Former competition czar Rod Sims emerges as chair of Superpower Institute, promoting Australia’s low cost green energy opportunity, and fighting the info war. Plus: Big battery boom.
Podcasts
Energy Insiders Podcast: Wind and solar deal killer blow to fossil fuels
Dave Jones from Ember Climate on new study that shows fossil fuel generation will finally peak this year. Plus: Macquarie makes its mark on battery market.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Smarter grid means a cleaner grid
Energy Efficiency Council’s Rob Murray-Leach on landmark report on new ways of thinking about the grid. Meanwhile, new NSW energy minister worries about lights going out.
Energy Insiders Podcast: How big will offshore wind be?
Corio CEO Jonathan Cole on big turbines and even bigger offshore wind plans. Plus. Matt Kean and busted coal.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Moving wind and solar through time and space
Powerlink’s Paul Simshauser on how the Sunshine state will transform into a renewables powerhouse for the grid. Plus: Safeguards and the IPCC.
Energy Insiders Podcast: What price solar and storage?
Acen Australia CEO Anton Rohner talks solar and storage after opening Australia’s biggest solar farm, and the controversy over Tasmania wind project.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Game changer for networks and renewables
Neara’s Jack Curtis on the new software that reveals how networks have double the capacity to host renewables and storage.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Will concentrated solar finally have its day in the sun?
Vast Solar’s Craig Wood on why concentrated solar power can finally have its day in the sun, plus its Port Augusta project and NY listing plans.
Energy Insiders Podcast: The Australian solar heroes bringing down coal and gas
Professor Andrew Blakers, one of the team awarded “Nobel prize” of engineering, and how solar will eliminate fossil fuels, and Australian’s leading role in that transition.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Does a green hydrogen power plant stack up?
Sam Crafter dealt with technology skeptics when he led the task force for the Tesla Big Battery. Now he’s doing it again as head of South Australia’s hydrogen office.