Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast

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.

Episodes

A blueprint to quit coal, and go green

December 11, 2025 • 57 mins
AEMO's Nicola Falcon runs through the draft 2026 Integrated System Plan, and explains why baseload is not essential to keep the lights on. Plus, news of the week.
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No spin needed for renewable gold rush

December 4, 2025 • 60 mins
Energy systems expert Bruce Miller explains why spinning machines won't be needed in future grid, while regional independent MP Helen Haines says developers should drop the spin and focus on community benefits.
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Origin CEO Frank Calabria's big energy vision

November 30, 2025 • 61 mins
Frank Calabria, the CEO of Australia's biggest retailer, discusses plans for the country's biggest wind farm, its biggest battery and the biggest coal generator. Plus: News of the week including EPBC and AEMO transition plan.
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Are Labor's environmental laws any good?

November 20, 2025 • 67 mins
We dissect Labor’s proposed environmental reforms with the help of Ashurst legal expert Jeff Lynn. Plus: News of the week, and is the CIS working?
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Where the bloody hell is our super?

November 13, 2025 • 60 mins
Australia has more than $4 trillion in retirement savings but little of this finds its way to clean energy. Strategist Jeremy Cooper has an idea to fix this. Plus: The Super battery's not so super moment, and a rush of new projects.
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The future of wind energy

November 6, 2025 • 65 mins
Vestas vice president Jan Daniel Kaemmer discusses wind industry in Australia, the blockages and the potential. Plus: What to make of the free solar offer.
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Social licence in New England, and a sea of household batteries

October 30, 2025 • 72 mins
Amber's Chris Thompson talks home batteries and V2G at All Energy, while RE-Alliance's Andrew Bray and Uralla Council's Emily Sims discuss social licence in New England. And the news of the week, including EPBC and Tomago.
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Data centres, batteries, gas and SMRs

October 24, 2025 • 43 mins
GE Vernova chief commercial officer Pablo Koziner on the latest thinking around data centres, wind energy, gas, SMRs and batteries. Plus: News of the week.
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Fortescue's bold charge to real zero by 2030

October 15, 2025 • 63 mins
Fortescue CEO Dino Otranto discusses triumphs and challenges in real zero target, including self-lifting turbines, gravity trains, electric haul trucks and the rest. Plus: Queensland and Origin fossil up.
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Managing the backbone of the grid

October 9, 2025 • 61 mins
Powerlink CEO Paul Simshauser on managing the closure of Queensland's biggest coal generator, the role of transmission as prices double, and batteries vs syncons.
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Chris Bowen on coal, renewables, EVs and UN

October 1, 2025 • 52 mins
Federal energy and climate minister Chris Bowen on his trip to New York, renewable and emissions targets, and coal closures. Plus: News of the week.
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Australia, China and a big week for V2G

September 26, 2025 • 69 mins
Anna Skarbek from Climateworks Centre on Australia's emissions mission, and the new China targets, while AGL's Jane Butler talks vehicle to grid. Plus: Wind and battery deals.
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Is Australia’s emissions target good enough?

September 19, 2025 • 54 mins
CCA’s Matt Kean on why target had to be lowered. Plus: Offshore wind pioneer Andy Evans on Victoria’s delayed auction, and a very big battery tender.
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Time to go "full sail" on decarbonisation

September 11, 2025 • 65 mins
CSIRO Chief Research Scientist Pep Canadell on why Australia and the world need to aim high, not low, on its 2035 climate targets. Plus: It's getting weird in Queensland.
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"We had to innovate to survive"

September 5, 2025 • 58 mins
SAPN boss Andrew Bills on the challenges of managing the local network in the world's most advanced renewable grid, and where half of all homes have rooftop solar.
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AGL's struggle with coal

August 28, 2025 • 61 mins
AGL boss Damien Nicks discusses how the country's biggest coal generator is managing the transition to renewables, storage and electric homes. Plus: When will another wind farm get finance?
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Data centres and the grid

August 22, 2025 • 60 mins
Data centre expert Andrew Walton explains what data centres need, where they might be built, and what will power them. Plus: ESOO, and Checkers the Sheltie.
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Regional communities and the renewable gold rush

August 15, 2025 • 55 mins
Hay Shire’s Alison McLean explains how the local community set the rules of engagement to renewable project developers. Plus: Why the big utilities are saying no to wind and solar.
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Lifting the lid on the Nelson Review

August 7, 2025 • 62 mins
We talk with Tim Nelson and the entire review panel to discuss its recommendations, what comes next and what it does to address market power. Plus: Cheaper batteries!
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The making of Australia's biggest battery

August 3, 2025 • 61 mins
Nick Carter, the CEO of Akaysha Energy, on the challenges of building the country's biggest battery, its first ever project, and what lies ahead. Plus: A lot more battery news, and Marinus.
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