Texas blackouts have lessons for Australia. As climate impacts grow, new market reforms are introduced, and more battery storage comes into the grid.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Batteries in the street – the new face of storage
Ausgrid says one-fifth of the NSW storage target could be met with community batteries located in streets in suburbs.
Energy Insiders Podcast: AGL’s survival plan, and AEMO’s new boss
Can AGL survive the rapid energy transition? What AEMO’s new CEO means for Australia’s grid; and more big batteries.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Can batteries rule the grid?
Battery storage and other technologies are likely to take on all the system services once delivered by fossil fuel generators. Stephen Sproul from Hitachi ABB explains how.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Why networks now love solar and battery storage
The uptake of rooftop solar has defied the expectations of energy utilities, but networks now see it and battery storage as the key to their future. Ausnet’s Alistair Parker explains why.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Missing link – Can conservatives embrace energy transition?
A new conservative think tank proposes an orderly and faster closure plan for coal generators. Can conservatives really get on board the energy transition?
Energy Insiders Podcast: How good is green hydrogen?
In a world of ageing coal clunkers and big dreams of renewable energy exports, we speak to Josh Gabbatiss from Carbon Brief about the potential for green hydrogen.
Energy Insiders Podcast: How companies and states rescued wind and solar
A combination of corporate and state government demand rescued many wind and solar projects in 2020. Chris Briggs explains why.
Energy Insiders Podcast: EV taxes, big batteries and green hydrogen
We talk to UQ’s EV specialist Jake Whitehead about the impact of the proposed electric vehicle road tax, and look at the contest of ideas between NSW and Canberra, and more big battery and green hydrogen announcements.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Matt Kean and the NSW energy transition
NSW energy minister Matt Kean explains why the state is fast-tracking plans to transition from coal to renewables. Plus: Australia’s newest big battery, and very big green hydrogen plans.
