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.

The view from inside the gas industry
May 1, 2025 – 00:56:23
China and green steel
Apr 24, 2025 – 00:58:59
Electric trucks and buses and the grid
Apr 17, 2025 – 00:54:06
Big leap forward for batteries on wheels
Apr 11, 2025 – 00:38:26
Turbines and batteries: GE Vernova’s plans to help electrify Australia
Apr 10, 2025 – 00:33:02
Solar and battery make better grid partners than wind
Apr 4, 2025 – 00:38:13
A cheaper way to host wind and solar
Mar 28, 2025 – 00:59:36
The tipping point in solar and battery storage
Mar 21, 2025 – 01:00:08
Donald Trump’s war on climate, energy and science
Mar 14, 2025 – 01:02:46
The low down on grid and EV batteries
Mar 7, 2025 – 00:50:06
Special Episode: Australia’s green hydrogen hope
Mar 5, 2025 – 00:30:25
Market changes could come quickly
Feb 28, 2025 – 00:56:33
Why is the green energy transition made to sound so hard?
Feb 21, 2025 – 00:56:42
Are renewables back on track?
Feb 14, 2025 – 00:52:38
Energy industry gets ready for election
Feb 7, 2025 – 00:47:48
"I don’t know if we can adapt”
Jan 31, 2025 – 00:56:30
Chris Bowen on renewables, emissions, EVs, and nuclear
Dec 19, 2024 – 00:51:02
Dutton’s high stakes, low sense nuclear plan
Dec 13, 2024 – 00:28:55
CSIRO slaps down Coalition nuclear power play
Dec 9, 2024 – 00:35:44
Solar is not the enemy
Dec 6, 2024 – 00:46:38
Getting the best out of the grid
Nov 29, 2024 – 00:56:28
Changing the rules of the energy game
Nov 22, 2024 – 01:00:23
Why batteries on wheels will be the next big thing
Nov 15, 2024 – 00:54:46
Trump is back, and the frog is still boiling
Nov 8, 2024 – 00:47:38
How to replace gas
Nov 1, 2024 – 00:55:26
From zero to renewable hero in 20 years
Oct 25, 2024 – 00:47:46
The trouble with markets
Oct 18, 2024 – 01:00:41
A spring full of renewable and battery records
Oct 11, 2024 – 00:44:46
Even hydro is moving beyond baseload
Oct 2, 2024 – 00:59:46
How to get demand response out of the grid
Sep 27, 2024 – 00:46:14
The end of baseload
Sep 23, 2024 – 00:51:02
Rent-seeking and net zero
Sep 12, 2024 – 00:52:28
The rapidly changing climate
Sep 6, 2024 – 00:54:58
Should networks be more than poles and wires?
Aug 30, 2024 – 01:00:04
The search for equity
Aug 23, 2024 – 01:02:34
Managing the trauma of grid expansion
Aug 16, 2024 – 00:56:17
A civil war over renewables?
Aug 8, 2024 – 01:18:33
Here comes the sun
Aug 2, 2024 – 00:59:29
The extraordinary solar and battery boom in the Texas oil state
Jul 26, 2024 – 01:02:08
Ted, Chris, nuclear and long term storage
Jul 19, 2024 – 00:45:34
The problem with higher costs and longer delays
Jul 12, 2024 – 00:54:21
Batteries on wheels are coming
Jul 5, 2024 – 00:51:55
China rules on EVs, solar, everything
Jun 27, 2024 – 00:51:56
Homes, electric cars and the grid
Jun 20, 2024 – 00:56:53
The rapidly changing grid
Jun 13, 2024 – 00:49:27
Is there a problem with renewables?
Jun 6, 2024 – 00:43:16
Asean super grid, and a question over storage
May 31, 2024 – 00:53:24
Eraring coal extension and nuclear fantasies
May 23, 2024 – 01:02:00
Bigging up the grid
May 16, 2024 – 00:52:49
Hydrogen hopeful's big funding win
May 10, 2024 – 00:40:53

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