Grudnoff on why the government stimulus package should lock in secondary benefits, the type you get from renewables.

New analysis from Carbon Tracker finds governments and investors risk losing $1 trillion through investments in new coal generation, because it can’t compete with wind and solar.

Windlab’s David Osmond looks ate transmission and storage needs for high renewables grid, while ANU’s Bjorn Sturmberg focuses on battery technology.

Australia needs a new market design to cater for shift to high share of renewables. Energy Transition’s Eric Gimon has some suggestions for a market dominated by wind and solar.

Victoria energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio laments “crazy situation” around grid connections and becomes the latest state to “go it alone”, introducing new legislation that will allow Victoria to fast-track transmission investment.

ANU’s Mark Howden explains why we have a climate crisis, not an emergency, and why we shouldn’t expect a “new normal” in climate change. Plus: Putting Coal back in the Coalition.

Can Steggall bridge the climate divide? by RenewEconomy

Vena Energy’s Anil Nangia discusses Wandoan big battery in Queensland, the biggest unsubsidised battery in Australia to date. Plus: Morrison’s climate and energy fail.

AEMO’s head of system design and engineering Alex Wonhas joins our last podcast of 2019 to discuss Australia’s energy transition and the Integrated System Plan.

Network owners were once seen as the villains for over-charging on local networks, but they are pretty happy about being asked to build new links to capture wind and solar resources.

Hydro Tasmania CEO Stephen Davy on plans to become the “battery of the nation”, and to help out Victoria when its brown coal generators stop production.

BloombergNEF founder Michael Liebreich on his horror of Australia’s bushfires, government indifference, and the huge opportunities for Australia in leading the world in “base-cost” renewables.

In a week of “world’s biggest projects”, billionaires Mike Cannon Brookes and Twiggy Forrest back huge project in Northern Territory, while Tesla big battery in South Australia gets an upgrade.

The rising carbon price is starting to have a real impact on coal generation in Europe, with coal output down sharply this year. Analyst Gerard Wynn paints the picture.

Australia's electricity future with leading economist and climate change policy expert Professor Ross Garnaut

CleanCo chair Jacqui Walters discusses plans and strategies as Queensland’s newest generation company prepares to enter the market this week.

CEO Ian Learmonth discusses the Clean Energy Finance Corp’s investment strategy, and which technologies and sectors will be targeted from now.

Oliver Woldring and Jose Zapata from ITP Renewables discuss OpenCem, which allows people to model their own energy transition. Plus: AEMC’s new rules.

ARENA chief executive Darren Miller discusses potential of renewable hydrogen if it can replace the LNG market, and the transition to a decentralised, democratised and consumer-focused grid.

Beijing-based Stian Reklev joins Energy Insiders to provide the view from China on climate, coal and carbon markets, and why progress is slow. Plus, the regulatory problems in Australia.

20 big investors warn that new wind and solar projects won’t go ahead without changes to marginal loss factors process. Group chairman Rob Grant explains why. Plus: Coal in decline, but COAG is back.

Professor Brendan Mackey, a lead IPCC author, with the latest update on climate science.

Nexif founder CEO Matthew Bartley on leasing South Australia’s back up generators, doubling the size of Lincoln Gap wind farm and adding battery storage. Plus, those negative prices.

Susan Kennedy is the former chief of staff to California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Now the two have teamed up to offer artificial intelligence and machine learning to integrated wind, solar and storage.

Transgrid’s Andrew Kingsmill on thinking big and renewable energy zones, and AEMO’s long term modelling to decarbonise the grid.

Alinta CEO Jeff Dimery on record profits, record low prices for wind energy, the economics of battery storage and the early exit of coal generators.

Snowy Hydro’s Gordon Wymer goes into the fine details of the proposed Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme. Plus. The regulator’s power play on wind farms.

The big talking point at Clean Energy Summit was the absence of the Coalition government and the lack of network planning. Meanwhile, Lily D’Ambrosio defends solar rebate.

Nearly two decades after it was first proposed, demand response is to finally become a part of Australia’s electricity market. Craig Memery, from PIAC explains. Plus: Queensland finally delivers.

Eytan Lenko, chair of Beyond Zero Emissions, explains why governments, suppliers, developers, and financiers are getting behind proposals for the world’s biggest solar project in the N.T.

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.

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.

The mining industry is going green - at least in its electricity supply. A special “live” podcast from the Energy and Mines conference in Perth.

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.

Former CEFC boss Oliver Yates talks about lessons from his recent Kooyong campaign and why the renewables sector needs to get its messaging right.