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...
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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...
Batteries take centre stage as world wrestles with fuel crisis
BMI's Iola Hughes discusses the extraordinary growth of battery storage, for EVs and the grid, their key role in energy security, and the di...
Why wind projects are stalled at the gate
Large scale wind projects are not getting finance and are not getting built. CEIG's Richie Merzian discusses potential solutions, the loomin...
Is fuel rationing inevitable?
How did it come to this? Energy security expert and former deputy chief of the RAAF John Blackburn on how Australia's has done nothing to pr...
The remarkable story of Australia's first community-owned solar farm
A solar farm inspired by Tony Abbott's climate attacks has finally been opened. Mhairi Fraser takes us through the remarkable journey. Plus:...
Why batteries are the answer to nearly everything
We talk to Jeff Monday from Fluence on the fall in battery costs and the role it can play in taming data centre demand, and Adam Cameron fro...
How the world's fourth biggest economy plans to reach 100 pct clean energy
David Hochschild, the head of the California Energy Commission, on how the world's fourth biggest economy is moving away from fossil fuels,...
The revolution in electric trucking
The Australian trucking industry is about to experience an electric revolution, with plunging battery prices turning economics on its head....