Anne Delaney, Author at Renew Economy

Anne Delaney

Contributor

Anne Delaney is the host of the SwitchedOn podcast and our Electrification Editor. She has had a successful career in journalism (the ABC and SBS), as a documentary film maker, and as an artist and sculptor.

Electrification

SwitchedOn podcast: How I electrified – the apartment owner who refused to accept ‘no’ for an answer
A Canberra apartment owner explains how persistence, practical problem-solving, and a supportive strata manager made full electrification possible.
Anne Delaney

Aug 6, 2026

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Electrification

It took this community 8 years to get a neighbourhood battery in the inner city. But why so long?
An eight-year struggle to build a community battery has led to a simple proposal: show communities how much electricity they’re already generating and using locally.
Anne Delaney

Aug 3, 2026

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Electrification

SwitchedOn podcast: Why it took eight years to install a community battery
Village Power’s eight-year journey to install a community battery exposes the barriers facing community-led energy.
Anne Delaney

Jul 29, 2026

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Electrification

SwitchedOn podcast: Why more consumers want less to do with the energy system
Energy Consumers Australia’s Ashley Bradshaw on the results of the latest consumer Report Card, and why consumers increasingly want less, rather than more, involvement with the energy system.
Anne Delaney

Jul 22, 2026

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Electrification

“It’s a really hard sell”: Why households want control of the solar and batteries they have paid for
Australia’s first privately funded residential VPP believes virtual power plants are easier to sell when they’re built into the business from day one.
Anne Delaney

Jul 16, 2026

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Electrification

SwitchedOn podcast: Why the booming home battery market is staying clear of virtual power plants
Despite the potential for lower bills, and a stronger grid, most battery owners still aren’t joining virtual power plants.
Anne Delaney

Jul 15, 2026

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Electrification

Why electricity networks need to understand people, not just poles and wires
More than a billion data points from the Electrify 2515 trial should help networks replace assumptions about household electrification with real-world evidence.
Anne Delaney

Jul 8, 2026

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Electrification

SwitchedOn podcast: Electrification won’t blow the grid, if networks can connect with consumers
The Electrify 2515 trial shows that the ability of networks to offer customers real value will determine the need for new grid infrastructure.
Anne Delaney

Jul 7, 2026

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Electrification

Solar Sharer is here, offering free power to all. Will it level the playing field, or benefit batteries most?
Solar Sharer may have been sold as an consumer equity policy, but it could have more success as a grid levelling policy.
Anne Delaney

Jul 1, 2026

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SwitchedOn Australia

SwitchedOn podcast: Why battery owners – not renters – could be the big winners from Solar Sharer
Solar Sharer could be one of Australia’s smartest energy policies – or just another confusing electricity plan that favours one type of consumer.
Anne Delaney

Jul 1, 2026

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Electrification

SwitchedOn podcast: Once an afterthought, apartments are now leaders in solar and battery innovation
Allume co-founder and CEO Cameron Knox explains the barriers that have kept apartment residents locked out of clean energy, and the innovations now helping to overcome them.
Anne Delaney

Jun 23, 2026

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Electrification

Electrifying Australia: Nine key problems facing homes and businesses, and where to from here
What are the biggest hurdles to electrifying Australia? We ask the people who are building, regulating, studying and living the transition.
Anne Delaney

Jun 22, 2026

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