Zero carbon heat, Australia's next big challenge
Tom Geiser from Good Heat on the technologies to provide carbon-free industrial heat. Plus: LNP's diesel delusions, One Nation's burning eff...
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Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
Join RenewEconomy founder and editor 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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20 of 462 episodesWhy we need regional leaders for renewable transition
Sabiene Heindl from The Energy Charter on the need for strong regional leaders for transition to renewables. Plus: The frack up over data ce...
El Niño is coming
Karl Braganza, head of research at the BoM, explains El Niño and what it means for Australia. Plus: Peter Hannam joins us to discuss New Eng...
Special Episode: The missing molecules - SAF, energy security and Australia’s next industrial opportunity
Much of Australia's energy transition debate has focused on electricity – renewables, transmission, batteries and the grid. But there's anot...
Will the green bank save the Tomago deal?
CEFC boss Ian Learmonth explains why big wind projects may finally get delivered this year. Plus: Tomago aims for 100 pct renewables, and th...
Will data centres make or break wind?
Kane Thornton has moved from the peak renewables body to data centres, now the presumed peak renewable buyer. We discuss Bowen’s new rules,...
A battery with every wind turbine
Goldwind's John Titchen explains why and how all new wind turbines could come with their own battery. Plus: Lily D'Ambrosio resigns, the bes...
Why we make renewable projects so hard
Consultant Shane Quinnell on the many hurdles we force renewable projects to jump over – and then wonder why they trip up. Plus, news of the...
Is Australia on target for a “step change” in energy?
Is Australia on target for a “step change” in energy? AEMO’S head of systems Nicola Falcon on the 2026 ISP and the importance of grid formin...
Electric truck network starts to take shape
Electric trucks are suddenly big news in Australia. We catch up with NewVolt's Anthony Headlam on its plans for network of large charging st...
Solar and batteries good, wind is hard
We look at AEMO's Integrated System Plan, plus the latest big battery tender, and the Coalition's determination to destroy everything. Plus:...
The problem with network tariffs
AEMC chair Anna Collyer discusses the pricing review, network tariffs, and the right of monopolies to get their money back. Plus: David Leit...
"The grid doesn't need rotating mass"
Jürgen Reinart, the CEO of inverter giant SMA, on why the grid can function without spinning machines, and why it quit the Australian home m...
Tesla Energy boss on energy abundance, EVs, V2G and big and small batteries
In an exclusive interview, Tesla Energy's Asia Pacific boss Josef Tadich discusses energy abundance (read solar), the role of batteries big...
Plugging the holes in EV charging
Jet Charge founder Tim Washington on the need for more chargers, faster machines, multiple bays and electric trucks. Plus: CIS tender result...
Will data centres break the grid?
Power expert Keith Middleton discusses how the growth in data centres, properly regulated, won't break the grid and could be good for the en...
Budget's fossil fail, and how to fix the CIS
Tim Buckley from Climate and Energy Finance joins to discuss the good, bad and the ugly from the federal budget, how to fix the Capacity Inv...
The man who saved solar and helped kill coal
Smart Energy Council's John Grimes on the death of coal power in Australia, panel by panel, home battery by home battery. He joins to discus...
Electric trucks are profitable, but diesel struggles
Ben Hutt, the CEO of battery-swap electric truck company Janus Electric on the switch from diesel. Plus: AEMO's good news on energy transiti...
Chris Bowen on renewable target, wind delays, EVs and electrification
Federal energy and climate minister Chris Bowen discusses fuel crisis, the renewables target, the problems with wind, EV road tax, electrifi...